Adobe Animate CC New Features

Course details

Adobe Animate is the focused animation software that takes all the best tools from Flash Professional and bundles them with the Creative Cloud. In this course, learn about the features and enhancements in the latest releases of Adobe Animate by following along with expert Joseph Labrecque. Explore the modern user interface, advanced Onion Skin settings, and GPU-accelerated vector brushes such as Fluid Brush. Explore the enhanced animation tooling, including Frame Picker enhancements and ease presets for classic and shape tweens. Plus, learn about interactivity enhancements, including global JavaScript declarations, the ability to include references to external JavaScript libraries, and two new properties for HTML5 Canvas video components: mute and poster.
Learning objectives
The new modern UI
Timeline enhancements
Advanced onion skinning
Fluid Brush tool and Fresco Brushes
Enhanced animation tooling
Frame Picker enhancements
Custom ease presets for shape tweens
Resetting the camera position
Interactivity enhancements
Global JavaScript declaration
Including external JavaScript libraries

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files

December 2021 Updates

03 - Asset warp tool and warped objects
04 - Designing armatures with modern rigging
05 - Animating with modern rigging

October 2021 Updates

06 - Fill on active layer
07 - Paint fills only brush mode
08 - Scale size with symbol Instance
09 - Last frame option for graphic symbols
10 - Color effects tweening for HTML5 canvas
11 - Scale and skew for layer parenting
12 - Assets panel workflow improvements

October 2020 Updates

13 - Asset management additions
14 - Rig mapping workflows
15 - Timeline tools customization
16 - Quick share improvements
17 - Layer and symbol management

June 2020 Updates

18 - Animating with auto keyframes
19 - Using the Assets panel
20 - Sharing for social distribution
21 - Creating a hands-on tutorial
22 - Importing and using a hands-on tutorial
23 - Using additional canvas blend modes
24 - Selecting canvas audio stream sync
25 - Accessing Adobe AIR integrations

November 2019 Updates

26 - Application modernization
27 - Properties panel modernization
28 - Custom toolbars
29 - Manage application preferences
30 - Timeline interface enhancements
31 - Timeline workflow enhancements
32 - Onion skin advanced settings
33 - Fluid Brush tool and Fresco brushes
34 - Video export enhancements
35 - Export and Publish enhancements

April 2019 Updates

36 - Creating Google AMP HTML projects
37 - Using layer blend modes
38 - Frame Picker improvements
39 - Brush and Eraser improvements
40 - Enhanced After Effects workflow
41 - Enhanced Character Animator workflow
42 - User interface improvements
43 - Additional improvements

October 2018 Updates

44 - Modern interface and start screen
45 - Virtual reality document types
46 - WebGL-glTF document types
47 - Asset Warp tool and warped objects
48 - Layer parenting
49 - Auto lip sync
50 - Use frame effects

October 2017 Updates

51 - Changes to the application interface
52 - Timeline enhancements
53 - Modifying frame spans
54 - Easing enhancements
55 - Actions Wizard
56 - Animate preferences
57 - Advanced layers and layer depth
58 - Using the camera with layer depth
59 - Attaching layers to the camera
60 - Controlling the camera with code

June 2017 Updates

61 - Frame Picker enhancements
62 - Ease presets for classic and shape tweens
63 - Custom ease presets for shape tweens
64 - Resetting camera position
65 - Global JavaScript declaration
66 - Including external JavaScript libraries
67 - Generate Texture Atlas for game engines
68 - HTML5 video poster and mute
69 - Additional features and enhancements

November 2016 Updates

70 - Camera zoom, pan, and rotation
71 - Camera filters and blend modes
72 - Animate the camera
73 - Stage clipping and outlines
74 - Share documents and symbols
75 - Google Fonts
76 - Vector brush creation
77 - Vector brush manager
78 - Brush pressure, tilt, and size
79 - HTML5 UI components
80 - HTML5 video components
81 - Code snippets for components
82 - Export an image
83 - Export an animated GIF
84 - Publish a SWF archive

Conclusion

85 - Goodbye