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






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






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






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






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






6. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






10. Modified shape to specular






11. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






16. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






26. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






28. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






29. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






32. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






36. Scaling all directions at once.






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


38. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






42. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






47. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






49. The front - side - top views.






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