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From: CHAPTER 10– Lighting3DS MAX AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Lighting

James Martin High SchoolComputer Multimedia and Animation

Instructor: G. Patton

From: CHAPTER 10 – 3DS MAX AND ITS APPLICATIONS


1. What is a light in 3ds max?

• Lights are objects that illuminate a scene.


2. What are the four types of lights in 3ds max?

• Omni lights

• Spotlights,

• Direct (or direction or directional) lights

• Ambient light


3. What type of light has rays that project in all directions?

• Omni light


4. What is meant by falloff (attenuation)?

• Falloff, or attenuation, describes the property of a light’s intensity decreasing over distance.


5. Into what type of light can default light be turned?

• Omni light


6. Which radio button must be on in order to turn default lighting into light objects?

• 2 Lights


7. What type of light has rays that project in one direction but are not parallel ?

• spotlight


8. What is the difference between a “target” light and a “free” light?

• A target light has a target that must be placed in addition to the light itself. The target light is aimed by moving the target. A free light has no target. The free light is aimed by transforming the light itself.


9. What type of light has rays that project in one direction and are parallel?

• direct light


10. Which lights can be either “free” or “target” lights?

• spotlights, direct lights


11. Which light is commonly used to simulate sunlight or extremely distant light sources?

• direct light


12. Which rollout is used to set the color of the light and its intensity?

• Intensity/Color/Attenuation


13. What is exposure control used to do?

• correct for color and lighting problems in the rendered scene


14. What type of light is like outdoor light just before sunrise?

• Ambient light


15. What are the three lights used in triangle lighting?

• key light, fill light, backlight


16. Which light in triangle lighting produces the primary illumination for the scene?

• key


17. Which light in triangle lighting is used to eliminate unwanted shadows in the scene?



18. Which light in triangle lighting adds a sense of depth to the scene?



19. What is mood lighting used for?

• Mood lighting is used to alter the mood of a scene by simulating the effects of a nighttime or daylight setting, or an overhead lighting fixture.


20. What are the four basic types of mood lighting used in traditional cinematography?

• high key, low key, frontal, side

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