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






2. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






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






8. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






16. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






17. Software written specifically for that studio.






18. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






20. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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


24. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






37. The front - side - top views.






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






39. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






42. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






44. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






50. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps