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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. The front - side - top views.






2. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






5. Modified shape to specular






6. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






14. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






18. The connection between a shader and texture.






19. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






21. A small box so that the title doesn't get cut off.






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


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






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






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






26. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






27. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Textures that the software makes for you so that they render faster. 2D texture wraps around the model - 3D goes inside the object.






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






41. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






44. The flow of how the edges are patterned around the model.






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






46. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






48. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






50. The 3D view of your shot.