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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. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






4. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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


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






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






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






9. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






12. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






16. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






18. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






19. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






22. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






32. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






37. Modified shape to specular






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






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






40. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






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






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






46. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






50. The front - side - top views.