Adobe Animate | Putting the pieces in place (7/25) @AdobeAnimate | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 13 minutes ago.
This video is a part of the - "Create TV/Broadcast Ready Animations with Adobe Animate" series. In this series, Prof. Greg Araya from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) teaches how to create TV and broadcast ready animations with Adobe Animate. You can download Adobe Animate from adobe.com/in/products/animate.html.
What you learned: Layer order and managing Symbols instances is crucial for a successful puppet setup.
- Lowering the Brightness Color Effect on Symbols is a way to quickly darken or shade things like far arms or legs.
- The Properties Panel shows different properties for an object depending on whether that object is selected on the Stage or the Timeline.
- Beware that duplicating a Timeline Layer will make new instances of any Symbols on that Layer, not make unique new Symbols. E.g. duplicate legs will all be the same arm instance.
- To make a new separate Symbol, select Modify then Symbol & then Duplicate Symbol. You can also select Modify then Symbol & then Swap Symbol. When presented with which Symbol to Swap, you can click on the Duplicate Symbol button directly beneath the thumbnail preview.
- Save your incremental progress as a new file.
This video is a part of the - "Create TV/Broadcast Ready Animations with Adobe Animate" series. In this series, Prof. Greg Araya from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) teaches how to create TV and broadcast ready animations with Adobe Animate. You can download Adobe Animate from adobe.com/in/products/animate.html.
What you learned: Layer order and managing Symbols instances is crucial for a successful puppet setup.
- Lowering the Brightness Color Effect on Symbols is a way to quickly darken or shade things like far arms or legs.
- The Properties Panel shows different properties for an object depending on whether that object is selected on the Stage or the Timeline.
- Beware that duplicating a Timeline Layer will make new instances of any Symbols on that Layer, not make unique new Symbols. E.g. duplicate legs will all be the same arm instance.
- To make a new separate Symbol, select Modify then Symbol & then Duplicate Symbol. You can also select Modify then Symbol & then Swap Symbol. When presented with which Symbol to Swap, you can click on the Duplicate Symbol button directly beneath the thumbnail preview.
- Save your incremental progress as a new file.
