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Animate Intro | Training Course

Create captivating animations and interactivity using Adobe Animate.
Bring your ideas to life on this Adobe Authorised course.

ADOBE AUTHORISED | SMALL COURSE SIZES | EXPERT TRAINING | LONDON LOCATION

  Course Dates Venue   Price  
London Bridge £379 + VAT save £100
Online £329 + VAT save £150
London Bridge £479 + VAT
Online £479 + VAT

Animate Intro | Training Course

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What will I learn?

  • Understand file types and Animate interface
  • Master draw tools, vectors, and gradients
  • Learn animation principles and timeline essentials
  • Explore advanced techniques like motion guides and easing
  • Gain skills in interactivity and publishing animations
  • Free digital course assets
  • Free post-course helpdesk support
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Learner Reviews

How good is the course?

  • Average Score 4.8 out of 5
  • Delicious lunch provided
  • Certificate of Achievement
  • 156 reviews

DAY ONE

Animate essentials

• About File Types: HTML5 Canvas versus Actionscript 3

• The Adobe Animate interface

• Syncing settings in Animate CC

• Creating a new Animate document

• Setting stage properties and dimensions

• Working with panels and panel layouts

• Custom panel sets

• Rules, guides and grid

• Identifying the development cycle

• Creating a new file

• Publish Settings

Draw Tools and Bitmaps

• Object and shape draw modes

• Vector draw tools

• Alignment and Transformation Tools and Panels

• Modifying Properties

• Reshaping Vectors

• Working with Live Text

• Creating and modifying gradients

• Importing and saving swatches

• Working with Layers

• Layer Masks

• Integration with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

• Importing Bitmaps

Basic Animation Principles

• Timeline Essentials

• Understanding the Timeline and Frame Rate

• About Frames, Keyframes and Blank Keyframes

• Adding, removing and copying from the Timeline

• Creating Cell Animations

• Creating Shape Tweens

• Controlling Shape Tweens

• Understanding Motion and Classic Tweens

• About Symbols: Graphic, Button and Movie Clip

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DAY TWO

Classic Tween Techniques

• Creating Graphic Symbols

• Exploring the Library

• Editing Symbols and Resetting the Registration Point

• Fading in and out

• Resizing and Rotating

• Animating on a Path with Motion Guides

• Building self-contained Movie Clip animations

• Understanding and applying Easing

• Creating Custom Eases

Applied Animation Techniques

• Planning and Storyboards

• Character Animation Techniques

• Parallax scrolling

• Animated Masking

• Building and Testing Banner Ads

• Creating IK chains with the Bone Tool

• Working with the Camera Tool

• Integrating Audio and Video

Interactivity and Publishing

• Best practice for file sizes

• Exporting as Video and Animated Gif

• Creating Buttons

• About HTML5 and Javascript

• Working with Code Snippets

• Linking to websites

• Timeline Navigation

• Creating loops

• Publishing for browsers and devices

• About clickTag

• Working with AD Agencies

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"Great course, lovely location, very supportive. Good pace during the course and helpful instructor. Really enjoyed it"
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10th October - Animate CC : Introduction

Latest Reviews



"Iwan was a great trainer. Really patient and happy to go back over things and answer any questions. A great insight into Animate and things that can be accomplished using the software."
Airband Community Internet Ltd
  • 5th May


"Iwan was a fantastic tutor, really patient and he explained everything really well. We covered a huge amount. I had asked Media Training before I attended about specific course content and I learnt exactly what I expected to learn. Centre and staff are great."
Suzanne Mullins
  • 16th December


"Relevant examples and very well organised :)"
Cirencester Friendly
  • 25th October