Master Adobe Animate with our Animate Essentials training course and learn to create interactive animations for web, mobile and desktop platforms. This hands-on course, available live live online, teaches you professional techniques to design smooth, consistent animations with interactivity.
You’ll discover how to integrate Animate seamlessly with Photoshop and Illustrator, and export animations as HTML5, CSS and JavaScript for web elements and HTML5 banner ads. Perfect for web designers, marketers and creatives, this course requires no prior coding experience.
By the end of this course, you will:
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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
What is Adobe Animate Essentials?
Adobe Animate Essentials is a practical training course for learning how to create, edit and publish interactive animations for web and digital media. The course covers the Animate workspace, drawing tools, graphics, symbols, timelines, tweening, interactivity and HTML5 publishing.
Who should attend Adobe Animate Essentials?
This course is suitable for web designers, marketers, educators, content creators, digital media users and creative professionals who need to create or maintain animations, HTML5 banner ads or interactive web content using Adobe Animate.
Is Adobe Animate Essentials suitable for beginners?
Yes. Basic computer skills are helpful, but no prior animation or coding experience is required. The course introduces the Animate workspace, drawing tools, graphics, symbols and animation techniques step by step.
What will I learn in this Adobe Animate course?
You will learn how to set up Animate projects, create and import graphics, use drawing tools, work with timelines and keyframes, apply motion, classic and shape tweening, create reusable symbols, add simple interactivity and publish content for HTML5 output.
Does this course cover HTML5 banner ads?
Yes. The course includes banner ad workflows such as optimising content and animation for file size, adding click-through code, and using the correct export settings for HTML5 banner ads.
Will I learn animation techniques such as tweening and keyframes?
Yes. Adobe Animate Essentials covers keyframes, motion tweening, classic tweening, shape tweening, multiple keyframes, easing, animated text, fades, colour effects and morphing between shapes.
Does Adobe Animate training cover symbols?
Yes. The course covers different symbol types, creating reusable elements, editing instances, editing original symbols and building more complex animation workflows with symbols.
Can I import artwork from Photoshop or Illustrator?
Yes. The course covers importing bitmapped images and vector graphics, including content from Photoshop and Illustrator. You will also learn about file formats, compression, file size and preparing assets for Animate projects.
Will I learn coding in Adobe Animate?
The course introduces simple interactivity using code snippets and button symbols. It is not a programming course, and no prior coding experience is required.
What can I create after completing Adobe Animate Essentials?
After completing the course, you will have the skills to create basic interactive animations, animated web elements, HTML5 banner ads, timeline-based media assets and simple interactive Animate projects.
Is Adobe Animate still relevant if it is in maintenance mode?
Yes. Adobe Animate training remains useful for learners and teams who need to create, edit or maintain Animate-based files, HTML5 animation assets, digital ads and existing interactive content workflows.
Can I attend Adobe Animate Essentials online?
Yes. Adobe Animate Essentials is available live online. Check the course page for available dates, locations and delivery options before booking.
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