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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. Off-the-shelf software that anyone uses.






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






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






4. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






6. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






27. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






29. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






34. Modified shape to specular






35. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






38. The front - side - top views.






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






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






41. Scaling all directions at once.






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






43. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






44. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






47. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






49. A texture that was taken from a file.






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