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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 theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A texture that was taken from a file.






13. The connection between a shader and texture.






14. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






16. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






26. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






28. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






30. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






35. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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


47. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






48. Modified shape to specular






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






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