Tag: Adobe Animate

Animate features and advantages

• Vector stick animation allows very easy and quick manipulation.
• Easy motion graphics with shapes.
• Html coding for motion graphics.
• Character rigging and links to Adobe character animator make character development relatively straightforward.
• Symbols for automating cycles and loops
• Layer blend and opacity modes.
• Hand painting styles and link to Adobe Animator.
• Potential for very low band width.
• Interactivity with html canvas.

Animate gaps and challenges

• Number of features means a very high learning curve.
• Artistic styles are not as advanced as Procreate or TV Paint.
• Can crash easily if overloaded with complexity eg of art brush strokes or complex characters.

Ross Bollinger Pencilmation https://www.youtube.com/user/rossbollinger

Drawing and basic keyframing

Using Adobe Animate for Frame by Frame animation requires:

• very good drawing for key poses and in-betweens
• good understanding of the Disney animation principles
• understanding of drama and timing

The best tutorials available are by:

Howard Wimshurst Animator Guild: https://www.animatorguild.com

Flow, intensity and dramatic timing

But with good drawing and understanding how to create dramatic timing, extremely dynamic animations are possible.

The best tutorials available are again by:

Howard Wimshurst Animator Guild: https://www.animatorguild.com

Lighting, atmosphere and distortion

Camera movement and 3D

Character animation and rigging