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Adobe Animate Training Class - Introduction - Introduction rating: 5 stars from 15 reviewers

"Todd was great! I was the only student in the Animate class so I just asked questions and he taught me one-on-one the whole day. I learned a lot of new skills that I use at my job. " - Brad F

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Adobe Animate Training Class - Introduction

Introduction to Animate Class Length: 2 days or 4 evenings

Master the skills you need to get up-and-running creating animations with this Adobe Animate class. In this Animate course, you will learn the basics of Adobe's industry-standard web animation and multimedia publishing software. You'll learn how to get creative with Animate's drawing tools and bring graphics to life on the stage through motion and shape tweens while incorporating images, video and audio to create total interactive experiences. Learn to optimize and publish your content for delivery online.

This Adobe Animate training course is geared toward users who have no formal training with Animate and is ideal for digital and traditional designers looking to move further into the interactive realm, and is a great way for you to learn Animate. The introductory Adobe Animate training course includes a copy of AGI's own Creative Cloud Digital Classroom, which includes extensive coverage of Animate CC, published by AGI . Contact AGI about this Animate training class.

This Animate training class is appropriate for users of Adobe Animate CC. This Adobe Animate class is available as a regularly scheduled class at AGI's classroom locations as a private or custom Animate class at your location or as an online Flash class.

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Animate Jumpstart

Introducing Animate
Understanding Animate file types
Creating and setting up a new document
Saving an Animate document
Using the Animate workspace
Working on the Stage
Accessing Animate tools
Using the Property Inspector
Working with other panels and groups
Putting the Timeline to use

Getting Started with the drawing tools

Drawing in Animate
Understanding merge drawing mode
Using the Line tool
Drawing with the Pen tool
Using the Shape and Primitive tools
Adding text to your artwork
Introducing filters
Working with colors and gradients
Organizing and layering graphics
Transforming graphics and gradients

Using symbols and the library with Animate

Understanding symbols and instances
Looking at the Library panel
Creating symbols
Building artwork with symbol instances
Editing symbols
Modifying instances
Changing instance color
Duplicating symbols
Swapping symbols
Managing the Library

Creating basic animation using Animate

Introducing keyframes and the timeline
Working on layers
Using frames and keyframes
Creating motion-tweened animation
Incorporating color effects, rotation and scaling
Modifying animation with the Motion Editor
Controlling animation paths
Morphing with Shape Tweens
Creating and modifying classic tweens
Adjusting animation with Onion Skinning

Working with Imported Files in Animate

Understanding import formats
Importing still images
Placing a bitmap image
Adding text
Swapping out an imported file
Modifying and updating imported artwork
Updating imported files
Taking advantage of Photoshop layers
Importing Illustrator artwork
Animating imported images

Adding Sound and Video to Animate projects

Preparing sound files for Animate
Editing your audio
Choosing audio formats
Importing sounds
Adding sounds to the Timeline and buttons
Understanding video in Animate
Choosing embedded vs. linked video
Using Animate Video formats
Converting video with Adobe Media Encoder
Adding embedded video

Introducing ActionScript navigation

Understanding ActionScript
Choosing the right ActionScript version
Placing ActionScript
Adding actions with the Actions panel
Using Script Assist
Controlling Movie Clip timelines
Building basic button symbols
Creating rollovers
Exploring Javascript behaviors
Adding behaviors to a button

Delivering a final animation

Understanding the publishing process from Animate
Customizing Publish settings
Publishing to the Web
Publishing for the Desktop with Adobe AIR
Publishing for Mobile Devices
Publishing for iOS
Publishing for Android OS
Using Export Movie
Exporting as a PNG Sequence
Working with FTP

Introduction to Adobe Animate Training Class Prerequisites

We recommend that you have the Adobe Animate software before starting the class. You can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it as part of the Creative Cloud from the Adobe web site

Introduction to Adobe Animate Training Class: Course Materials

You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors have created many of the official Animate training guides and books for Adobe Systems. These books are a great resource for you to learn Animate after you have completed your Animate training class at AGI.

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