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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. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






5. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






6. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






7. The starting box where you add details needed.






8. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






12. Modified shape to specular






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






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






15. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






19. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






25. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






29. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






32. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The front - side - top views.






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






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






45. The 3D view of your shot.






46. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






49. Scaling all directions at once.






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