Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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Learn how to Rig and Animate a Simple Character with Layer Parenting in Adobe Animate CC 2021.
In this video, I go through all the steps needed to go from setting up a project for layer parenting (naming layers, converting them to symbols, and adjusting rotation or pivot points) to animating a character using layer parenting (establishing parent structure, adding keyframes, applying classic tween, etc). Here's how you can, make a character rig and animate characters more easily using the new Layer Parenting tool. Learn character rigging.

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0:00 Start
0:18 What is Layer Parenting?
1:47 Setting Up Your Project
4:17 Apply Basic Layer Parenting
5:48 Basic Animation with LP
6:56 More Complex Layer Parenting
9:58 Remove/Change Parent
10:37 Layer Parenting Controls
12:12 Dancing Animation

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