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






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






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






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






5. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






19. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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


22. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






33. The starting box where you add details needed.






34. Image or color that wraps around the model.






35. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






38. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






39. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






41. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






43. The 3D view of your shot.






44. The front - side - top views.






45. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






49. 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.






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