If you're not familiar with Photoshop it's ok. In this lecture You will learn all the basic tools that we will be using through out the course. You will also become familiarized with Photoshop's Interface. By the end of this lecture you will be equipped with the basics working knowledge of Photoshop.

In the professional world of digital art there is no way to survive without hotkeys!. Hot keys are keys on your keyboard that you can press to quickly bring up tools and windows in Photoshop. The reason why hotkeys are so essential is because it makes your work flow 10X faster! In this lecture you will learn all the hotkeys for the tools you were introduced to in the last lecture.

Layers are Photoshop's greatest tool and their one of the biggest reasons Photoshop is the industry standard. In this lecture you are going to learn about layers, how they interact with each other, and how to keep them organized. Some people find Photoshop's layers to be confusing so in this lecture I'm going to break them down in a way that is easy to understand.

You are not required to watch this lecture but I highly recommend that you do. One of the best aspects of creating digital art is that it can be created so fast. In this lecture you will learn 10 tips that I use to make my work flow in Photoshop go faster. 

In this lecture you are going to learn about Photoshop's two animation tools. Frame animation timelines and video animation timelines. Each on can be used for different purposes and have different ways of working. 

In this lecture you are going to see two different examples of how to animate game art using Photoshop's two different timeline tools. You will also learn how to use the puppet warp tool to easily animate your artwork. By the end of this lecture you will have a good understanding of how frame and key animation works. 

If you would like to animate this same potion bottle with me you can download it in this lecture. 

Understanding mesh warp animation and bone/point animation can be a bit confusing. So in this lecture you are going to get an easy introduction to how you would use both of these methods to animate a character using Photoshop's frame animation timeline.

You can download the character .png in this lecture. 

It's important to know how to export your animation from Photoshop other wise you aren't going to be able to use them in your games. In this lecture you are going to learn three different ways you can export animations. They three different types of exports are .gif, video, and sprite sheet. 

Now that you have a good understanding of how animation works it's time to start building a character that you can animate in spine. In this lecture you will learn how to block out each individual part of your character on separate layers.

You can download the character sketch in this lecture.

Once you have each individual piece of the character blocked in on a separate  layer you can now start adding the details to your character. This course is not a character design course so I will not be spending to much time creating a character but I wanted to demonstrate to you how it can be done.

In this lecture you are going to be finishing up the detail on your characters head. You will also be adding some cool blue glowing lights to your robot character to give him more of a futuristic robotic feel. At this point your game art character is almost complete!

In spine you can interchange body parts and costumes. This means that you may want to have different versions of your game character. In this lecture you are going to learn how to change the color of individual body parts of your characters.

If you don't ad a second set of legs and arms your character is going to be hobbling around on one leg and one arm. In this lecture you will learn how to duplicate body parts on new layers. You will also learn how to re-position them so they are visible for spine game animation. 

You can download the Photoshop file for this character at this link.

Sometimes you may have a character or an object that's on one layer but needs to be separated into different layers. In this lecture you are going to learn how to slice your image up into multiple layers and how to paint in empty spaces on your image to match it.

In this lecture you are going to learn how to export your your Photoshop file for spine. It's important that you follow the steps in this lecture other wise you won't be able to import your character into Spine. You also must have spine downloaded before you can export.

Now that you have you .JSON file exported from Photoshop it's time to import your game character into Spine. Importing into Spine is very simple and in this lecture I will break it down for you step by step.

In this lecture we are going to have a look at spines interface. You are going to learn about the hierarchy and how it works as well as how to add filters to your hierarchy. You will also learn how to click and drag your document around and how to zoom in and out. 

In this lecture you are going to learn how to create a bone and how to attach it to body part. Bones are the most important part of Spine so it's important to pay attention to this lecture :) 

In this lecture you are going to be creating a skeleton for your character. The skeleton will be attached to your characters body parts and will allow you to animate your character. Skeletons can effected in real time games meaning your animation can change according to what is happening in the game.

It's always important to stay organized when working with digital art programs. In this lecture you are going to learn how to color code each bone so that you can easily differentiate between between bone structures. You are also going to learn how to group bones together so you can quickly select them by hitting numbers on your key board. 

I want to give you an in depth understanding of spine so in this lecture we are going to go over the tools in the set up panel. These tools are available for set up and animation. In the next lectures you will see how these tools are used to create animations.

You've finally made it to the animation segment of the course! In this lecture you going to learn the basics tools used to animate in Spine. By the end of the course you will be able to start experimenting on your own with spine animation.

Now that you have some experience animating in spine it's time to start animating the run cycle for your video game character. In this lecture you will be animating the first pose of the run cycle.

In this lecture you can download the run cycle diagram for your spine animation. 

In this lecture you are going to be animating the first half of the run cycle. The run cycle is made up of 12 different poses. In this lecture you will be animating 6 of those poses. 

In this lecture you are going to be animating the last 6 posses of your run cycle. There will be a few miner problems we will have to clean up but other than that you animation will be complete by the end of this lecture.

In this lecture you will go through your animation and fix any problems with it. such as the feet going through the floor.

In this lecture you are going to learn how to export your animation from Spine. There are different formats you can export you animations and in this video I'm going to show you how to export data files and .GIF files. 

Congratulation, you have made it to the end of the course! Remember that If you have any questions you can ask them in the Q&A section of the course. Thanks for joining me in this business and have a great life!