Adobe Animate Tutorial and Exercise
Watch the video below:
No coping. Create image and character
Title: Exercise 1: Drawing Animation Character
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Exercise Instruction:
1. Subitle: Practice Shape 1- Girl
Following the instruction to draw the girl
2. Subitle:3 Characters
Following the video to shape to create 3 different characters
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Go to Exercise folder, build a subtitle page for Exercise 1-10
Post on Exercise page ( Header on Each Exercise)
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Title: Exercise 2: Drawing with the Brush Tool
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Exercise Instruction:
1. Subitle: Brush Practice 2 - Girl
Following the instruction to draw the girl
2. Subitle: Exercise 2 - 1 Character
Following the video, use the brush to create a character
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Post on the Exercise page ( Header on Each Exercise)
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​​Title: Exercise 3:
Using layer effects in Animate
What are the timeline and frame?
- Class demonstration
What is the usage of layer?
- Class demonstration
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​Exercise Instruction:
Side: Standard
Frame: 24
Section 1:
Following the video, download the sample and practice
Section 2:
Use layer to create a character walking with his/her shadow
Post on the Exercise page
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Title: Exercise 4: Types of Symbols
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Exercise Instruction:
Side: Standard
Frame: 24
Following the video, use the brush to create one character with two side
One is in motion and the other is in graphic
Write a sentence to explain the differences
Post on the Exercise page
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Title: Exercise 5: Bouncing ball
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Go to Adobe Animate
Go to Learn
Go to Bouncing ball
Watch video
Follow the video to create a bouncing ball
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Change the colour of the ball
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Add something on the ball
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Change Background
Post on the Exercise page
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Title: Exercise 6: Basic Walk Cycle
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How to animate a basic walk cycle? - Watch
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Follow the video to create a walk cycle
Create a character with the outfit
Create a city background with some cars running
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Post on the Exercise page
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Title: Exercise 7: Warping
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Exercise Instruction:
Side: Standard
Frame: 24
Following the video, use the warping tool to create ( No copy) a Campfire
Post on the Exercise page
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Title: Exercise 8: Asset warping bitmaps
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Exercise Instruction:
Following the video, use the warping tool to create a bitmap animation
Post on the Exercise page
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Title: Exercise 9: Auto lip-syncing
​Exercise Instruction:
Download the file from the link
Side: Standard
Frame: 24
Follow the instructions to work on the lip-syncing exercise
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Create characters
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Create background
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Create audio - There can be more than one soundtrack
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No YouTub download
Post on the Exercise page ( Header on Each Exercise)
​Due: One week
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Exercise Instruction:
Side: Standard
Frame: 24
Following the video, create a dancing character
Using the parent tool to connect with each part of the body
Post on the Exercise page ( Header on Each Exercise)
Title: Exercise 8:
Parenting
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Title: Exercise 11: Use the Virtual Camera in Animate
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Exercise Instruction:
Side: Standard
Frame: 24
Following the video, use the camera to create a zoom-in and-out effect on your animation
Post on the Exercise page ( Header on Each Exercise)
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Title: Exercise 12: Design social media content
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Exercise Instruction:
Side: Standard
Frame: 24
Following the video, use the social media content to create an animation
Export it to GIF
Sent to your friend
Post on the Exercise page ( Header on Each Exercise)
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