Master Adobe Animate to create cutting-edge interactive animations for multiple platforms, including iPhones, iPads, mobiles, tablets, and computers. 

Our courses, available live online or face-to-face, cover professional techniques for building smooth and consistent animations with interactivity, including DFP DoubleClick for Publishers click-through code. Animate's intuitive interface integrates seamlessly with Photoshop and Illustrator, producing the HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript required for web elements and HTML5 banner ads. No prior coding experience is necessary.

Animate Basics

• What Animate does, and how it works
• About Vector graphics and bitmaps
• The Animate workspace
• Setting Stage dimensions, background colour, frame rate and scaling options

Drawing in Animate

• Using the Animate drawing tools – the paint brush, shape tools
• Shape and Object drawing modes
• Applying arrowheads and variable line widths
• Selecting and applying colours
• Creating complex elements by merging and subtracting
• Grouping elements
• Stacking order
• Scaling and rotating elements

Banner Ads

• Optimising content and animation for file size
• Adding Click Through code to html file
• Adding Click Through code to Ad
• Correct export settings for an Ad

Importing Bitmapped Images

• Understanding file formats and how they are optimised by Animate
• Importing from Photoshop
• Importing from Illustrator
• Asset preparation – understanding compression and file size

Importing Vector Graphics

• Importing content from Illustrator

Animation Techniques

• Understanding Keyframes and tweens
• Motion Tweening
• Classic Tweening
• Shape Tweening
• Start and End Points
• Multiple Keyframes
• Simple Easing
• Animating text
• Animating fades and colour effects
• Morph between shapes

Symbols

• Understanding the different symbol types
• Complex animation with symbols
• Creating reusable elements
• Editing instances
• Editing original symbols

Interactivity and Coding

• Adding simple scripts using code snippets
• Stopping a movie
• Creating simple interactive elements with button symbols

Output

• Exporting video
• Publish settings for HTML5

Private/ Group Enrolments:
This course is available for individual enrolment and Private classes (min 10 students). Please contact Lumify to organise a quote.

What do I need to know to attend?

Basic computer skills are helpful, but no prior animation or coding experience is required.

Ideal for web designers wanting to add dynamic content to their sites. Marketers and advertisers needing to create interactive banner ads. Creatives ready to explore the world of animation.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

• Navigate the Adobe Animate workspace and utilize its key tools.
• Create and import graphics optimized for animation.
• Master animation techniques, including tweening and working with symbols.
• Add interactive elements and use basic coding for responsive designs.
• Export your animations in various formats, including HTML5 for web use.

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