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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. Do not alter silhouette edge of object - Implied texture






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






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






4. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






9. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






10. 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.






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






12. Modified shape to specular






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






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






15. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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


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






18. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






30. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






33. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






36. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






43. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






46. The starting box where you add details needed.






47. The darkest color an object will ever be.






48. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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