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Animation Worksheet: Keyframes and In-Betweens

Animation and design lesson 4: Keyframes and in-betweens · Set 133 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (Keys, then in-betweens): Keyframes = the main poses; in-betweens = the drawings between them; tweening = the app makes the in-betweens. In-betweens between two keyframes = second frame number − first frame number − 1. Equal steps: one step = distance ÷ number of steps. Drawings in all = keyframes + in-betweens.

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  1. 1.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 6 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  2. 2.🔑 What is a keyframe? (a) a sound effect (b) a main, important pose (c) a type of font (d) a blank page
  3. 3.🔑 What is usually drawn first? (a) the keyframes (b) the end credits (c) the in-betweens (d) the music
  4. 4.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a drawing filling a gap”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  5. 5.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 16 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
  6. 6.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 20 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
  7. 7.🔑 More in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) louder (b) brighter (c) faster and jumpier (d) slower and smoother
  8. 8.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 40 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  9. 9.🔑 When an animation app draws the in-betweens for you, it is called … (a) zooming (b) cropping (c) squashing (d) tweening
  10. 10.🔑 A scene has 7 keyframes in a row, with 4 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  11. 11.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a pose between two keys”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  12. 12.🔑 A scene has 6 keyframes in a row, with 5 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  13. 13.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 16 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  14. 14.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 1 and frame 15. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  15. 15.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 13 and frame 23. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  16. 16.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the final main pose”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  17. 17.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 16 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 4 (in cm)?
  18. 18.True or false: “just before landing” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔑 A scene has 5 keyframes in a row, with 2 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  20. 20.True or false: “a pose halfway up” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔑 Fewer in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) quieter (b) faster (c) slower (d) darker
  22. 22.True or false: “the first main pose” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 3 and frame 6. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  24. 24.🔑 What are the drawings between keyframes called? (a) thumbnails (b) in-betweens (c) titles (d) close-ups
  25. 25.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 15 and frame 18. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  26. 26.True or false: “the start of a jump” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 12 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  28. 28.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the landing pose”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  29. 29.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 63 cm in 7 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 5 (in cm)?
  30. 30.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 15 and frame 30. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  31. 31.🔑 A scene has 4 keyframes in a row, with 2 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  32. 32.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “just after take-off”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  33. 33.True or false: “the top of the jump” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 9 and frame 13. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  35. 35.True or false: “the first main pose” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 13 and frame 22. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  37. 37.🔑 A scene has 3 keyframes in a row, with 1 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  38. 38.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 1 and frame 6. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  39. 39.True or false: “just before landing” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “just after take-off” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. a main, important pose
  3. the keyframes
  4. in-between
  5. 4
  6. 12
  7. slower and smoother
  8. 20
  9. tweening
  10. 31
  11. in-between
  12. 31
  13. 4
  14. 13
  15. 9
  16. keyframe
  17. 8
  18. False
  19. 13
  20. True
  21. faster
  22. True
  23. 2
  24. in-betweens
  25. 2
  26. False
  27. 6
  28. keyframe
  29. 45
  30. 14
  31. 10
  32. in-between
  33. False
  34. 3
  35. False
  36. 8
  37. 5
  38. 4
  39. True
  40. True

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