Flashcards: Apps II - 3.01 Vocabulary
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rhonda_siers on March 25, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
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 animation | the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. |
| persistence of vision | the way our eyes retain images for a split second longer than they actually appear, making a series of quick flashes appear as one continuous picture. |
| computer animation | creates a digital scene by digitally recording cells, sorting them on an electronic storyboard, and displaying them electronically in succession. |
| storyboard | a sequence of rough sketches or drawings that describes the planned content of a film or video project. |
| frame | a single still image in a video animation |
| keyframe | A frame from an animated sequence, at which a significant animation event or change takes place. In computer animation, the animator defines the keyframes and the computer generates the intermediate frames (process called tweening). |
| tweening | filling in the frames between important key frames in an animation so that the transition is smooth and is correlated to the number of frames per second required for a particular scene; also known as "morphing". |
| rollovers | the look or action of a control with relation to mouse actions. |
| 3-D graphics | the field of computer graphics concerned with generating and displaying three-dimensional objects in a two-dimensional space |
| traditional animation | the process of creating the illusion of motion by viewing a series of individual drawings successively; also called cel animation |
| frame-by-frame animation | a series of many frames that appears to be in continuous motion. |
| vector animation | The movement of animations defined by formulas. |
| morphing | a technique in which one image is gradually turned into another; short for metamorphosing |
| stage | the part of the animation program window where the animator's content is composed and manipulated |
| timeline | the part of the animation program window that organizes and controls an animation's content over time using layers and frames |
| library | stores frequently used graphics, movie clips, and buttons |
| playhead | the vertical red marked in the timeline that shows which frame is the current frame |
| scrub | dragging the playhead across the timeline |
| compression | the process of reducing the space required to store data by efficiently encoding the content |
| mp3 | a standard format for music files sent over the Internet that compresses music |
| wav | the standard format for sound files on Windows PCs |
| executable | a program file that can run on your computer |
| plug-in | a hardware or software application that adds a specific feature to a computer |
| QuickTime | a cross-platform multimedia format that works on both Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh systems |
| stand alone player | a separate program that can play an animation |
| bandwidth | the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a given amount of time |
| streaming | a procedure for transmitting media files so they can start playing as soon as a PC begins receiving them, rather than waiting for the completed file to download first |
| streaming rate | the rate in frames per second at which the movie can be downloaded |
| playback rate | the rate in frames per second at which the movie plays |