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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. Apply more than one material on object depending on transparency






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






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






4. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






19. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






22. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






24. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






26. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






28. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






30. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






32. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






35. The darkest color an object will ever be.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. The front - side - top views.






42. The starting box where you add details needed.






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


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






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






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






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






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






49. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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