
Animate Fundamentals: An Introduction to Animate
2-Day Live Class


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
$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