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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 theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






6. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






17. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






21. Modified shape to specular






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

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23. Software written specifically for that studio.






24. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Image or color that wraps around the model.






32. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






35. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






39. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






41. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






44. The starting box where you add details needed.






45. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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