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: “the top of the jump”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 2.🔑 What is usually drawn first? (a) the keyframes (b) the music (c) the end credits (d) the in-betweens
- 3.🔑 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?
- 4.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “just before landing”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 5.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a pose halfway up”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 6.True or false: “the start of a jump” is an in-between. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔑 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?
- 8.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 21 cm in 7 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
- 9.True or false: “just before landing” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔑 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?
- 11.True or false: “a pose between two keys” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 10 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 4 (in cm)?
- 13.True or false: “the final main pose” is a keyframe. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 15 and frame 18. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 15.🔑 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)?
- 16.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 14 and frame 24. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 17.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 32 cm in 4 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
- 18.True or false: “a drawing filling a gap” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “just after take-off” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔑 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?
- 21.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 35 cm in 5 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 4 (in cm)?
- 22.🔑 Fewer in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) faster (b) quieter (c) slower (d) darker
- 23.🔑 When an animation app draws the in-betweens for you, it is called … (a) zooming (b) squashing (c) tweening (d) cropping
- 24.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a drawing filling a gap”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 25.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 49 cm in 7 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 4 (in cm)?
- 26.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 4 and frame 10. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 27.🔑 What is a keyframe? (a) a blank page (b) a main, important pose (c) a sound effect (d) a type of font
- 28.🔑 More in-betweens between two keyframes make the move … (a) louder (b) faster and jumpier (c) slower and smoother (d) brighter
- 29.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 14 and frame 18. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 30.🔑 An animator draws keyframes on frame 7 and frame 16. How many in-between frames are there between them?
- 31.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “a pose between two keys”? (a) keyframe (b) in-between
- 32.🔑 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?
- 33.🔑 What are the drawings between keyframes called? (a) titles (b) in-betweens (c) close-ups (d) thumbnails
- 34.🔑 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?
- 35.True or false: “the first main pose” is an in-between. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 24 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 1 (in cm)?
- 37.🔑 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?
- 38.🔑 Keyframe or in-between: “the first main pose”? (a) in-between (b) keyframe
- 39.True or false: “the landing pose” is a keyframe. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔑 A ball moves from 0 cm to 24 cm in 8 equal steps. How far from the start is it after step 3 (in cm)?
Answer key
- keyframe
- the keyframes
- 15
- in-between
- in-between
- False
- 7
- 9
- False
- 37
- False
- 8
- True
- 2
- 16
- 9
- 24
- True
- True
- 43
- 28
- faster
- tweening
- in-between
- 28
- 5
- a main, important pose
- slower and smoother
- 3
- 8
- in-between
- 13
- in-betweens
- 31
- False
- 3
- 15
- keyframe
- True
- 9
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