Natural and Character Animation

It is a mathematical way of calculating the different angles of a jointed object to achieve a certain configuration.

• Reverse kinematics

• Inverse kinematics

• Bone kinematics

• Broken kinematics

It defines where your object can bend and how the different bones are connected.

• armature

• Joint

• Pivot Line

• Joining points

It is a basic looping animation showing a character walking.

• walk command

• walk cycle

• walking animation

• walking tween

It refers to the stickiness, or stiffness, of a joint.

• Joint speed

•  Joint movement

• Joint Angle

• Joint frame

A connection between two or more bones is called?

• kinematics

• bones

• joint

• armature

Keeping some space between the pieces will make connecting the bones for your armature easier.

• true

• false

The first bone of an armature is the root bone and the parent of the child bones linked to it.

• true

• false

When you build an armature, the most recent bone will move to the top of stack in your graphics.

• true

• false

Spring simulates physics in any animated armature, whether you’re using movie clips or a buttons.

• True

• false