CAP 151 - Introduction to Computer Animation

Review for Third Test

The following questions are provided to help you study for the first test. Do not expect to see these exact questions on the test.

1. What technique do the authors recommend that helps you avoid running out of time before the final frame and still finishing the animation as desired?
   
   
2. What standard Windows font is an equivalent for Helvetica?
   
   
3. When animating text in After Effects, what does a Range Selector actually do?
   
   
4. What do the start and end values of a Range Selector refer to?
   
   
5. If you add a Fill color to an After Effects text layer, what is the default color that will be used?
   
   
6. What other two properties of a Range Selector does the Offset property affect?
   
   
7. What constraint does the chain link button impose when it is active?
   
   
8. What property of Randomize Order can you change to get a more random effect out of it?
   
   
9. What tool do you use to draw a line across the comp panel so text can follow it?
   
   
10. In the Flowing Text exercise in Lesson 5, when you set the Path Options for the text, what is the line that you drew called?
    
    
11. What are the three properties that a child layer can inherit from a parent layer?
    
    
12. What properties do parent layers inherit from children?
    
    
13. What is the rule of thumb the authors offer for deciding which layer should be a child and which should be a parent?
    
    
14. Why would you make layers children of a null layer?
    
    
15. What is the meaning of each of these terms from Lesson 6:
    • parenting
    • nesting
    • precomp
    • master comp, main comp
    • precomposing
      
      
16. What phrase does the text use that means turning on the 3D features for a layer?
    
    
17. How does After Effects determine which of two 2D layers appears in front of the other?
    
    
18. How does After Effects determine which of two 3D layers appears in front of the other?
    
    
19. What axis is added to 3D movement that is not present in 2D movement?
    
    
20. What is the color code mnemonic for 3D axes in After Effects?
    
    
21. What can you say about the thickness of 3D layers in After Effects?
    
    
22. What real world effect does Multiplaning simulate?
    
    
23. What is the keyboard shortcut to deselect all layers that are currently selected?