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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A feature that enables you to view the contents of multiple frames onscreen at the same time.






2. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






3. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






4. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine






5. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.






6. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






7. Complex Bugs and Daffy work - created Pepe LePeu - Road Runner - Wile E. Coyote - What's Opera Doc?






8. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)






9. The ability of the human eye to keep an image in view for a split second after the image has been removed from sight.






10. Graphic based on pixels






11. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.






12. Projection device consisting of a light source and a magnifying lens. Used with still transparencies.






13. Pre-developed movie clips that can quickly add functionality to a movie by dragging and dropping them from the Components panel to the stage. Commonly used for creating forms with boxes for entering user data.






14. To make changes by adding - deleting - or modifying text - graphics - or other items in a document






15. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud






16. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






17. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.






18. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud






19. An attribute of an object such as its size or color.






20. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






21. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the Library panel. It has it own Timeline - independent of the main Timeline.






22. To bring information into a computer or computer program






23. An image calculated and stored according to mathematical formulas rather than pixels - resulting in a smaller file size and the ability to resize the image without a loss in quality.






24. Mighty Joe Young - 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Jason and the Argonauts






25. An image calculated and stored according to mathematical formulas rather than pixels - resulting in a smaller file size and the ability to resize the image without a loss in quality.






26. This cursor symbol means you can click to select as click and hold to MOVE the object.






27. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






28. Editable copies of symbols that are placed on the Stage.






29. An ActionScript operator - indicated by two minus signs - that subtracts 1 unit from a variable or expression.






30. An Action Scrip 3.0 statement that executes a block of code in response to the event.






31. An ActionScript operator - indicated by ++ that adds 1 unit to a variable or expression.






32. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






33. Objects - such as drawings - that are converted to symbols and stored in the Library panel. The original object.






34. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie






35. Brings graphics into the library






36. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.






37. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






38. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.






39. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






40. Predefined blocks of ActionScript 3.0 code which provide a quick way to insert AS3 code into the Script pane.






41. Mighty Joe Young - 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Jason and the Argonauts






42. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)






43. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






44. First full lengthed animated picture and color cartoon - 1937. It was produced by Walt Disney.






45. Brings graphics into the library






46. It occurs after an action - and is the direct physical result of it






47. NFB - Boogie Doodle - Begone Dull Care - Binkity Blank -






48. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






49. In ActionScript 3.0 the functionality of an object - that is - what it can do.






50. Including another symbol within a symbol - such as nesting a graphic symbol - button or another movie clip symbol within a movie clip symbol.