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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






8. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. The group of people you imagine will watch the end product that you create.






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






16. Terminator 2






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






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






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






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






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






22. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






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






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






28. ActionScript 3.0 code that defines the attributes and functionality of an object.






29. Brings graphics into the library






30. An action or set of actions that repeat as long as a condition exists.






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






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






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






34. The panel that contains the objects that are used in a Flash movie.






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






36. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. Flattens out and elongate slightly






43. One of a series of still photographs on a strip of film used in making movies or animations






44. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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)