Fun Projects with Adobe Animate

Learn three drawing techniques—transformation, digital putty, and the cookie cutter—and master the free transform tool, pivot points, and envelope modifier to shape and rotate objects.

Master the digital putty technique by molding objects from rectangles, circles, and polygons with the selection tool and vector points, then manage parts with layers, duplicate, and flip horizontally.

Master the cookie cutter technique by cutting a shape in a different color from the main object to create repeat patterns, using fill colors with the brush tool.

Complete a hands-on assignment to create 10 abstract and 10 realistic objects using geometric forms and blank key frames in Adobe Animate. Use the selection tool and transformations freely.

Learn to animate drawings using shape tween, frame-by-frame, classic tween, and motion tween, employing key frames, symbols, and computer interpolation to create smooth transitions.

Create shape tweens in Adobe Animate by inserting blank key frames, drawing objects, and tweening between frames, then break apart bounding boxes and export pngs for Word or PowerPoint.

Learn to animate drawings with shape tween in a new action script 3.0 project, insert blank key frames every 20 frames, and save your shape tween animation.

Explore layers, distribute to layers, and shape tween to morph a name into a heart, time letter movement on separate layers, then morph the heart into an object.

Students morph the name Mom into a heart in Adobe Animate, using the text tool and the oval tool, and apply keyframes and shape tweens across the timeline.

Morph the name into a heart by distributing layers and breaking apart letters, then create shape tweens across keyframes, using the oval tool and red fill.

Create an assignment animation that morphs a name into a heart and into an object the name loves, using two distributed layers, frames, keyframes, and shape tweens in Adobe Animate.

Open animate, set to action script 3.0, save as 10 second flower, draw pink petals around a yellow center, center the dot, rotate 30 degrees, and duplicate 11 times.

Convert the flower into a graphic symbol, place instances from the library, and create classic and shape tweens to animate rotation and motion, then export as a gif.

Export the timeline as an animated gif by using file export, enable transparency, choose looping forever, and save to insert into PowerPoint or preview in a browser.

Create and animate objects using the transform panel, duplicate, rotate, and convert to symbols, then build a timeline with keyframes to spin, resize, and export an animated gif.

Create a bird symbol and animate it across the main timeline by using a nested symbol timeline, switching from classic tween to frame-by-frame wing flaps for looping motion.

Create a graphic symbol named bird nested in the main timeline, animate it with keyframes and onion skin, then create a classic tween from left to right on the stage.

Learn to animate multiple birds in Adobe Animate by using layers, symbol instances, and classic tween, tinting colors, adding a background photo, and testing the movie.

Add music to your shape tween animation by importing audio, dragging it to the stage, and setting sync to stream, then trim and fade for a polished audio track.

Export the Animate timeline as a movie and encode it to mp4 with Adobe Media Encoder by queuing presets and formats for web sharing.

Discover two methods to move objects along complex paths in Adobe Animate: classic motion guides and motion tweens. Learn to convert objects to symbols and build paths on the timeline.

Explore how to create a classic motion guide in Adobe Animate by turning symbols into guide paths, applying classic tween, and orienting objects to follow the path.

Create a star symbol, convert it, and apply a classic motion guide. Use keyframes and a tween to follow a path, exporting two gifs—one with the guide, one without.

master the motion tween by turning objects into symbols, inserting frames, and shaping motion paths with the timeline, playhead, and selection tools to create an animated gif.

Draw Betty the bat and animate him using guides, backgrounds, and music, while reviewing drawing tools, timeline library properties, and frame-by-frame animation with classic motion guide and motion tween.

Create Betty the bat in Adobe Animate by drawing the head, ears, eye, nose, mouth, and wings, then convert each part into symbols and arrange them on layers and timelines.

Learn to animate a bat in Adobe Animate using frame-by-frame and classic tween with a motion guide, including symbol nesting, wing rotation, and scene transitions with a fade to black.

Learn to add and manage scenes in Adobe Animate, import a background, convert it to symbols, and animate bats with motion tween loops on the main timeline.

Learn how to copy and modify layers in Adobe Animate by duplicating scenes, converting photos to symbols, applying motion tweens, and animating bats across a sky background.

Duplicating and swapping symbols in Adobe Animate, move between scenes, copy and paste layers, and apply motion tweens to bats and background symbols for a cohesive animation.

Create a new scene, duplicate and arrange layers, apply reverse motion paths to the motion tweens, copy frames, add a fade to black, and export the video.

Turn each scene into a symbol and arrange them on one timeline to run a single music bed across all scenes, using copy and paste frames.

Add music to all scenes by importing audio to the library and placing it on the stage, then export as mp4 via Adobe Media Encoder and test.