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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






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






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






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






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






6. A text box created on the Stage with the Text tool that displays information derived from variables.






7. 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.






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






9. The panel where you create and edit Action Scrip code for an object or a frame.






10. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






12. Alignment for hand drawings. Standard for holes to line up drawings for an animation. It was invented by Raoul Barre in 1915.






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






14. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






15. The part of the animation program window that organizes and controls an animation's content over time using layers and frames.






16. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






17. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood






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






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






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






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






22. John Lasseter founding member - The Adventures of Andre and Wally B - The Great Mouse Detective (Disney Released) - Luxo Jr - Tin Toy - Toy Story






23. The panel that contains the objects that are used in a Flash movie.






24. Tool for planning visual media like animation - video and even websites.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Is a type of animation made by drawing pictures on to a clear plastic sheet one by one.






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






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






39. 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






40. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






44. Simple animation that starts in frame 1 and loops until the rest of the movie has been downloaded.






45. A spinning disc mounted vertically on a handle. Around the center of the disc a series of pictures was drawn corresponding to frames of the animation; around its circumference was a series of radial slits. The user would spin the disc and look throug






46. 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.






47. ActionScript that tests whether or not certain conditions have been met and - if so - can perform other actions.






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






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






50. Brings graphics directly onto the stage