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Flash Tutorial 3 Study Guide
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01/28/2010

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A Flash document starts with one layer.
(T or F)
Definition
True
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It is a good idea to unlock a layer once you finish editing its content.
(T or F)
Definition
False
Term
As you work with content on the Stage, it is important to always be aware of which frame is being displayed, because that is the frame whose content you are working with.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
The frames of a motion tween are tinted pink.
(T or F)
Definition
False
Term
As you develop your animation, the number of frames can grow very rapidly, as well as the number of layers.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
Additional layers add to the overall size of the finished file.
(T or F)
Definition
False
Term
The size of the final published SWF file is not an important consideration as you create an animation.
(T or F)
Definition
False
Term
The names of layers placed in a layer folder are displayed in boldface under the layer folder in the Timeline.
(T or F)
Definition
False
Term
Every Flash document starts with one scene.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
The Flash Player treats all of the scenes in a SWF file as one long Timeline.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
When a target object in a tween is replaced by a different instance, the tween must be recreated.
(T or F)
Definition
False
Term
After you click the Font arrow in the Property inspector, you can type the first letter of a font name to scroll the list to that name.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
Graphic symbols, unlike movie clip instances, always start playing from their first frame.
(T or F)
Definition
False
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You need to test a document in the Flash Player in order to see the animations contained in instances of graphic symbols.
(T or F)
Definition
False
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Instances of graphic symbols appear as static objects and do not display their animations within the Stage window.
(T or F)
Definition
False
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Tweened animations tend to produce larger-sized files than frame-by-frame animations.
(T or F)
Definition
False
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To create a tweened animation, you need to create the graphic elements for the animation in each of its individual frames.
Definition
False
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When you create an animation, every frame in which the graphic object does not change is a keyframe.
(T or F)
Definition
False
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Shape tweens are created using a very different process than the one used to create motion tween animations.
(T or F)
Definition
False
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A geometric tween is an animation that takes one shape and transforms it into another shape.
(T or F)
Definition
False
Term
A key in the Lock/Unlock column of the Timeline indicates the layer is locked and cannot be edited.
(T or F)
Definition
False; lock
Term
You can press the Esc key to toggle between displaying and hiding the panels in the Flash program window.
(T or F)
Definition
False; F4
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A sound waveform, which is a representation of the sound, is displayed in a frame when you add it to a document.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
To remove layer folders from the Timeline to make it less cluttered, you can click a folder’s Hide arrow in the Timeline.
(T or F)
Definition
False; Collapse
Term
The Motion value in the Property inspector allows you to specify whether the object should rotate during the motion tween.
(T or F)
Definition
False; rotate
Term
The simplest and quickest way to create a motion tween is to apply a(n) motion preset to an object selected on the Stage and let Flash create the necessary elements for the animation.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
To test a few frames of animation, scrub by dragging the playhead along the Stage header.
(T or F)
Definition
False; timeline
Term
In a tweened animation, each of the frames at the beginning and end of the animation is a keystone.
(T or F)
Definition
False; keyframe
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If there is a blue line across the frames in a Timeline, that means that the final keyframe is missing.
(T or F)
Definition
False; dashed
Term
When swapping instances of a symbol in a classic frame-by-frame animation you need to swap the instances in both the beginning and ending keyframes.
(T or F)
Definition
False; tweened
Term
The frames of movie clip symbols are synchronized with a document’s main Timeline.
(T or F)
Definition
False; graphic symbols
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The frames of a graphic symbol are independent of the document’s main Timeline.
(T or F)
Definition
False; movie clip symbol
Term
Depending on the animation, every frame may be a keyframe or you might have intervening frames where the graphic object does not change.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
Motion tweening is used to change a shape into another shape over time.
(T or F)
Definition
False; shape
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In order for an object to be animated using motion tweening, the object must be a symbol.
(T or F)
Definition
True
Term
The ____ is the tool you use in Flash to coordinate a document’s layers, frames, and graphic objects.
Definition
Timeline
Term
The Timeline is a means of ____ layers and frames
Definition
Any of the above
Term
When using ____ mode, any object you draw or move on top of other objects splits or merges with those
objects.
Definition
Merge Drawing
Term
The default frame rate is ____ frames per second
Definition
24
Term
The item marked ____ in the accompanying figure is the Outline column.
Definition
3
Term
The item marked ____ in the accompanying figure is a keyframe.
Definition
5
Term
The items marked 6 in the accompanying figure are ____.
Definition
Layers
Term
The item marked ____ in the accompanying figure is the resize layers column handle.
Definition
8
Term
Regular layers have a ____ icon.
Definition
Page
Term
You can press the ____ key to play the Timeline.
Definition
Enter
Term
You can temporarily hide panels in the Flash program window by pressing the ____ key on the keyboard.
Definition
F4
Term
The ____ option allows you to see more frames within the Timeline window.
Definition
Tiny
Term
The ____ view shows a thumbnail of the frame’s content that is scaled to fit the Timeline’s frame.
Definition
Preview
Term
The ____ command shows a preview of the entire frame’s contents including white or empty space.
Definition
Preview in Context
Term
The frames of a motion tween are tinted ____.
Definition
Blue
Term
To see all of a layer’s selected properties, ____ its layer icon in the Timeline to open the Layer Properties
dialog box.
Definition
Double-click
Term
Layer names cannot include ____.
Definition
None of the above
Term
If a Flash document has two scenes and each scene has 30 frames, the Flash Player will treat this as one long
Timeline with ____ consecutive frames and play them according to the order of the scenes in the Scene panel.
Definition
60
Term
A duplicate scene has the same name as the original with “____” added to its name.
Definition
Copy
Term
A way to navigate from one scene to another is to use the ____ button located in the upper-right corner of the
Stage window, which displays a list of scenes in the document that you can click in order to switch to the
desired scene.
Definition
Edit Scene
Term
If you click Control on the Application bar and then click ____, a new window opens showing the SWF file
as it plays the animation of the Start scene followed by the animation of the End scene.
Definition
Test Movie
Term
In the Scene panel, the ____ option creates a copy of the currently selected scene.
Definition
Duplicate Scene
Term
If a frame is not part of a motion tween, it is called a(n) ____ frame.
Definition
Static
Term
A(n) ____ tween can make an object fade in or out.
Definition
Motion
Term
The frames that make up a motion tween are called the tween ____.
Definition
Span
Term
The ____ value makes an object accelerate or decelerate to create a more natural appearance of movement in
motion tweening.
Definition
Ease
Term
According to the icon shown in the accompanying figure, the ____ layer contains a motion tween.
Definition
Fish
Term
In the accompanying figure, the property keyframes are indicated by a ____.
Definition
Black diamonds
Term
At each point where you modify an object’s properties, a(n) ____ keyframe is created and Flash varies the
content in each intermediate frame to change the object’s position or properties slightly from one frame to the next.
Definition
Property
Term
You can press the ____ key to open the Convert to Symbol dialog box.
Definition
F8
Term
You can press the ____ key to select the Free Transform tool.
Definition
Q
Term
In the accompanying figure, the ocean layer is ____.
Definition
Hidden
Term
You can press the ____ key to insert a regular frame in the selected location.
Definition
F5
Term
To test a document’s animation, you click the Play command on the Control menu or press the ____ key on
the keyboard.
Definition
Enter
Term
When swapping instances of a symbol in a(n) ____ tween, you need to swap the instances in both the beginning and ending keyframes.
Definition
Motion
Term
To test your document’s animation, you can click the ____ command on the Control menu.
Definition
Play
Term
The ____ option plays an animation continuously.
Definition
Loop
Term
You can press the ____ key to insert a keyframe at the selected location.
Definition
F6
Term
Click the Zoom control on the Edit bar and then click ____ to fit all of the contents to the Stage.
Definition
Show All
Term
To test the animation in a Web page, you click File on the menu bar, point to ____, and click Default – (HTML).
Definition
Publish Preview
Term
You can press the ____ key to preview the animation in a Web page in your computer’s default browser.
Definition
F12
Term
In the presentation, Linda needs to change the logo’s color from a subdued gray to a vibrant, multi-hued logo.
Which of the following types of tweening will she use to accomplish this, according to Sasha?
Definition
Motion tweening
Term
Linda is looking at a series of frames. How can she confirm that a motion tween has been applied?
Definition
Both A and B
Term
One step in the presentation requires Linda to morph the company’s old square logo into its new circular shape. Which of the following types of tweening will Sasha recommend Linda use?
Definition
Shape tweening
Term
Christian collected the essays from his class and all of the following were statements that his students made in
their responses. Which of the following is a mistake that he needs to correct?
Definition
Movei clip symbols are useful when you want to synchronize the animations in the symbol to that of the main Timeline
Term
____________________ are used to organize the content of your document.
Definition
Layers
Term
The ____________________ is used to control and coordinate the timing of the animation by determining
how and when the frames for each layer are displayed.
Definition
Timeline
Term
A(n) ____________________ is a frame that contains a new symbol instance or a new graphic object.
Definition
Keyframe
Term
In the accompanying figure, ocean, fish, and background are all ____________________ with descriptive
names.
Definition
Layers
Term
On the Timeline’s Frame View pop-up menu, the ____________________ option reduces the height of the
layers.
Definition
Short
Term
A layer ____________________ is a container in the Timeline in which you can place layers.
Definition
Folder
Term
____________________ provide a way to break up a large movie into smaller movies that are more
manageable.
Definition
Scenes
Term
When you add new scenes to a document, you are essentially adding new ____________________ that
contain their own frames with new content.
Definition
Timelines
Term
A(n) ____________________ animation is where you create the content for the beginning and ending frames,
and then Flash creates the content for the in-between frames.
Definition
Tweened
Term
With a(n) ____________________-based animation, you can easily modify the tween as one entity.
Definition
Object
Term
A(n) ____________________ is a prebuilt motion tween animation.
Definition
Preset
Term
Testing an animation by dragging the playhead with the mouse pointer back and forth through the frames is
called ____________________.
Definition
Scrubbing
Term
In a(n) ____________________ tween, you create motion by defining changes in the content using keyframes.
Definition
Classic
Term
When you select a symbol instance on the Stage, you can use the ____________________ to change the instance’s type without changing the symbol’s type in the document’s library.
Definition
Property inspector
Term
Graphic symbol instances display their animation when you scrub the ____________________ in the
document’s main Timeline or play the animation within the Stage window of the main Timeline’s animation.
Definition
Playhead
Term
The ____________________ plays an animation’s frames only one time starting with the frame specified in
the First frame box.
Definition
Play once
Term
The ____________________ option displays only one frame of an animation, as specified in the First frame box.
Definition
Single frame
Term
You can create a(n) ____________________ animation in which you create the content for each individual frame.
Definition
Frame-by-frame
Term
The object in a(n) ____________________ tween must not be a symbol or a grouped object.
Definition
Shape
Term
A(n) ____________________ tween is indicated in the Timeline by a black arrow and a light green color for the frames.
Definition
Shape
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