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Animation Worksheet: Keyframes and In-Betweens

Animation and design lesson 4: Keyframes and in-betweens · Set 277 · 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.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the start of a jump”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  2. 2.🔑 What are the drawings between keyframes called? (a) thumbnails (b) close-ups (c) titles (d) in-betweens
  3. 3.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 18 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
  4. 4.🔑 What is usually drawn first? (a) the in-betweens (b) the end credits (c) the music (d) the keyframes
  5. 5.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 48 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  6. 6.🔑 When an animation app draws the in-betweens for you, it is called … (a) squashing (b) cropping (c) zooming (d) tweening
  7. 7.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 10 and frame 13. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  8. 8.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 15 and frame 18. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  9. 9.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 24 cm in 6 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 5 (in cm)?
  10. 10.True or false: “a pose between two keys” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 40 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  12. 12.True or false: “the start of a jump” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “a pose halfway up” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “the first main pose” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “the start of a jump” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 4 and frame 9. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  17. 17.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 16 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  18. 18.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the final main pose”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  19. 19.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 19 and frame 27. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  20. 20.🔑 Fewer in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) faster (b) quieter (c) darker (d) slower
  21. 21.🔑 More in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) louder (b) brighter (c) slower and smoother (d) faster and jumpier
  22. 22.True or false: “just after take-off” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔑 What is a keyframe? (a) a sound effect (b) a main, important pose (c) a blank page (d) a type of font
  24. 24.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a pose between two keys”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  25. 25.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 20 and frame 26. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  26. 26.🔑 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?
  27. 27.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 42 cm in 6 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
  28. 28.True or false: “just after take-off” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “the landing pose” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔑 A scene has 4 keyframes in a row, with 1 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  31. 31.🔑 A scene has 8 keyframes in a row, with 5 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  32. 32.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 45 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
  33. 33.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 56 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
  34. 34.🔑 A scene has 5 keyframes in a row, with 1 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  35. 35.🔑 A scene has 3 keyframes in a row, with 2 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  36. 36.True or false: “a drawing filling a gap” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “just before landing”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  38. 38.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the landing pose”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  39. 39.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 63 cm in 7 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
  40. 40.🔑 A scene has 3 keyframes in a row, with 6 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?

Answer key

  1. keyframe
  2. in-betweens
  3. 6
  4. the keyframes
  5. 12
  6. tweening
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 20
  10. True
  11. 10
  12. True
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. 4
  17. 8
  18. keyframe
  19. 7
  20. faster
  21. slower and smoother
  22. False
  23. a main, important pose
  24. in-between
  25. 5
  26. 37
  27. 21
  28. True
  29. False
  30. 7
  31. 43
  32. 27
  33. 7
  34. 9
  35. 7
  36. False
  37. in-between
  38. keyframe
  39. 27
  40. 15

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