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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Complex Bugs and Daffy work - created Pepe LePeu - Road Runner - Wile E. Coyote - What's Opera Doc?






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. To bring information into a computer or computer program






19. The process of changing one data type to another.






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






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






22. 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)






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






24. Fantasmagorie






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






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






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






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






29. King Kong

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






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






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






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






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






35. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






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






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






41. Is mounted above a series of cells - each containing separate elements of the scene.. Because the cells are mounted at varying distances from the camera - if it pans or moves toward them - an effect of motion perspective is created. This was invented






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






43. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






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






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






47. ActionScript 3.0 code that 'listening' to 'hear' when an event occurs. For example - a button object might listen for a mouse click.






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






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






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