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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. The 3D view of your shot.






2. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






4. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






7. The front - side - top views.






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






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






10. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






11. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






15. Software written specifically for that studio.






16. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






18. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






23. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






37. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






39. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






40. 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.






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






42. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






44. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






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






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