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Animation Basics

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Terminator 2






11. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






13. 1 second (default)






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






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






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






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






26. Terminator 2






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Scenery hung at back of stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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