Animate Introduction – Online
The Animate introduction training course is perfect for those with little to no experience and a great first step into the world of animations for interactive presentations, web content and even full websites.
Animate Introduction Training – Online Course Objectives
Our Adobe certified training team will take you through the journey of understanding the Animate environment, through to using basic animation, layer control, effects and more.
You’ll leave the course with the experience and know-how to create professional looking animations for different intents.
Animate Introduction – Course Contents
Day one – Understanding Animate concepts
Getting to know Animate
- Adobe Animate Workspace
- The Tools panel
- Working with Panels
- Panel Dock
- Libraries
- Setting Preferences
- Keyboard Shortcuts
Working with documents
- Working with the Stage
- Using Guides, Rulers, and Grids
- Using the Timeline
- Using Layers
- Copying and Moving Content
- Undoing, Redoing
- History in Animate
Working with shapes and colour
- Drawing in Animate
- Using Vector Graphics
- Using Bitmap Graphics
- Merge Drawing Mode
- Object Drawing Mode
- Drawing Primitive Shapes
- Creating Overlapping Shapes
- Adding Colour
- Strokes and Fills
- Gradients
- Lines
- Arranging Objects
- Transforming Objects
Working with text
- Using Text in Animate
- Working with Fonts
- Using Typekit Web Fonts
- Using Leading
Day two – Pushing your knowledge onwards
Working with symbols
- What Symbols are and how they work
- What Symbols’ Instances are
- Movie Clip Symbols
- Graphic Symbols
- Button Symbols
- Creating Symbols
- Converting Content to Symbols
- Swapping Content
- Editing Symbols
- Editing Instances
- Working with Library
Working with animations
- Shape Tweens
- Classic Tweens
- Motion Tweens
- Frame-by-Frame Animation
- Working with Frame Rates
- Frames and Keyframes
- Keyframes and Blank Keyframes
- Using Onion Skinning
- Previewing Animations
Creating interactivity
- Using JavaScript in Animate
- Using ActionScript 3.0 in Animate
- Using Code Snippets
- Adding Code Snippets to Objects
- Working with Buttons
- Making Movie Clips into Buttons
- Buttons States
- Editing Buttons
- Testing Buttons
Animate CC libraries
- Using Adobe CC Libraries
- CC Libraries integration in Animate
- Designer-Developer workflow with libraries
Publishing and exporting
- Exporting from Animate
- Publishing from Animate
- Differences between Exporting and Publishing
- Exporting as SWF
- Exporting for HTML5
- Exporting Formats
- Publishing Preview
- Publish Settings
- Adding Flash Player Detection
- Publishing HTML5 to InDesign, MUSE and Dreamweaver
- Create responsive animations
- Add a pre-loader to your HTML5 animation
Animate Introduction- Online Course Details
This is a two-day introductory course running from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.
Prerequisites
To gain the maximum benefit from this course an attendee should have a basic knowledge of Windows and be able to use the mouse.
Online Course
This course is delivered live online. Course delegates will need a reliable internet connection and a PC or laptop with audio and video capability with the relevant software installed for the training. Delegates see, hear and interact with the tutor.
Qualification
An Adobe authorised training centre certificate of attendance will be emailed after your training course.
What Next? Animate advanced
This Animate advanced training course is the natural next step for those that have previously attended the Animate introduction course or for those with prior Animate experience