Animating in Photoshop
1h 42mIntermediate2020-08-07
Authors

Dermot O' Connor
Animator for Disney and Don Bluth
Course details
Interested in bringing your line drawings to life? With Adobe Photoshop, you can transform your hand-drawn artwork into compelling animations quickly, avoiding complex specialty software with steep learning curves. Learn how to use Photoshop to make your drawings move in this course with veteran animator Dermot O' Connor. Find out how to draw captivating characters with media brushes, clean up your rough drawings, and add color and inking. Dermot then takes you to the timeline where the animation takes place and shows how to draw the keys, or main poses of an animation; breakdowns; and inbetweens. He also shows how to plot arcs to establish timing and spacing. Finally, learn how to adjust the timing of the final animation and render out the results. By the end of this course, you'll be able to harness this popular software to bring your artwork to life.
Topics include:
Drawing the character
Layering and coloring
Inking
Animating with layers
Drawing keys and breakdowns
Drawing inbetweens
Animating objects vs. characters
Rendering the animation
Topics include:
Drawing the character
Layering and coloring
Inking
Animating with layers
Drawing keys and breakdowns
Drawing inbetweens
Animating objects vs. characters
Rendering the animation
Skills covered
2D AnimationImage EditingPhotoshopPhotographyAdobeAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - How to animate using Photoshop
- 02 - What you need to know
1. Drawing the Character
- 03 - Overview and setup
- 04 - Gestures and roughs
- 05 - Tiedown and cleanup
- 06 - Layering and coloring
- 07 - Inking
2. Animating an Object
- 08 - Timeline and exposures
- 09 - Thumbnails and timing charts
- 10 - Moving and unifying layers
- 11 - Drawing keys
- 12 - Drawing breakdowns
- 13 - Plotting arcs
- 14 - Drawing inbetweens
- 15 - Coloring the character
3. Animate a Character
- 16 - Thumbnailing the action
- 17 - Drawing character keys
- 18 - Arcs and breakdowns
- 19 - Drawing character inbetweens
- 20 - Coloring the character
4. Exporting the Animation
- 21 - Grouping and changing timing
- 22 - Rendering the animation
Conclusion
- 23 - Next steps