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Unit 4: Animation
Arkansas Digital Communications 3
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animated GIF | a single graphic file that contains a series of images which are displayed sequentially to give the illusion of movement or change over time |
animation | the simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures or frames |
frame | an individual picture in a sequence of images |
frame animation | a computer animation technique that creates movement one frame at a time; the illusion of movement is created by displaying objects in slightly different poses or positions, one frame after another in rapid succession |
frame rate (fps) | the number of frames per second at which an animation or video is intened to be viewed |
looping | playing a sequences of frames over and over |
morphing | a special-effect process in which persons or objects seem to change shape, form, etc. |
stop motion animation | animation where the model is incrementally and photographed one frame at a time |
tweening | an animation techique that, based on starting and ending shapes, creates the necessary 'in-between' frames |
warping | a special-effect process in which and object is bent or twisted out of shape |
key frames | a frame in an animated sequence of frames which was drawn or otherwise constructed directly by the user than generated automatically, (for example tweening) |
2D animation | the creation of moving pictures in a two-dimensional enviroment; such as computerized animation software |
3D animation | the creation of moving pictures in a three-dimensional environment; objects can be rotated and moved like real objects |
computer generated imagery (CGI) | the application of the field of computer graphics (specifically 3D) to special effects |