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






3. 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.






4. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






6. The front - side - top views.






7. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






9. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






18. The starting box where you add details needed.






19. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






21. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






37. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






40. The 3D view of your shot.






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






42. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






44. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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