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






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






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






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






5. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






10. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






13. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






15. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






19. A texture that was taken from a file.






20. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






25. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






27. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






28. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






30. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






34. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






39. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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


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






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






44. Modified shape to specular






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






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






47. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






48. 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.






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






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