Types of Animation
This type of animation requires the crew to manually adjust characters each frame to mimic fluid motion
What is Stop Motion
This needs to be added to extend your animation past the first stage
What is scene
The idea that inspired early animation; involves the way images are processed from our eyes to the brain
Persistence of vision
To bring in another image, such as a background, onto the stage
What is import to
This type of image can be resized infinitely; created using a series of anchor points
Vector
This type of animation was made popular in Japan, and is characterized by large eyes, wild hair, long arms and limbs and express a dramatic range of emotion
What is Anime
Where new frames are added to extend your animation
Timeline
A way to animate drawing without technology; uses paper as frames
What is a flipbook?
Signals the beginning and ending of an action sequence in computer animation. For example, change in pose or location
Key frame
An image with a transparent background; must be "exported as"
What is .PNG
A form of stop motion that uses flat characters, props and backgrounds made from paper or similar 2D material
What is Cut out animation
This type of effect uses a parent layer to connect all elements of a character together and auto generate frames
Classic Tween
This object started as a toy to entertain children and inspired the first animators by using only two frames
Thaumatrope
Movement that repeats itself without ending
Looping
This tool lets you combine geometric shapes into a new, irregular or organic shape
Shape builder tool
Newest style of animation, often relies on CGI to create lifelike renderings of characters with detailed shadows and highlights
3D animation
This effect requires you to convert an image to a symbol on order to create a motion path
Motion tween
This idea revolutionized the field of animation by helping animators draw more realistic, fluid motions that appeared lifelike
What is Rotoscoping? (Describe for half credit)
Allows you to see a ghost image from previous frame
Onionskin
Two elements that make up each shape in Illustrator (outline/color)
A filmmaking technique where live actors and objects are shot frame-by-frame to simulate movement
Pixalation
The tool that allows you to choose elements in the work to either edit or move.
Move tool
This type of art medium has been the foundation on which animation was built and developed; a must-have skill for animators
Drawing
One single still image in the series that composes the complete moving picture.
Frame
A command that lets users transform an existing image (such as a photograph) into editable vector shapes
What is Image Trace