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3.02 CompAnim
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Persistence of vision | the way our eyes retain images for a split second longer than they actually appear which makes quick flashes of images appear as one continuous motion. |
| Advertising | used to catch attention, such as abnners on websites |
| Entertainment | films, games, virtual reality |
| Selling | Showcasing products, services or instructions |
| Teaching | illustrating concepts or process |
| Training | simulations, presentations |
| Frame by frame animation | the rapid display of a sequence of still images that create the optical illusion of movement |
| Stop Motion Animation | manipulating real-world objects and photographing them one frame at a time. |
| Morphing | transforming one object into another |
| Path Based Animation | also called vector animation where the computer tweens, or creates the frames, to move the object along the path |
| Stage | part of program where the content is created and manipulated |
| Library | used to store frequently used assets such as graphics and audio |
| Timeline | used to organize the content over time |
| Frame | one individual image in the animation |
| Keyframe | indicates when an action is to occur |
| Layers | the timeline can be divided into different layers to give the author more control over different elements such as sound and text. |
| Play head | the marker in the timeline that shows which frame is the current frame as the animation plays |
| Scrubbing | dragging the playhead across the timeline in order to preview the animation |