Introduction to Adobe Animate
A course by Josep BernausAnimator
A course by Josep Bernaus, Animator
Learn to use essential tools from scratch to create interactive animations and bring your drawings and designs to life
If you're curious about animation and want to see where this exciting discipline might take you, Adobe Animate offers infinite possibilities for creating and manipulating vector graphics, which can be used to give life to any number of projects and characters. In this five-course Domestika Basics, learn to master Adobe Animate CC 2019 tools alongside animator Josep Bernaus, starting with the basics and slowly discovering everything it has to offer and what sets it apart from other animation software.
In the first course, familiarize yourself with the interface, organize your work space, create your first document, and start to use the basic tools and panels.
In the second course, take a look at the Timeline, work with duplication controls like Loop, create masks, and delve into Layers.
It's not until the next course that you begin to draw in Animate. See the differences between the Pencil and the Brush as well as the pros and cons of drawing animations using Strokes and Fill. Learn to customize your brushes so you can get animating your way.
In the fourth course, discover how to import and use external elements such as images, video, and audio. Now immerse yourself in the world of Symbols and the different ways to reproduce them. Also create you first character lip sync and see the different options for exporting it.
In the fifth and final course, explore the use of animation curves applied to acceleration and deceleration concepts. Discover film clips and motion guides and learn to use layer parenting to animate a character. Also learn to master the Camera to help with movement and perspective.
Technical Requirements
⦁ A computer with Windows 10 or macOS 10.12 Sierra (or later). ⦁ Adobe Animate CC 2019 (you can buy it or download the seven-day trial version on the Adobe website). ⦁ A graphics tablet is also recommended but not essential.
Recommended software & tools for this course
Reviews
- 1 month ago
Buen curso y sobre todo muy didactico y paso a paso, vallan por el.
- 3 months ago
En cuanto empieza a hacer algo interesante empieza a hablar para sí mismo
- gastonjimenez98PLUS6 months ago
Un curso genial!
- 8 months ago
muy completo
- 8 months ago
¡Súper recomendado! Al principio no estaba muy convencido, ya que es lento el avance para aprender la interfaz, pero ya voy a la mitad y me está encantando. El profesor es un crack: explica clarísimo, va al grano y se nota que tiene muchísima experiencia
He is a huge fan of animated transformations and is never happier than when creating liquids in motion. His greatest passion, however, is animating characters and making the protagonists of scenes and comics.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Introduction
- U1
Introduction
- Introduction
- U2
the interface
- the interface
- U3
Fill and stroke, selection forms
- Fill and stroke. Forms of selection.
- U4
Basic tools: pen, lines, polygons, brushes and pencil
- Basic tools: pen, lines, polygons, brushes and pencil
- U5
Colors and gradients
- Colors and gradients
- U6
Paint and ink bucket
- Paint and ink bucket
- U7
Transform, align and adjustment elements
- Transform, align and adjustment elements
- U8
Text
- Text
- U9
Practice
- Practice
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FAQs
Adobe Animate is a software for creating digital animations using vector graphics. It lets you design characters, animate text and scenes, and export interactive projects or videos.
Yes, this course is designed for beginners with no prior experience in digital animation or Adobe Animate.
All you need is a computer with Adobe Animate installed. A graphics tablet is optional but recommended for more comfortable character drawing.
You’ll learn how to create vector animations, use layers and masks, sync audio, animate text and camera, and apply easing curves for more realistic motion.
Masks are used to show or hide parts of an animation, while layers help organize elements and make editing each part of your project easier.
Yes, you can import audio and video files to sync with your animations and enhance your projects.
The course teaches techniques to sync a character’s mouth movements with audio, achieving realistic and expressive lip-sync.