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Adobe Animate 2022 for Creative Professionals - Second Edition

By : Joseph Labrecque
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Adobe Animate 2022 for Creative Professionals - Second Edition

By: Joseph Labrecque

Overview of this book

Adobe Animate is platform-agnostic asset creation, motion design, animation, and interactivity software. Complete with explanations of essential concepts and step-by-step walkthroughs of practical examples, this book will guide you in using Adobe Animate to create immersive experiences by breaking through creative limitations across every medium. We begin by getting up to speed with all that you need to know about Adobe Animate. You'll learn how to get started with Animate as a creative platform and explore the features introduced in its most recent versions. The book will show you how to consume and produce media assets for multiple platforms through both the publish and export workflows. Following this, you’ll explore 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 as the book demonstrates different ways to use Animate. Finally, it covers the different methods used to extend the software for various needs. By the end of this Adobe Animate book, you'll be able to produce a variety of media assets, motion graphic design materials, animated artifacts, and interactive content pieces for platforms such as HTML5 Canvas, WebGL, and mobile devices.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1 – Getting up to Speed
6
Section 2 – Animating with Diverse Techniques
13
Section 3 – Exploring Additional Platforms

Sharing Content as Animate Asset Packages

A new method of getting content out of Animate is the ability to export Animate asset (.ana) files. These files can contain packaged objects, motions, bones, and audio for personal backup or distribution among other Animate users. This differs a bit from the other export options we've seen since the intended platform of use is Animate itself!

While Animate has had a Library panel for most of its existence, it is only used on a per-document basis to contain assets such as bitmap images, sound files, and internal symbols. Once that document is closed, you'd need to open it back up again to transfer any assets between documents for reuse.

Tip

If the Assets panel is not visible within your chosen workspace, you can enable it by selecting Windows | Assets from the application menu.

The new Assets panel works differently from the Library panel in that it contains a persistent set of assets that exist apart from any single...