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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






2. 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)






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






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






5. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






8. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






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






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






11. A small part of the overall story such as the introduction of a character or conflict.






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






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






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






22. Shows where the key (most important) action occurs.






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 1 second (default)






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






29. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






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






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






33. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






36. 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






37. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






38. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Moveable objects used on the set of a play or a movie






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






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