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Animation Basics

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






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






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






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






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






6. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






8. This is a good way to emphasis to certain movements and thereby draw attention where you want it.






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






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






36. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






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






38. Fantasmagorie






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.