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Animation Worksheet: Keyframes and In-Betweens

Animation and design lesson 4: Keyframes and in-betweens · Set 565 · 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.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 2 and frame 4. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  2. 2.🔑 What is a keyframe? (a) a main, important pose (b) a blank page (c) a sound effect (d) a type of font
  3. 3.True or false: “just after take-off” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔑 When an animation app draws the in-betweens for you, it is called … (a) squashing (b) tweening (c) cropping (d) zooming
  5. 5.True or false: “just before landing” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔑 A scene has 5 keyframes in a row, with 3 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  7. 7.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 30 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  8. 8.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the landing pose”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  9. 9.True or false: “a drawing filling a gap” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “the top of the jump” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 3 and frame 8. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  12. 12.🔑 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?
  13. 13.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 16 and frame 27. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  14. 14.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a pose halfway up”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  15. 15.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the start of a jump”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  16. 16.🔑 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?
  17. 17.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 14 and frame 20. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  18. 18.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 17 and frame 24. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  19. 19.True or false: “the start of a jump” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the top of the jump”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
  21. 21.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 6 and frame 20. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  22. 22.True or false: “the top of the jump” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a drawing filling a gap”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  24. 24.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 40 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
  25. 25.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 25 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
  26. 26.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 15 and frame 28. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  27. 27.🔑 What are the drawings between keyframes called? (a) close-ups (b) thumbnails (c) in-betweens (d) titles
  28. 28.True or false: “the landing pose” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a pose between two keys” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 42 cm in 6 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  31. 31.🔑 A scene has 6 keyframes in a row, with 6 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  32. 32.True or false: “the final main pose” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 17 and frame 25. How many in-between frames are there between them?
  34. 34.🔑 What is usually drawn first? (a) the in-betweens (b) the end credits (c) the keyframes (d) the music
  35. 35.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “just after take-off”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
  36. 36.🔑 More in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) slower and smoother (b) louder (c) brighter (d) faster and jumpier
  37. 37.🔑 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)?
  38. 38.🔑 A scene has 6 keyframes in a row, with 1 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
  39. 39.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 27 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
  40. 40.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the final main pose”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe

Answer key

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

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