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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.






2. Looney Tunes (Hugh Harman - Rudy Ising - Fritz Freling) - Sinkin in the Bathtub (Bosko) It is now known as Warner Brothers.






3. Created by Eadweard Muybridge. May be considered the first movie projector. Projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the impression of motion






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






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






6. In ActionScript - a sequence of characters including letters - numbers - and punctuation.






7. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Emile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.






8. Brings graphics into the library






9. Created rotoscoping - The Tantalizing Fly (Koko the Clown) - Dizzy Dishes - Minnie the Moocher(Betty Boop) - Popeye (Popeye Meets Sinbad) - Superman series - Gulliver's Travels (first animated feature not from Disney)






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






11. Scenery hung at back of stage






12. Allows you to position the Flash movie window in the browser window.






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






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






15. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






16. To bring information into a computer or computer program






17. It is the most crucial elements physical and theatrical. actual motions required to perform an action - refers to the pauses and the emphases added to make it dramatic






18. The process of changing one data type to another.






19. A moving picture show presented by Charles-Emile Reynaud in 1892. It was the first presentation of projected moving images to an audience.






20. An animation process that does not redraw entire frames of animation but instead variably reuses common parts between frames. This was a quick and cheap way to produce animations for Saturday morning cartoons.






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






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






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






24. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






25. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.






26. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






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






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






29. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






30. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.






31. A component that can load external jpg graphic files and swf movie files






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






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






34. Is a type of stop-motion animation that photographs people to give the illusion of seemingly impossible actions.






35. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.






36. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






37. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera






38. Nick Park - The Wrong Trousers - and Chicken Run.






39. The process of turning a bitmap image into vector paths for animation and other purposes.






40. Checks for any errors in the syntax of the coding.






41. 1 second (default)






42. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






43. The process of changing one data type to another.






44. One of a series of still photographs on a strip of film used in making movies or animations






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






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






47. A sound that is tied to the Timeline. No matter its length - a streaming sound stops at the end of the movie. Can start palying as they download.






48. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






49. Circle with string attached to each slide with different images on each side. When spun it would created one image.






50. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.