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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Allows you to test Flash movies on various models of mobile devices.






2. An animation device - the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles Reynaud






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






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






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






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






7. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






9. 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






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






11. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.






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






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






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






15. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






24. 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.






25. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






27. Created rotoscoping - The Tantalizing Fly (Koko the Clown) - Dizzy Dishes - Minnie the Moocher(Betty Boop) - Popeye (Popeye Meets Sinbad) - Superman series - Gulliver's Travels (first animated feature not from Disney)






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






29. 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.






30. 1 second (default)






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






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






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






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






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






36. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






37. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






38. Graphic based on pixels






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






40. 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.






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






42. Brings graphics into the library






43. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






45. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






49. 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






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