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An object seen by the human eye remains chemically mapped on the retina for a brief time after viewing.
Persistance of viewing
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The human mind needs to conceptually complete a perceived action.
Phi.
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To make an object travel across the screen while it changes its shape, just....
Translate it a few pixels for each frame.
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The animation technique made famous by Disney; showing a different image for each frame
Cel animation
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The first and last frames of an action
Keyframes
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Process of drawing the frames inbetween the first and last
Tweening
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Special methods that allow images to blend to produce transparencies, inversions, and special f/x
Inks
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Study of movement and motion of structures
Kinematics
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One image transforms into another
Morphing
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Most authoring packages include what visual effects?
Wipes, fades, zooms, and dissolves
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The term cel derives from...
The clear celluloid sheets that were used for drawing each frame
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Movies on film are typically shot at a rate of...
24 frames per second
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Clear sheets used for animation have been replaced by...
digital paper
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Today's computer animation programs most closely resemble...
traditional cel animation
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One major technical limitation in animation is...
The computer's processing ability
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Animation may be jerky if each frame is shown for more than...
1/15th of a second
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Linking objects together and defining their relationship (hands to arms, elbows cannot bend backwards)
Inverse Kinematics
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to create a smooth transition when morphing, there must be numerous...
Key Points
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What is the standard frame rate of computer animations
depends on the file's settings
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Most widely used tool for creating vector-based animations
Flash
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Director file format has which extension?
.dir and .dcr
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File format most widely supported for web animations
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Flash uses this to keep the post-compression file size at absolute minimums
Vector Graphics
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Hard-disk system that supports high-speed data transfer rates
RAID (Redudant Array of Independent Disks)
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Television signal format used in US and most countries
NTSC (National Television Standards Committee)
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Technique that builds a single frame from two fields to help prevent flicker
Interlacing
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keep critical text and graphics inside this on the image
Safe title area
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Technique in which playback starts when enough data has transfered to the player's computer
Streaming
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TV signal format used in France, Russia, and few other countries
SECAM (Sequential Color and Memory)
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Schemes that compress a video for delivery and then decode it during playback
Codecs
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Interleaving audio and video segments and putting all info in one file (Quicktime movie on CD or website)
Flattening
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Length of time it takes for the CD-ROM player to locate data on the disk
Seek Time
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Codec in AVI and Quicktime and is optimized for CD-ROM playback
????
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CCD stands for... (sensor that picks up light)
Charge-Coupled Device
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Monitor output is calibrated to display an image that....
????
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Removing a residual magnetic field that distirts the colors on a TV screen
Degaussing
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A video signal transmitted with all the signals mixed together on a single cable
Composite Video
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Technique of drawing the lines of an entire frame in a single pass
Progressive Scan
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What is an example of videotape format?
Component Y?
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When does generation loss occur?
an analog tape is copied to another analog tape
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What does MPEG stand for?
Moving Picture Expert Group
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