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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. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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


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






5. The front - side - top views.






6. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






8. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






22. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






25. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






28. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






30. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The 3D view of your shot.






41. Software written specifically for that studio.






42. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






47. Scaling all directions at once.






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






49. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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