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| .FLA | Native project file used by Adobe Flash which preserves the project’s layers, scenes, and library for future editing |
| .FLV | Video format that uses the Adobe Flash Player code for playback, common format for embedded video on the internet |
| .SWC | Contain the project Adobe Animate components, including a compiled movie clip, ActionScript code, and any assets that the component requires |
| .SWF | Formerly standard animation format for use on the Internet, can support frame-based or vector animation, supports ActionScript coding, allowing for user interactivity |
| 2D Animation | Uses two dimensions of movement in animation, has a flat look in appearance |
| 3D Animation | Uses three dimensions of movement, has more depth and realistic appearance |
| Animated .GIF | Supports only frame-based animation, simplest way to display short animation clips, commonly used for web, only animation format that cannot play audio |
| Claymation | Clay characters or moquettes moved in small increments between still photographs |
| Digital Animation | The illusion of movement of graphic(s) and/or text |
| Frame-Based Animation | A series of individual still frames that create the illusion of animation when viewed continuously, each frame has slight changes in position from the previous frame |
| Paper Cut-Out Animation | Similar to claymation, but with cut out shapes |
| Rotoscope | Involves careful tracing of individual frames in recorded video |
| Stop Motion Animation | Cinematic process, or technique used to make static |
| Vector Animation | Uses computer generated formulas to make objects in the animation move along a path, utilizes tweens between keyframes |
