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Maya 3D Computer Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Textures that the software makes for you so that they render faster. 2D texture wraps around the model - 3D goes inside the object.






2. Imitates rectangular neon light source - Light comes out of source area






3. Imitates sun - Position of light is irrelevant - Rotation orientation of light is important






4. When one object is a parent object - one is a child object - and whatever the parent object does - the child does the same.






5. The connection between a shader and texture.






6. Do not alter silhouette edge of object - Implied texture






7. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






8. A light that is being emitted in all directions.






9. A light used to simulate sunlight and works by rotation.






10. A part of the software where you tell Maya that you only want certain lights to affect certain objects.






11. The 3D view of your shot.






12. Gesture thumb to right - index up - and middle towards you. Represents the axis: positive X is your thumb - positive Y is index finger - and middle finger is positive Z.






13. When you don't parent 3D textures to the model properly and the object moves independently of its texture.


14. Only through Ray Tracing - Requires at least two surfaces - Requires modeling inside and outside of glass vessels






15. Rendering (taking pictures of) a whole sequence or "batch" of images.






16. Image or color that wraps around the model.






17. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






18. Do alter silhouette edge of object - Require higher tesselation of surface






19. A container that has either a shader - texture - etc.






20. Combine color map with transparency map to create a label that can be applied to surface






21. Apply more than one material on object depending on transparency






22. Naming all files in the same way so that they're easy to find.






23. Fakes true environment - Less time to calculate - Resembles true reflections - Image projected on virtual shape






24. The darkest color an object will ever be.






25. Where x - y - z all meet. (0 -0 -0) the very center of a shot.






26. Software written specifically for that studio.






27. Imitates light bulb - Omni-directional light rays - Fog






28. A black and white image that is used to give the illusion of a bumpy surface.






29. The box where an important action must fit so that nothing gets cut off.






30. Create a primitive shape - add edge loops - edit edge loops/faces/vertices. Made up of faces - edges.






31. Made up of isoparms (edges) - controlled vertices - patches (faces).






32. Mathematically most simple - No specular - Used for matte finishes






33. Scaling all directions at once.






34. A texture that was taken from a file.






35. Picking one arrow and scaling one direction at a time.






36. Shows you the resolution of your shot and the aspect ratio of your render cam.






37. True reflections - Vector based math - Computationally heavy - More bounces = More power needed - Calculates refraction






38. Imitates fill light - Doesn't affect specular - Imitates bounced light






39. The front - side - top views.






40. Apply more than one material on object depending on position of ramp






41. Basic shapes (spheres - cubes - cylinders) that act as building blocks to create a project.






42. When you take all rendered images into a software and turn them into a single movie file.






43. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






44. Off-the-shelf software that anyone uses.






45. Software that uses graphics to click on/buttons instead of typed commands.






46. The starting box where you add details needed.






47. Something that shows how light will affect a model (Blinn - Lambert - etc.)






48. Modified shape to specular






49. Includes translating - rotating - and scaling an object in (x -y -z).






50. A CG term where an imaginary line sticks out perpendicular to the faces so that you can see the exterior of the model.