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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. Do not alter silhouette edge of object - Implied texture






2. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






3. A texture that was taken from a file.






4. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






6. The 3D view of your shot.






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






8. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






12. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






32. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






34. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






39. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






42. The starting box where you add details needed.






43. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






44. 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.






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






46. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






49. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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