M7 - Content Creation Tools

Question 1

What is the PURPOSE of creation tools?

Answer 1

Generate, manipulate data.
To create 2D images ( modify existing data )

Question 2

2D storage is

Answer 2

RGB(A)

Question 3

________ can allow parts (or all) of a program to work as a series of modular components

Answer 3

LAYERS

Question 4

(3D) Be able to toggle visibility or change rendering properties of different collections of data.

Answer 4

Layers (3D)

Question 5

What does Modeling software do?

Answer 5

Create and manipulate 3D

Question 6

What are the 4 main viewports in 3D?

Answer 6

Perspective
Top
Front
Side

Question 7

Which 3 viewports are ORTHOGRAPHIC projections?

Answer 7

Top
Front
Side

Question 8

Explain ORTHOGRAPHIC projection

Answer 8

Objects no longer scale on camera distance, which may look wrong with a rotated image.

Question 9

Sculpting program’s do not care about __________ counts

Answer 9

polygon counts

Question 10

A more “artistic tool” , not worries about polygon counts

Answer 10

Sculpting programs

Question 11

_____________ tool allows for PRECISION

Answer 11

Modeling

Question 12

_____________ is often looser, less precise

Answer 12

Sculpting

Question 13

Splitting a polygon
Add or removing a vertex

is an example of

Answer 13

Modeling, dealing with small number of components

Question 14

What does topology refer to?

Answer 14

to the layout of the geometry of a mesh

Question 15

RETOPOLOGIZING is

Answer 15

a task artists often undertake to build a low polygon model from a high polygon mesh - often by hand. (High -> Low)

Question 16

What are 2 common exporting formats of 3D?

Answer 16

.obj - The bare minimum format, this is the .txt format of 3D data
.fbx - Autodesk’s file format, good to transfer complex data between applications