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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Image or color that wraps around the model.






11. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






12. Modified shape to specular






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






14. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






15. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






19. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






21. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






26. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






28. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






40. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






42. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






47. The 3D view of your shot.






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


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






50. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects