Learning Adobe Animate CC: Animation

2h 17mBeginner2016-08-02

Authors

Dermot O' Connor

Animator for Disney and Don Bluth

Course details

Get your start in digital animation with Adobe Animate CC, the program that takes the best features from Flash and bundles them with Creative Cloud tools. Animate uses nested symbols and motion and shape tweening to create the "in-between" images between keyframes. This course is an introduction to the basics: using the drawing tools, creating symbols, tweening, keyframing, etc. No scripting knowledge is required! It's ideal for new animators as well as Flash animators who need help transitioning to the Animate interface. Dermot O' Connor shows how to create a complete scene with backgrounds and characters, and includes tips for adjusting arcs and timing and adding smoke and shadows, sound effects, and camera moves.

Learning objectives
Setting up your scene
Creating symbols
Applying motion and shape tweens
Creating nested animations
Copying keyframes
Adding text, sound, and effects
Exporting the animation

Skills covered

Adobe AnimateInteractive Web ContentWeb GraphicsWeb DesignAdobeLearning

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Exercise files

1. Create the Scene

03 - Setup
04 - Creating symbols
05 - Nested symbols
06 - Masks
07 - Pivots
08 - Environments

2. Animate the Scene

09 - Motion tweens, classic
10 - Guide layers
11 - Squash and stretch
12 - Shape tweens
13 - Envelope and distort
14 - Nested animation
15 - Shadow
16 - Copying keyframes
17 - Stagger
18 - Explosion
19 - Paint Brush tool
20 - FX Smoke
21 - Camera moves
22 - Adding text
23 - Adding sound

3. Final Touches

24 - Making variations and improvements
25 - Exporting the animation

Conclusion

26 - Next steps