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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of clay characters - moving the characters slightly between each shot.






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A description of the hierarchical relationship that develops between nested symbols - especially nested movie clip symbols. When you insert a movie clip inside another movie clip - the inserted clip is considered the child and the original clip is th






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






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






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






24. Acceleration and deceleration refers to the tendency things have to start and stop moving gradually.






25. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






26. 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






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






28. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird






29. King Kong

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30. The process of breaking apart text to place each character in a separate text block. The process of separating groups - instances - and bitmaps into ungrouped - of editable elements.






31. Influenced by Jones' The Dover Boys. John Hubley; Gerald McBoing-Boing - Rooty Toot Toot - The Tell-Tale Heart - Moonbird






32. 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






33. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of clay characters - moving the characters slightly between each shot.






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






40. Something that should cause people to want to watch the movie






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






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






43. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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