Animate CC: Animating Scenes
5h 35mIntermediate2017-09-15
Authors

Dermot O' Connor
Animator for Disney and Don Bluth
Course details
After you've created a storyboard for your animated project, you're ready to tackle the next phase of the pipeline—actually assembling your scenes and rigging your characters. In this course, learn how to use Adobe Animate CC to assemble and animate a scene, and set up a complex rig for both a human character and a robot. Dermot O'Connor shows how to properly line a character, place the pivots, and set up the scene symbol. Plus, he shows how to animate a dynamic action scene, import audio, and export your scene.
Learning objectives
Assembling a scene
Setting up a project
Importing a reference
Creating and cleaning up a background
Animating an action scene
Adding camera moves
Animating a human
Setting up a character
Importing and editing audio
Importing audio and exporting a scene
Learning objectives
Assembling a scene
Setting up a project
Importing a reference
Creating and cleaning up a background
Animating an action scene
Adding camera moves
Animating a human
Setting up a character
Importing and editing audio
Importing audio and exporting a scene
Skills covered
Adobe AnimateInteractive Web ContentWeb GraphicsWeb DesignAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What to know
- 03 - Using the exercise files
1. Assembling a Scene
- 04 - Project setup
- 05 - Importing the reference
- 06 - Line the arm
- 07 - Line the left hand and foot
- 08 - Line the human head
- 09 - Create the eye blink
- 10 - Create the human mouth
- 11 - Complete the human mouth
- 12 - Testing and tweaking the rig
- 13 - Expanding the rig
- 14 - Import the robot
- 15 - Line and rig the robot
- 16 - Finalize the robot
- 17 - Testing the robot
- 18 - Rig the UFO
- 19 - Set up the scene symbol
- 20 - Create the background
- 21 - Cleaning up the background
- 22 - Assemble the scene
2. Animate an Action Scene
- 23 - Sketch robot thumbnails
- 24 - Animate the robot torso
- 25 - Animate the foot
- 26 - Animate robot leg
- 27 - Animate robot arms
- 28 - Finishing the walk
- 29 - Create robot army walk
- 30 - Animate UFO and laser
- 31 - Exploding building
- 32 - Add camera moves
3. Animate a Human
- 33 - Setting up the character
- 34 - Import and edit audio
- 35 - Thumbnail the poses
- 36 - Pose the body
- 37 - Animate the body
- 38 - Animate the mouth
- 39 - Animate the head
- 40 - Fine adjustments
- 41 - Importing audio and exporting the scene
Conclusion
- 42 - Next steps