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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.