5 Written Questions

1. cable, also known as IEEE-1394, that carries digital video signals, which include audio, video, and control (stop, start, etc.) signals
2. common format for Web graphics, especially small images and images that contain text, such as navigation buttons; this format can also be animated; Graphical Interchange Format
3. the process of transferring video to the computer
4. putting your digital video into a particular format; ex: MPEG, MPEG2, Windows media
5. part of video editing window that displays tracks

5 Matching Questions

1. Scrubbing
2. Windows Media Video
3. Chroma key
4. Warping
5. Frame size

1. a also referred to as resolution, expressed by the horizontal and vertical dimensions, in pixels, of a frame; i.e., 640 by 480 pixels
2. b a special effect that results in distortion of an image
3. c process where overlay cards display video on the screen and one of the colors becomes transparent; any place the transparent color appears, you see the video input
4. d what does WMV stand for?
5. e manual preview

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The three-character filename extension for Microsoft Windows standard video format; format is uncompressed
   1. Cuts
   2. Fading
   3. Frame
   4. AVI
2. the phase that incudes capturing, editing, mixing sound, rendering, and exporting
   1. Vector animation
   2. Postproduction
   3. Preproduction
   4. Animation
3. representation of what each screen of a multimedia project will look like and how the screens are linked; often hand-drawn sketches
   1. Storyboard
   2. Tripod
   3. Scrubbing
   4. Import
4. a person skilled in the art or practice of making video shows or movies with a video camera
   1. Videographer
   2. Video editing
   3. Video camera
   4. Firewire
5. moves an object along a predetermined path on the screen; the path could be a straight line or it could include any number of curves; often the object does not change, although it might be resized or reshaped
   1. Duration
   2. Transition
   3. Frame animation
   4. Vector animation

5 True/False Questions

1. Chroma key → a single still image in a video or animation

   True        False

2. National Television Standard Committee → the standard broadcast system used in United States and Japan

   True        False

3. Capture device → the final step in creating a 3-D animation that involves giving objects attributes such as colors, surface textures, and degrees of transparency

   True        False

4. Tweening → short for in-betweening; the process of generating intermediate frames between two images to give the appearance that the first image evolves smoothly into the second image

   True        False

5. Production → the phase where you take care of everything that needs to be done before the cameras start rolling

   True        False