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.🔑 A scene has 5 keyframes in a row, with 4 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
- 2.True or false: “the final main pose” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “the first main pose” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔑 What is usually drawn first? (a) the keyframes (b) the in-betweens (c) the end credits (d) the music
- 5.🔑 A scene has 5 keyframes in a row, with 5 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
- 6.🔑 More in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) louder (b) slower and smoother (c) brighter (d) faster and jumpier
- 7.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “just after take-off”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
- 8.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “just before landing”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
- 9.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 9 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
- 10.🔑 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?
- 11.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the first main pose”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 12.🔑 Fewer in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) darker (b) quieter (c) slower (d) faster
- 13.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 24 cm in 6 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
- 14.🔑 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?
- 15.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 45 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 4 (in cm)?
- 16.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 2 and frame 11. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 17.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a pose halfway up”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 18.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 3 and frame 8. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 19.🔑 What are the drawings between keyframes called? (a) titles (b) in-betweens (c) thumbnails (d) close-ups
- 20.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 32 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 2 (in cm)?
- 21.🔑 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?
- 22.True or false: “just before landing” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔑 A scene has 6 keyframes in a row, with 3 in-betweens between each pair of neighbouring keyframes. How many drawings is that in all?
- 24.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 8 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
- 25.🔑 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?
- 26.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the start of a jump”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 27.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 2 and frame 6. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 28.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the top of the jump”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 29.True or false: “the start of a jump” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔑 When an animation app draws the in-betweens for you, it is called … (a) squashing (b) zooming (c) cropping (d) tweening
- 31.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the landing pose”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 32.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 30 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
- 33.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 40 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 5 (in cm)?
- 34.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 4 and frame 11. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 35.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 9 and frame 11. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 36.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 27 cm in 3 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
- 37.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a drawing filling a gap”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 38.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 35 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
- 39.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 9 and frame 17. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 40.True or false: “just after take-off” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 21
- True
- True
- the keyframes
- 25
- slower and smoother
- in-between
- in-between
- 6
- 11
- keyframe
- faster
- 4
- 10
- 36
- 8
- in-between
- 4
- in-betweens
- 16
- 43
- False
- 21
- 2
- 50
- keyframe
- 3
- keyframe
- True
- tweening
- keyframe
- 10
- 25
- 6
- 1
- 9
- in-between
- 7
- 7
- True
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