FREE Ultimate Visual Effects Question and Answers

Question 1

What do Spline Curves mean in the context of work involving rotoscoping and visual effects?

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Shapes that editing software recognizes and locks to when a digital artist adds control points to an image to create an outline.

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Color correction waves, where hue corresponds with amplitude

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Editors use the light spectrum curve tool to assess the relative overexposure or underexposure of an image.

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None of the above

Question 2

What circumstances would make it inappropriate to use greenscreen for visual effects work?

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when editing video of static objects since their location or shape never changes.

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When you wish to imitate the enormous concert attendance who attended the Live Aid performance in 1985

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When you want to add thunderclouds and lightning to beautiful, sunny sky footage

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When using footage of a moving landscape shot from a car window

Question 3

What useful visual comparison best exemplifies the node-compositing for VFX workflow?

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Streams of mountain water flowing downhill and merging together into a final large river.

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A newspaper editorial board's review process

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A well crafted deli Italian deli sandwich

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Racing cyclists grouping together into a Peloton formation

Question 4

What should effects artists consider before employing greenscreen as their first question?

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Do you actually need it, based on context and what you are trying to achieve?

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Can you create the intended scene with actual physical materials and actors?

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Is the the Red-Green-Blue hue of the background standardized?

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None of the above

Question 5

What is depicted by grey, pixelated regions in a composition matte?

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Semi-transparent areas

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The foreground of the matte

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Large objects or areas

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The background of the matte

Question 6

What is the name of a key-framing technique that VFX editors frequently employ?

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'Divide and conquer'

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'Roto-rection'

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'Spline curving'

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'Track-setting'

Question 7

Which of the following does not make up a part of tools for pattern-based motion tracking?

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Shape manipulator

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Cross hair

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Search region

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Pattern region