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Animation Basics

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






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






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






4. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






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






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






7. An animation process in which frames are created between the keyframes that are needed to create the illusion of movement.






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






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






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






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






12. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.






13. Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Droopy - Screwy Squirrel - Porky Pig - Chilly Willy - Red Hot Riding Hood






14. 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






15. To bring information into a computer or computer program






16. Scenery hung at back of stage






17. James and the Giant Peach - The Nightmare Before Christmas






18. Pre-developed movie clips that can quickly add functionality to a movie by dragging and dropping them from the Components panel to the stage. Commonly used for creating forms with boxes for entering user data.






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






20. 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.






21. Created rotoscoping - The Tantalizing Fly (Koko the Clown) - Dizzy Dishes - Minnie the Moocher(Betty Boop) - Popeye (Popeye Meets Sinbad) - Superman series - Gulliver's Travels (first animated feature not from Disney)






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






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






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






25. The panel where you create and edit Action Scrip code for an object or a frame.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A container that holds information and is used in ActionScript code.






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






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






36. Is a type of stop-motion animation that photographs people to give the illusion of seemingly impossible actions.






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






38. Indicates the class used to populate the variable.






39. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Gumby - Davey and Goliath






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






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






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






49. 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.






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







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