
Master shape and lasso tools in Adobe Animate, from rectangle, oval, and polystar to stroke style and spacing. Use selection tools: lasso, polygon, and magic wand for edits and transformations.
Import and insert audio on a new layer, adjust left or right channel effects, and apply fade in, fade out, and repeats while choosing event or stream for scene continuity.
Explore the differences between classic, motion, and shape tween in Adobe Animate, and learn to set up symbols, keyframes, and ease-based motion, including elastic and bounce effects.
Export your Adobe Animate project as mp4 using the H264 preset, adjust render size and frame range, and export via Adobe Media Encoder for the final mp4 output.
Create a simple fire animation in Adobe Animate by setting frame rate to 30, keyframing at frame 15, scaling, fading transparency, duplicating frames, and testing the movie.
Learn to animate a running elephant in adobe animate by organizing parts into layers, converting to graphic symbols, and using asset warp, keyframes, and classic tweens.
Turn a bitmap into puzzle pieces using four timeline layers, convert the pieces into symbols with alpha, and set up reset and drop zones to test placement.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to animate?
From childhood and adult favorites like Disney, to advertisements and short films, animation is all around us. Whether you’re an artist out to create original and fan content like short films and sketches, or a designer looking to expand their professional portfolio, animation isn’t just for the professionally-trained artist. Even someone with no animation background can learn the skills and start creating beautiful pieces of art - and we’re here to teach you how.
In this course, you’re going to learn everything about animating with Adobe Animate. Step-by-step, we’ll cover everything you need to know from opening the program for the very first time to finalizing and exporting your finished animation. You’ll learn all of the tools, as well as how and when to use them. More importantly, we’ll go over the 12 Principles of Animation that every animator has to know. Finally, we’ll tackle animation itself, from building a character to animating scenes with symbols.
Our instructors have years of experience not only in animating, but also in teaching, and the expertly-crafted syllabus is designed to be easy to follow and thorough. We’ve even included dozens of examples edited on-screen for you to study. That’s why this is the only Animate course you’ll ever need to animate your favorite toons!
Start animating today!
After taking this course, you will be able to:
Understand Adobe Animate and use it professionally
Use the 12 principles of animation in your own designs
Build your own characters
Create your own animations