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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The 3D view of your shot.






10. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






12. 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.






13. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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


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






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






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






19. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






23. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






24. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






26. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






29. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






31. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






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






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






36. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Image or color that wraps around the model.






44. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






47. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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