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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 changing one data type to another.






2. Brings graphics into the library






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






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






8. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. King Kong

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






41. In ActionScript - a variable type that contains a number with which you can use arithmetic operators - such as addition and subtraction.






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






43. 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)






44. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






46. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






48. Flattens out and elongate slightly






49. 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.






50. The process of smoothing the edges of a graphic so they appear less jagged.