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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 view a graphical representation of the size of each frame and the frame-by-frame download process.






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






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






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






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






6. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. A three-footed stand often used to balance a camera






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






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






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






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






17. Scenery hung at back of stage






18. A sound that is tied to the Timeline. No matter its length - a streaming sound stops at the end of the movie. Can start palying as they download.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






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






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






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






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






29. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






31. An image calculated and stored according to mathematical formulas rather than pixels - resulting in a smaller file size and the ability to resize the image without a loss in quality.






32. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






35. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






37. King Kong

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38. 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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Is the rapid display of images in a specific order that give the illusion of movement.






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






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






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






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






50. Graphic based on pixels