How to Animate - Start here! [ADOBE ANIMATE FOR BEGINNERS]

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[Michafrar]

0:00 - About Adobe Animate/Flash
0:47 - Time line
-> 1:30 Canvas & resolution
-> 2:35 Zoom in/out, re-center
-> 3:16 Setting up frames

5:21 Layers
-> 7:08 Folders

7:57 Tools
-> 8:53 Selection tool - Sub-selection tool
-> 9:41 Free transform - Lasso
-> 10:58 Pencil - Text - Lines - Shape tools
-> 12:11 Brush tool - Bucket tool
-> 13:55 Ink bottle - Eyedropper - Eraser

14:50 - The Motion Tween
-> 15:37 Symbols
-> 16:35 Graphic vs. Movie clip
-> 18:39 Making a tween
-> 20:18 Believable motions (Car story)
-> 23:12 Spacing
-> 24:31 Rotating tweens (pivoting points)
-> 26:40 Quick example of tweening limbs (really simple)

29:03 - SAVE OFTEN

29:11 - Making a Scene
-> 30:30 Quick note about Timing (one's, two's, holding frames)
-> 30:50 Onion skin tool
-> 32:24 Audio

[Mothica]

This is literally like an actual lesson I’d pay a ridiculous amount for if it were a college class

[nolsaplenty]

Everybody give Ross a big smooch cuz this is the most beginner friendly tutorial I've seen

[auggy]

This 35 minute video has all the information i learned in my 4 month intro to animation course

[ArcadeCloud]

ive used flash for 7 years but watched this whole thing just cuz it was entertaining :D

[lindseyolson]

I've always wanted to start learning animation and this was the perfect tutorial for me! Btw if it would help anyone I'm including some brief notes to remember key things from the video.

25-30 fps
Make sure to have properties panel visible
Delete keyframe -Shift F5
F5- lines being held for multiple keyframes
Blank keyframe- F7 or right click
Play animation- Enter
On layer guide is to make it invisible
Free transform tool- hold shift to keep proportions, let go of shift to distort, alt to skew (more options on bottom of tools)
While brush tool is selected, there is a semi circle towards the bottom that will complete lines for filling purposes
Bone tool helps bind shapes together
For eraser tool there is also another tool at the bottom that allows you to choose what you erase
Use pencil for sketching and then you are able to erase it with the options on the erase tool
Create classic tween when right clicking on keyframe- Click F8, name it
Movie clip v graphic- Movie clips will not play in route timeline, they are used for special affects to be added to them
Click arrow to go back to main timeline when dealing with a graphic
CTRL shift V- paste graphic in place
Control L for library
Classic tween- keyframe turn blue when clicked off means that you have created a point a and b
Classic Ease- Properties panel, when at 100, it makes the first point slow down when coming to the next point and vice versa
Every motion tween on different layer
Hitting Q on a selection turns on free transform
Move pivot points when transforming to, well pivot
Make background a symbol, black box that shows indicates canvas, create motion tween between points on canvas to make it move
Lock background
Double click to go inside of the symbol
Go down into timeline and double click to insert symbol frames
Audacity for audio
New layer, file, import, import to library, find audio. Properties panel should have the option to import the audio. Make sure to click stream to be able to listen to the audio.
Animator’s survival kit book

[kelseyleathickett]

Finally, a tutorial that doesn't make me feel like an idiot. You actually go through each step and say why and how you did each thing. So many tutorials i have seen skip past so many steps. I learned more in this video than i have in my 3 years at University and i paid £9, 200 a year for that. Thank you!

[HandmadeGoose]

People who make tutorials and show the keyboard shortcuts on the screen as their doing them are the true heros

[NeverEndingFear]

"Definitely look into the freee triaaal okay?" *Very subtle pirating urges awaken*

[MrEmerald]

ross actually made me want to be an animator and last year i actually started studying it, my first tablet just came in last month, and now this video comes out? definitely a sign

[dknthgf]

Finally, I can learn to animate my Sonic x Elon Musk fanfiction

[yogibear]

Really glad this channels gone back to art and animation. Good way to start the decade.

[mamamiazakaria]

I was thinking of animating and this tutorial was probably the best most begginer friendly one out there. Incredible job, didnt even start anything but this will be revisited, multiple times.

[cvanims]

Instant veteran card to anyone who unintentionally calls Animate "Flash".

[sloppiestjoe]

Imagine being in an animation class with a teacher who doesn't know how to use animate so she relies on Photoshop? Anyways, thanks Ross I've probably learned more from this video than I have the entire year taking that class

[Icewielderguy]

Perfect timing. I literally downloaded Animate yesterday

[JaeHaruArt]

I'm only 6 minutes into this video and I feel compelled to already thank you so much for it. Knowing the shortcuts flat out and having you explain it so simply in the first few minutes has been more useful than any of the other videos I've come across so far. Thank you! <3

[Hanniebones]

Ross, thank you so much for this! I'm a PA for a studio and just today I was trying to find some good tutorials to send home with our interns, because for some reason, learning the fundamentals of these commonly used programs isn't a required part of the curriculum of even a lot of the top art schools. I tried to explain the best I could, but I know I'm shite at it. Long story short... bless you.

[TomWDW]

26:55 -- We have our .... "arm"
Uh huh. Right.

[SmashyPlays]

*uses this tutorial for flipnote studio because I can’t afford the software*