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






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






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






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






5. The 3D view of your shot.






6. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






8. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






12. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






13. A texture that was taken from a file.






14. Modified shape to specular






15. The front - side - top views.






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






17. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






21. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






26. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






38. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






41. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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


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






45. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






46. 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.






47. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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.