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






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






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






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






6. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






12. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






22. The starting box where you add details needed.






23. Image or color that wraps around the model.






24. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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


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






30. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






36. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






38. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






40. Scaling all directions at once.






41. Modified shape to specular






42. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






49. Software written specifically for that studio.






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