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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. Off-the-shelf software that anyone uses.






2. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






6. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






8. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






11. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






13. The starting box where you add details needed.






14. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






16. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






31. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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


34. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Modified shape to specular






48. Scaling all directions at once.






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






50. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn