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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






4. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






9. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






10. Items - such as drawings and text - that are placed on the Stage and can be edited and manipulated. In ActionScript 3.0 - an instance of a class that inherits the attributes and functionality of a class.






11. 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.






12. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Fantasmagorie






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






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






23. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






24. Flattens out and elongate slightly






25. 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






26. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame






27. Terminator 2






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






29. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






30. Graphic based on pixels






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






32. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






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






34. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






35. A type of data transmission - such as DSL and cable - in which a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit more information at the same time.






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






37. 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






38. A sound that plays independently of the Timeline. The sound starts in the keyframe to which it is added - but it can continue playing even after a movie ends. Must download completely before it begins playing.






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






40. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






43. The name of a work of art or movie etc.






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






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






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






47. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






49. Allows you to view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






50. Is mounted above a series of cells - each containing separate elements of the scene.. Because the cells are mounted at varying distances from the camera - if it pans or moves toward them - an effect of motion perspective is created. This was invented