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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A broadband Internet connection speed that is available through phone lines.






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






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






4. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






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






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






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






10. A program specifically developed to optimize the playing of Flash movies using mobile devices.






11. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






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






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






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. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






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






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






27. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






28. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






35. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






36. 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.






37. Graphic based on pixels






38. Terminator 2






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






46. 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.






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






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






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






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