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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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1. Indicators on the video timeline that can be used in ActionScript.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Simple animation that starts in frame 1 and loops until the rest of the movie has been downloaded.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






34. Colonel Heeza Liar - Krazy Kat - and Bobby Bumps






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






45. Object on the stage that is used to provide interactivity - such as jumping to another frame on the Timeline.






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






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






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






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






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