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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. The front - side - top views.






12. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






15. Image or color that wraps around the model.






16. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






18. 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.






19. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






21. Software written specifically for that studio.






22. Scaling all directions at once.






23. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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






42. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






43. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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


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






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






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






49. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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