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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Brings graphics into the library






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






8. 1 second (default)






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






15. 1 second (default)






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






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






18. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






20. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






38. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Fantasmagorie






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






46. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






47. 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






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






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






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