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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1 second (default)






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






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






4. Flattens out and elongate slightly






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






20. It occurs after an action - and is the direct physical result of it






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






29. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Trolley Troubles) - end up abandoning Oswald - becomes Mickey (created by Iwerks)






30. King Kong

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






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






33. Brings graphics into the library






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






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