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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. 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.






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






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






4. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






9. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






14. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






17. The starting box where you add details needed.






18. Scaling all directions at once.






19. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






20. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






23. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






26. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






29. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






31. The darkest color an object will ever be.






32. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






40. Modified shape to specular






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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