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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






4. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. An attribute of an object such as its size or color.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 1 second (default)






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






35. Fantasmagorie






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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