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






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






3. Scaling all directions at once.






4. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






28. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






31. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






33. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






35. The 3D view of your shot.






36. The front - side - top views.






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






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






39. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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


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






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






46. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






47. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






48. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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