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REVISIT
▶ Adobe Animate is a multimedia graphic program used for creating vector graphics, animations, games,
cartoons, text, graphics and other special effects.
▶ The components of the Animate window are: Menu bar, File Name tab, Tools panel, Current scene, etc.
▶ Animate Timeline panel contains the frames, layers, and timeline buttons that make up a movie.
▶ Tools panel contains all the tools required to create shapes.
▶ You can create shapes and graphics in Animate using the tools from Tools Panel.
▶ Tools that are available to create shapes are the line tool, pen tool, rectangle tool, polystar tool and brush tool.
▶ You can fill colour in the shape drawn, using Fill Color button.
▶ Eraser tool is used to erase a part of your drawing.
▶ You can save, open and close the files created in Adobe Animate.
1. Tick ( ) the correct option.
a. The light grey area around the stage is called __________.
(i) Current scene (ii) Work area
(iii) Timeline panel (iv) Tools Panel
b. Which tool allows us to drag the stage around to see the parts that are not visible?
(i) Hand tool (ii) Pen tool
(iii) Lasso tool (iv) Polystar Tool
c. What is the default extension for an Animate file?
(i) fal (ii) .fla
(iii) .laf (iv) None of these
d. Which tool lets us manipulate characters during the animation process?
(i) Paint Bucket tool (ii) Asset Wrap tool
(iii) Zoom tool (iv) Both (i) & (ii)
e. Which tool allows us to fill colour in the enclosed area?
(i) Paint Bucket tool (ii) Eye Dropper tool
(iii) Line tool (iv) Paint tool
2. Fill in the blanks using the words from the help box.
Lasso, Animation, Sub-Selection, Frames, Library
a. __________ is an illusion of movement created by rapidly showing a series of still pictures in sequence.
b. The __________ tab is used to organise and select symbols to add to our movie.
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