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






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






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






4. The front - side - top views.






5. The connection between a shader and texture.






6. Modified shape to specular






7. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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


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






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






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






14. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






19. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






21. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






27. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






30. The darkest color an object will ever be.






31. The 3D view of your shot.






32. 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.






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






34. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






44. The starting box where you add details needed.






45. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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