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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

Social Share and Quick Publish

The social share and quick publish options allow us to produce content directly to some of the most common formats – regardless of the traditional differences between exporting and sharing your Animate content. Both are accessed from the Quick Share and Publish menu in the upper right of the Animate UI – left of both the workspace switcher and the Play Movie button:

Figure 4.22 – Quick Share and Publish appears as a box with an upward arrow emerging from it

When you click this button, you gain access to the Social share (One click social media share) and Publish (Export in multiple formats) options:

Figure 4.23 – Social share and Publish options

Choosing either option will open a secondary menu of choices. Let's take a look at these options.

Social Share

Choosing Social share will bring you to the next step in that process, which presents the choice of sharing directly...