Animate Fundamentals: An Introduction to Animate

2-Day Live Class

Adobe Animate provides a comprehensive authoring environment for creating interactive and media-rich applications. Animate is widely used to create engaging projects integrating video, sound, graphics, and animation. You can create original content in Animate or import assets from other Adobe applications such as Photoshop or Illustrator. Animate lets you easily design animation add video and sound, then use a language to integrate sophisticated interactivity.

Who Should Attend?

Video, animation, and graphics professionals who need a working knowledge of Adobe Animate.

Prerequisites:

Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows skills.
Photoshop Fundamentals: An Introduction to Photoshop class or equivalent experience is recommended.

Upcoming Course Dates

Animate Fundamentals: An Introduction to Animate | Starts on 03/03/2022

$795.00

Animate Fundamentals: An Introduction to Animate | Starts on 06/02/2022

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Animate Fundamentals: An Introduction to Animate | Starts on 09/01/2022

$795.00

Animate Fundamentals: An Introduction to Animate | Starts on 12/01/2022

$795.00

Course Outline

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. At his/her discretion, the instructor may adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted

Starting Adobe Animate and opening a file
Understanding document types and creating a new document
Getting to know the workspace
Working with the Library panel
Understanding the Timeline panel
Using the Properties panel
Using the Tools panel
Adding layer effects
Undoing steps in Animate
Previewing your movie
Modifying the content and Stage
Saving your movie

Lesson 2: Creating Graphics and Text

Understanding strokes and fills
Creating shapes
Making selections
Editing shapes
Using gradient fills
Using variable-width strokes
Using swatches and tagged swatches
Creating curves
Using transparency to create depth
Being expressive with the Fluid Brush and custom brushes
Creating and editing text
Aligning and distributing objects
About symbols
Creating symbols
Managing symbol instances
Applying filters for special effects
Converting and exporting art

Lesson 3: Animating Symbols

About animation
Understanding the project file
Animating position
Changing the pacing and timing
Animating transparency
Animating filters
Animating transformations
Editing multiple frames
Changing the path of the motion
Swapping tween targets
Creating nested animations
Easing
Frame-by-frame animation
Animating 3D motion
Exporting your final movie

Lesson 4: Advanced Motion Tweening

About the Motion Editor
Understanding the project file
Adding motion tweens
Editing property curves
Viewing options for the Motion Editor
Copying and pasting curves
Adding complex eases

Lesson 5: Character Animation with Tweens

Layer parenting
Using classic tweens
Making and animating deformations
Graphic symbols for lip-syncing dialogue

Lesson 6: Controlling the Camera

Animating camera moves
Getting started
Using the camera
Creating depth
Attaching layers to the camera for fixed graphics
Exporting your final movie

Lesson 7: Animating Shapes and Using Masks

Animating shapes
Understanding the project file
Creating a shape tween
Changing the pace
Adding more shape tweens
Creating a looping animation
Using shape hints
Previewing animations with onion skinning
Animating color
Creating and using masks
Animating the mask and masked layers
Easing a shape tween

Lesson 8: Creating Interactive Navigation

About interactive movies
ActionScript and JavaScript
Creating buttons
Preparing the timeline
Creating destination keyframes
Navigating the Actions panel
Adding JavaScript interactivity with the Actions panel wizard
Creating a Home button
Playing animation at the destination
Animated buttons

Lesson 9: Creating Virtual Reality Environments

About virtual reality
VR Panorama and VR 360 documents
Creating a texture layer
Creating new scenes
Adding interactivity
Adding graphics and animation
Moving the camera position
Publishing VR projects

Lesson 10: Working with Sound and Video

Understanding the project file
Using sounds
Understanding video
Using Adobe Media Encoder CC
Understanding encoding options
Playback of external video in your project
Adding a video without playback controls

Lesson 11: Publishing

Understanding publishing
Converting to HTML5 Canvas
Publishing for HTML5
Publishing a desktop application
Publishing to mobile devices