The Adobe Animate CC Crash Course (Beginner Friendly!)
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Learn the fundamentals of Animation step by step! https://alexgrigg.studio/ — Check it out here
Update- It looks like Adobe has removed Edit Multiple Frames from the timeline in the 2024 version… You can now find it in Control-Timeline-Edit Multiple Frames, or with Alt Shift E.
https://www.animationforanyone.org/ — http://alexgrigg.com/
Lets learn the Adobe Animate CC together! This is a crash course which will give you all the skills you’ll need to start making your own animation. There is a whole lot more to Animate CC, but if you’re starting out this is a good place to begin 🙂
Hot Key Cheat Sheet (replace Ctrl with ⌘ for Mac)-
b – Brush Tool
F7 – New Empty Keyframe
v – Selection Tool
Ctrl + Z – Undo
z – Magnifying Tool (click to zoom in)
z – Magnifying Tool ( alt click to zoom out)
Spacebar – Hand Tool (translate stage)
Enter – Play
k – Paint Bucket Tool
i – Eye Dropper (colour pick tool)
, – previous frame
. – next frame
F5 – New Blank Keyframe
Shift F5 – Delete Frame
Ctrl Enter – Create SWF video (preview scene)
q – Transform Tool
Ctrl+D – Duplicate Selected
N – Line Tool
Ctrl + C – Copy
Ctrl + V – Paste
Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste in Place
Credits-
Created by Alex Grigg
Additional Imagery Credits-
The Amazing World of Gumball https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942683/
The Future – Truba Animation https://www.trubaanimation.com/
Ernest And Celestine https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1816518/
Ping Pong https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3592032/
Hey Duggee https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4291050/