Mastering Adobe Animate 2023

A comprehensive guide to designing modern, animated, and interactive content using Animate, 3rd Edition

By: Joseph Labrecque

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eText | 3 February 2023 | Edition Number 3

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Become an accomplished motion designer, animator, and interactive content producer with the help of expert-led material

Key Features

Produce rich motion graphics and interactive animations for multiple platforms
Explore the key features and enhancements in the latest Adobe Animate release
Take your Adobe Animate projects to the next level with creative workflows

Book Description

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 Animate to create immersive experiences by breaking through creative limitations across every medium

In the third edition, 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. You'll explore advanced rigging workflows and discover how to create more dynamic animation with complex depth and movement techniques. You'll also find out how to build projects such as games, virtual reality experiences, generative art, 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 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

What you will learn

Gain a solid understanding of Adobe Animate foundations and new features
Understand the nuances associated with publishing and exporting rich media content to various platforms
Make use of advanced layering and rigging techniques to create engaging motion content
Create dynamic motion using the camera and variable layer depth techniques
Develop web-based games, generative art, virtual reality experiences, and multiplatform mobile applications
Extend Animate with extensions, application-level scripting, and the creation of custom integrated tutorials

Who This Book Is For

This book is for web, graphic, and motion design professionals with basic experience in animation who want to take their existing skills to the next level. A clear understanding of fundamental animation concepts will help you to get the most out of this book and produce impressive results.