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Mastering Adobe Animate 2021

By : Joseph Labrecque
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Mastering Adobe Animate 2021

By: Joseph Labrecque

Overview of this book

Adobe Animate is platform-agnostic asset creation, motion design, animation, and interactivity software. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and hands-on walkthroughs, this book shows you how to use Adobe Animate to create immersive experiences by breaking through creative limitations across every medium. You will begin by getting up to speed with what you need to know about Adobe Animate quickly. Next, you will learn how to get started with Animate as a creative platform and explore the features introduced in the most recent version of the software. Moving on, you'll consume and produce media assets for multiple platforms through both the publish and export workflows. Following this, you’ll delve into advanced rigging techniques and discover how to create more dynamic animation with advanced depth and movement techniques. You’ll also find out how to build projects such as games, virtual reality experiences, and apps for various platforms. The book concludes with an examination of different methods used to extend the software for various needs. By the end of this book, you'll be able to produce a variety of media assets, motion design materials and animated artifacts, and interactive content pieces - all while targeting a variety of platforms including HTML5 Canvas, WebGL, and mobile devices.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Up-To-Speed
6
Section 2: Animating with Diverse Techniques
12
Section 3: Exploring Additional Platforms

Managing Workspaces and Panels

As we've seen, the Animate interface consists of a series of panels, arranged in specific configurations. These configurations are called workspaces, and you can easily switch between them by using the workspace switcher. You can even configure and save your own custom workspaces!

We'll now see how to access and switch between workspaces in Animate, and also how to build your own!

Using the Default Workspaces

Animate comes with a number of pre-configured workspaces to choose from. As we saw earlier, depending upon your initial choices when first running Animate with a fresh installation, you will either be using the Essentials or the Basic workspaces.

You will find these default workspaces and more by activating the workspace switcher in the upper right-hand corner of the interface. Again, the icon looks like a tiny application window.

You initially have a choice between eight different workspaces:

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