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Animation Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






19. The name of a work of art or movie etc.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Brings graphics directly onto the stage






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






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






30. Is a type of animation made by taking photos of any objects - moving the objects slightly between each shot.






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






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






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






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






35. Created theatre optique - hand cranked projectable device






36. Feline Follies - Felix Turns the Tide






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






41. An ActionScript operator - indicated by ++ that adds 1 unit to a variable or expression.






42. Brings graphics into the library






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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






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