Animation and its Principles
Lights
More Animation Principles
NOCTI/SkillsUSA/1stYear Review
Little Bit of Everything
100
What is the short cut to set a keyframe?
S
100
What does an ambient light do?
Creates a diffuse light in all directions
100
Pose to pose animation is when...
You create the poses you know you want to happen at certain points in time, and then create the poses that lead up to that pose.
100
What is the standard frame rate for film and animation?
24 FPS
100
What is a good naming convention for files?
projectName_yourName_version.extension
200
If your character is distant from the camera, and it has a lip sync you will need to
Exaggerate the lip sync
200
What does a direction light do?
Creates light in one direction
200
Straight ahead animation is when...
You create each movement of the animation as you get to it in the timeline. You animate one thing after another until the end.
200
What is a 2D representation of a 3D object?
UV Map
200
The aspect ratio for HD video is:
16:9
300
Which animation principle refers to how long it takes for an action to take place?
Timing
300
What does a point light do?
Creates light from a single source
300
Which animation principle gives the feeling of weight to your character?
Squash and Stretch
300
What is Digital Visualization?
Visual communication that includes images, models, designs, diagrams, and animations
300
In three point lighting, what is the name of each of the lights?
Key, Fill, Rim
400
Follow Through and Overlapping animation is when....
When an action drags behind another action, or keeps moving after a major action has finished. (IE: If you had a very fat character and he jumped, his belly would drag behind the main action of the body, and when he landed the belly would settle into place.)
400
What does a spotlight do?
Creates a cone of light
400
Which animation principle allows for the audience to prepare for an action?
Anticipation
400
What is topology?
How the faces/edges/vertexes are connected and flow around the 3D object
400
Adjusting the color information in a video/picture is called
Color Correction
500
Name the 12 principles of Animation.
Squash and Stretch; Anticipation; Staging; Straight ahead action/Pose to Pose; Follow Through/Overlapping Action; Ease/Slow In/Out; Arcs; Secondary Action; Timing; Exaggeration; Solid Drawing; Appeal.
500
What does an Area light do?
Creates light from a certain area of a plane based on its direction
500
Which animation principle says that most natural actions move along a curve?
Arcs
500
Which color wheel uses an additive color system? (How you mix colors on the computer/with lights)
RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
500
What is the graph editor?
Where you can controls points on a graph to edit an animation
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