Start by making your new project folder:
221205 Animation Project Folder
For the next couple of weeks we will be exploring Adobe's animation options, starting with Animate - the replacement for Adobe Flash. Flash accounted for a majority of 2D animation and browser gaming found on the web. (Remember CoolMath?) We'll learn that manipulating layers created in Illustrator and Photoshop can result in professional-looking animations - we just have to learn a new workspace.
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I am asking you to start with Animate a Windmill, Amusement Park Swing Animation and Animating a Doll to get a solid introduction to the Animate workspace. After each tutorial, save your project in your new folder so you can access them later for exporting animated GIF and video versions to put on your portfolio. Remember: date code, name of tutorial and your name must all be in the file name when you save the project for later exporting.
The links below are to pages on Adobe.Com with videos, instructions and resources put together by Adobe to help us. They aren't organized in the best way, but we'll at least get a good idea of what's possible.
Full Adobe Tutorial Series
Adobe Page on Keyframing
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Adobe MAX Conference Sessions
Adobe's international conference, held each year, was virtual in 2020 and 2021. This is great for us because the different live sessions are now available to watch online... here are 4 that have to do with Animate: