Animation Worksheet: Keyframes and In-Betweens
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.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a pose between two keys”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
- 2.🔑 What are the drawings between keyframes called? (a) in-betweens (b) titles (c) close-ups (d) thumbnails
- 3.🔑 A scene has 8 keyframes in a row, with 1 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
- 4.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 19 and frame 28. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 5.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 30 cm in 6 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 5 (in cm)?
- 6.🔑 What is a keyframe? (a) a type of font (b) a sound effect (c) a main, important pose (d) a blank page
- 7.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the start of a jump”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 8.🔑 What is usually drawn first? (a) the keyframes (b) the end credits (c) the music (d) the in-betweens
- 9.True or false: “the start of a jump” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “a pose halfway up” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 19 and frame 31. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 12.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 1 and frame 14. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 13.🔑 When an animation app draws the in-betweens for you, it is called … (a) cropping (b) zooming (c) tweening (d) squashing
- 14.True or false: “just before landing” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “the top of the jump” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 28 cm in 7 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 4 (in cm)?
- 17.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 8 and frame 12. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 18.True or false: “the landing pose” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔑 A scene has 8 keyframes in a row, with 6 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
- 20.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 11 and frame 16. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 21.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the final main pose”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 22.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the first main pose”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
- 23.True or false: “the top of the jump” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔑 Fewer in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) quieter (b) slower (c) darker (d) faster
- 25.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 15 and frame 29. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 26.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 18 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
- 27.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 17 and frame 26. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 28.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 11 and frame 13. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 29.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the landing pose”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
- 30.True or false: “the landing pose” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 8 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
- 32.🔑 A scene has 3 keyframes in a row, with 4 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
- 33.True or false: “the start of a jump” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 42 cm in 6 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 5 (in cm)?
- 35.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a drawing filling a gap”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 36.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 24 cm in 6 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
- 37.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the top of the jump”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 38.True or false: “a pose between two keys” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔑 A scene has 7 keyframes in a row, with 5 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
- 40.🔑 A scene has 6 keyframes in a row, with 4 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
Answer key
- in-between
- in-betweens
- 15
- 8
- 25
- a main, important pose
- keyframe
- the keyframes
- False
- True
- 11
- 12
- tweening
- False
- False
- 16
- 3
- True
- 50
- 4
- keyframe
- keyframe
- True
- faster
- 13
- 12
- 8
- 1
- keyframe
- False
- 4
- 11
- True
- 35
- in-between
- 12
- keyframe
- True
- 37
- 26
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