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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. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The front - side - top views.






10. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






13. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






14. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






19. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






21. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






23. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






25. Modified shape to specular






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






27. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






30. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The starting box where you add details needed.






49. Software written specifically for that studio.






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