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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






11. The starting box where you add details needed.






12. Software written specifically for that studio.






13. The 3D view of your shot.






14. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






17. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






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


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






23. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






29. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






33. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






38. Modified shape to specular






39. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






43. The darkest color an object will ever be.






44. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






46. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






47. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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