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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. Modified shape to specular






2. Software written specifically for that studio.






3. Scaling all directions at once.






4. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. The 3D view of your shot.






12. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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


15. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






19. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






24. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






26. 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.






27. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






30. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






43. Image or color that wraps around the model.






44. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






48. The front - side - top views.






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






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