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Animation Basics

Subjects : it-skills, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






2. The process used to generate the files necessary for delivering Flash movies on the web - such as swf and HTML files.






3. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






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






5. To bring information into a computer or computer program






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






7. 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.






8. 1 second (default)






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. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






11. 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






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






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






14. Two Towers (Gollum) - King Kong remake (2005)






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






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






17. Is a made by tracing over live-action film movement frame by frame






18. Sequence of images drawn page-by-page






19. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






20. Flattens out and elongate slightly






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






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






23. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






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






28. Scooby Doo -The Jetsons -and The Flintstones






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






30. Formulas for manipulating or evaluating the information in variables.






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






32. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. An extremely fast Internet connection that is widely used by businesses.






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






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






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






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






43. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)






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






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






46. Gertie the Dinosaur and Little Nemo (character from a well-known newspaper comic)






47. 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






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






49. Fantasmagorie






50. Spins images on paper in rotating drum; 1834; early motion-picture machine