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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 container that has either a shader - texture - etc.






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






3. Scaling all directions at once.






4. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






5. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






6. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






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






12. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






14. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The darkest color an object will ever be.






26. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






29. 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.






30. A texture that was taken from a file.






31. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






32. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






36. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






40. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






44. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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


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






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






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






50. The 3D view of your shot.