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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. The 3D view of your shot.






3. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






13. The front - side - top views.






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






15. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






20. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






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






26. Modified shape to specular






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






28. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






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






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


34. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






36. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






37. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






41. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






44. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn