LightWave Quiz # 1

What does Fracture do?

It causes an item to become more dynamic.

It causes an item to break into a million pieces.

It uses dynamics to break an item down.

It breaks an item down into parts for use with dynamics.

What is maximum render resolution for 32-bit versions of LightWave?

16,000 x 16,000

800 x 600

4,000 x 4,000

50,000 x 50,000

Lightwave now provides a tool for almost instant animation rig set up. What is it called?

Insta-rig

Bone Manager

Genoma

Skelegon

In Layout, what camera will give you a completely flat, straight on image?

Perspective camera

Orthographic camera

Real lens camera

Shift camera

What is new about sampling in Lightwave 11?

Nothing is new.

It has been unified.

It has been converted to be less comprehensive.

It has been discontinued.

Which of the following is an Instanced Object?

Motion blur.

Opacity.

Blur.

Visibility.

Layout has three different coordinate systems for rotational and transformational purposes; world, parent, and what?

Local

Standard

Generic

Universal

Can you edit Morph Maps with Zbrush?

You can edit Zbrush with MorphMaps.

Yes.

You can only edit Morph Maps with Morph Maps.

No.

If when loading a scene, Lightwave prompts you for object and image location, what wasn't set correctly?

Master plugins

Lightwave global settings

Coordinate system

Content directory

The Exploded Parts toggle is used for what?

Creating an imploded morph map of the parts.

Creating an exploded morph map of the parts.

Creating exploded parts views.

Creating imploded parts views.

What is a ServerRecord?

A Java library.

A runtime library.

A Python dictionary.

A book depository.

What does the value, “Minimum Samples” do?

It determines the X-rays per pixel.

It determines the camera angles per pixel.

It determines the cameras per pixel.

It determines the camera rays per pixel.

If you have too many transparent objects in the scene, the render may not look as it should. What setting do you need to adjust if the transparency isn't rendering correctly?

Clip Map

Ray Precision

Ray Recursion Limit

Transparency Amount

If you wanted to save your configuration settings, where would you save them?

%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWav\extensions

%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWave\11.0\configs

%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWave\Windows\configs

%USERPROFILE%\.NewTek\LightWave\11.0\system

When surfacing an object and test rendering the look, sometimes it can take a long time to render just to need to adjust and rerender. What function allows you to render only where you are making changes?

Limited region

Frame Size

Pixel Aspect

Field of View

Lightwaves built in tabs allow fast access to its various tools and settings. You will find the plugins, python scripting, and Lscripting in which tab?

Setup tab

Display tab

Utilities tab

Scene tab

True or False? There are three ways to surface an object; nodes, layers, and a combination of the two.

False

True

What bullet dynamic causes the item to slow down when it comes in contact with other items?

Fraction.

Fracking.

Fracture.

Friction.

To set the frames per second, what field do you adjust?

The audio field.

The FPS field.

The PFS field.

The Frame menu.

To make your plug-in live, what must be defined?

Only ServerTagInfo structures.

The ServerTagInfo and ServerRecord structures.

Only ServerRecord structures.

Nothing.

Why should there be only one ServerRecord instance in your script?

To keep Pcore in check.

To keep it running.

To be sure the Pcore system can locate it.

To keep it away from Pcore.

True or False? You can have multiple Instance Generators attached to an object.

True

False

IK is a function that allows bones to automatically bend at joints based on a goal objects position in the IK chain. What does IK stand for?

International Kinesics

Inverse Kinematics

Inverse Kinetin

Intentional Kinetics

Where are lightmaps assigned?

On the lumination panel.

Your surface's Luminosity channel.

In the settings menu.

In the Luminary menu.

What is Lightwave's flocking system based off of?

3D computer models of coordinated animal motion.

The swaying of trees in the wind.

Robotic motion of drones.

Animals running in chaotic patterns.

Which is the move tool key?

m

x

l

k

v

What does the Device Manager in Lightwave do?

There is no Device Manager in Lightwave.

Assigns programs to devices.

Assigns your devices to an animation.

Assigns your connected device to be used with the Virtual Studio.

What are three primitives that have been added to the Geometry Group in Layout's Modeler Tools tab?

Rhombus, Triangle, and Oval.

Triangle, Square, and Oval.

Cube, Sphere, and Ground Plane

Circle, Square, and Taurus.

The new VPR setting in Lightwave allows fast editing of surfaces and lighting. What does VPR stand for?

Viewport Preview Rendering

Vermont Public Radio

Varied Pixel Relations

Viper

In Modeler, the hotkey "N" will bring up this dialogue box with useful information about the tools that you use.

Numeric box

Notice box

Node information box

New object box