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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. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






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






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






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






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






7. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






8. 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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (the first cartoon using chalk drawing and cut-outs)






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Graphic based on pixels






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






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






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






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. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. Terminator 2






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






46. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






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






48. 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






49. The method for adding objects to be visible on the screen in ActionScript.






50. To bring information into a computer or computer program