Motion Graphics WebXam Review

CGI stands for

• computer general information

• complicated generated imagery

• computer-generated imagery

• computer gererated infortmation

The frequency at which each consecutive image (frame) of a film appears per second (so it is measured in frames per second or FPS).

• frame rate

• frame length

• frame type

• frame time

This is the proper term for what's known as "keying" in animation.

• Compositing

• Building

• Scratching

• Layering

24 frames per second would be written as:

• 24f

• 24

• 24p

• 24fps

In traditional animation, this was the start or end point of any smooth transition. In After Effects, you define the start and end point of this also, but the program will fill in the smooth transition itself (‘interpolate’).

• framing

• keyframe

• frame setting

• frame point

This usually means using a green screen (or blue screen) to artificially place an actor in another environment, a technique used for everything from weather reports to Star Wars. The environment could be a moving image or a static one. After Effects replaces a very narrowly defined color range with another image. In its most sophisticated form, the camera angle moves so that our view of both background and actor seamlessly alters.

• Background Manipulation

• Photoshop

• keying (properly known as ‘chroma key’ or ‘compositing’)

• framing

A digital painting of a landscape or environment placed behind an actor by keying. This can be static or (3D) animated. Before digital technology this was done by using an actual painting on glass placed behind the actors.

• gloss painting

• matte painting

• background

• scene

In After Effects this is a synonym for ‘animation’ (it means the same thing).

• motion graphics

• moving

• anime'

• motion

In the digital age with a digital file you can jump to any point you want in the film, and copy/cut-paste. What is this called?

• click-point editing

• back and forth editng

• non-linear editing

• linear editing

 These are third-party created software that add new features to After Effects.

• extras

• tools

• plug-ins

• plugs