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






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






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






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






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






6. Modified shape to specular






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






8. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






12. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






14. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






16. The front - side - top views.






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






18. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. The 3D view of your shot.






31. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






34. Scaling all directions at once.






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






36. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






41. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






44. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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


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






47. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






49. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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