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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.






2. King Kong

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3. 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.






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






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






6. An animation stored as a single - reusable symbol in the library panel






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 1 second (default)






14. Terminator 2






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






21. A feature that enables you to view the contents of multiple frames onscreen at the same time.






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






23. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






24. 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






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






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






27. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)






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






29. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






41. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.