You need to know…

·  Uniform scale does not distort an object when it scales

·  Non-uniform scale does distort and object when it scales

·  A mesh is made up of points, edges and faces

·  The four main screen modes in the object editor are edit, viewpoint, point edit and axis

·  A primitive is a basic 3D geometric shape

·  An Ngon is a basic 2D geometric shape

·  When you subdivide faces, each selected face is divided into 4 equal smaller faces

·  The bridge command allows you to create new geometry between existing faces

·  Only faces with the same number of sides can be bridged

·  Lathing is the act of rotating a spline around a center point to create geometry\

·  The 4 modes of creation in Anim8or are object, figure, sequence and scene

·  You create bones in figure mode

·  You create models in object mode

·  You animate models in sequence mode

·  You create paths for models to follow in scene mode

·  You edit your environment in scene mode

·  When you set joint limits for bones, you are setting the degrees of movement and the axis of movement for a bone.

·  You can create local, spot and infinite lights in anim8or

·  The scroll wheel zooms when using Arc rotate

·  Extruding is the process by which a 2D object is stretched or pulled into a 3D object

·  You add to your selection in Anim8or by right-clicking on objects

·  Add a modifier to an object to bend, twist or taper it.

·  Key frames are utilized in pose-by-pose animation

·  Persistence of Vision is the phenomenon of the eyes that makes animation possible

·  The Thaumatrope was invented in 1825 by John Ayrton Paris

·  Thaumatrope means “spinning marvel”

·  The Phenakistoscope was invented in 1829 by Joseph Plateau

·  The Zoetrope was invented by William Horner in 1834

·  The name Zoetrope means “Wheel of life”

·  Rotoscoping is the process of hand tracing frames of film to make the film look animated

·  “Cel” animation was perfected by Disney, and uses celluloid sheets for each frame

·  Stop-motion is the process of posing objects, taking a picture, then slightly changing the pose, and repeating this process to create the illusion of movement

·  The movie “The Secret Life of Pets” was created using computer generated animation

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