Private Online Adobe Animate Class
Animate CC level 1 class
( Earlier versions available )
Customised Private Class - 12 Hours
Cost: $895
Class Description:
This class will teach you the foundation skills that you need to create engaging animations, simple applications, banner ads, and other Animate based media.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this class, you should be able to:
- Create and import graphic assets
- Create animations
- Add ActionScript with script assist and behaviors
- Use movie clips
- Add sound and video
Target Audience:
This class is for beginners: designers and developers new to Animate who want to learn the interface and commonly used features. To gain the most from this class, students should:
- Be familiar with Windows or Mac OS X.
- Be familiar with the web and its terminology.
Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted
- Starting Animate and Opening a File
- Getting to Know the Workspace
- Working with the Library Panel
- Understanding the Timeline
- Organizing Layers in a Timeline
- Using the Properties Inspector
- Using the Tools Panel
- Undoing Steps in Animate
- Previewing Your Movie
- Publishing Your Movie
- Saving Your Movie
- Finding Resources for Using Animate
- Checking for Updates
Lesson 2. Working with Graphics
- Getting Started
- Understanding Strokes and Fills
- Creating Shapes
- Making Selections
- Editing Shapes
- Using Gradient and Bitmap Fills
- Making Patterns and Decorations
- Creating Curves
- Creating Transparencies
- Creating and Editing Text
Lesson 3. Creating and Editing Symbols
- Getting Started
- Importing Illustrator Files
- About Symbols
- Creating Symbols
- Importing Photoshop Files
- Editing and Managing Symbols
- Changing the Size and Position of Instances
- Changing the Color Effect of Instances
- Understanding Blend Effects
- Applying Filters for Special Effects
- Positioning in 3D Space
Lesson 4. Adding Animation
- Getting Started
- About Animation
- Understanding the Project File
- Animating Position
- Changing the Pacing and Timing
- Animating Transparency
- Animating Filters
- Animating Transformations
- Changing the Path of the Motion
- Swapping Tween Targets
- Creating Nested Animations
- Using the Motion Editor
- Easing
- Animating 3D Motion
- Previewing the Animation
Lesson 5. Articulated Motion and Morphing
- Getting Started
- Articulated Motion with Inverse Kinematics
- Constraining Joints
- Inverse Kinematics with Shapes
- Armature Options
- Morphing with Shape Tweens
- Using Shape Hints
- Simulating Physics with Inverse Kinematics
Lesson 6. Creating Interactive Navigation
- Getting Started
- About Interactive Movies
- Creating Buttons
- Understanding ActionScript 3.0
- Preparing the Timeline
- Adding a Stop Action
- Creating Event Handlers for Buttons
- Creating Destination Keyframes
- Creating a Home Button
- Playing Animation at the Destination
- Animated Buttons
Lesson 7. Using Text
- Getting Started
- Understanding TLF Text
- Adding Simple Text
- Adding Multiple Columns
- Wrapping Text
- Hyperlinking Text
- Creating User-input Text
- Loading External Text
Lesson 8. Working with Sound and Video
- Getting Started
- Understanding the Project File
- Using Sounds
- Understanding Flash Video
- Using Adobe Media Encoder
- Understanding Encoding Options
- Playback of External Video
- Working with Video and Transparency
- Using Cue Points
- Embedding Flash Video
Lesson 9. Loading and Controlling Flash Content
- Getting Started
- Loading External Content
- Removing External Content
- Controlling Movie Clips
- Creating Masks
Lesson 10. Publishing Flash Documents
- Getting Started
- Testing a Flash Document
- Understanding the Bandwidth Profiler
- Adding Metadata
- Publishing a Movie for the Web
- Alternative Publishing Options
Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the class topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.
Animate CC level 2 class
( Earlier versions available )
Customised Private Class - 16 Hours
Cost: $1295
Class Description:
Since the release of Flash CS3, Flash supports ActionScript 3.0, the latest release of ActionScript from Adobe. While similar to earlier versions of ActionScript, it presents enough of a departure to present significant challenges to Flash Designers and Developers as they move to the new version. This class focuses on ActionScript 3.0 syntax and concepts while comparing it with earlier versions.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this class, you should be able to:
- Understand ActionScript 3.0 syntax
- Understand Object Oriented language structure
- Create and retrieve variables
- Write and call user-defined functions
- Handle and respond to events
- Understand Class structure
- Use conditional logic
- Create Arrays
- Load external content
Target Audience:
To take this class, you should have:
- Completed the Flash Fundamentals class or have equivalent experience.
- The desire to learn how to program Flash content using ActionScript.
1. High-Quality PDF’s
- Topic A: PDF generation methods
- Topic B: PDF file attributes
- Topic C: PDF settings
- Topic D: Geospatial data
2. Colour Management
- Topic A: Colour management basics
- Topic B: Colour management workflow
- Topic C: Soft-proofing colours
- Topic D: Converting colours
3. Colour Separations
- Topic A: Colour separation setup
- Topic B: Separations preview
- Topic C: Ink Manager
- Topic D: Trapping
- Topic E: Transparency flattening
- Topic F: Printing colour separations
4. Preflight and Validation
- Topic A: Print problems
- Topic B: Preflight profiles
- Topic C: Preflight reports
- Topic D: Preflight droplets
- Topic E: Validation and conversion
5. Interactive PDF Forms
- Topic A: Forms and Live Cycle Designer ES2
- Topic B: Creating a form
- Topic C: Working with form fields
- Topic D: Modifying a form
- Topic E: Testing a form
6. PDF Distribution and Management
- Topic A: PDF distribution
- Topic B: Form management
Acrobat Animate
Class Benefits
You have a certified instructor all to yourself for 12 hours
We go at your pace as it is a private class
The course is customized to your specific objectives and needs
The dates and even times are flexible to suit your schedule
Work with your own content or projects
There is no travel time or associated costs
The price is the same or less than attending a public class with other students who may have different agenda’s and skill levels to your own
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You can rely on the expertise of our instructors. We have delivered hundreds of classes to thousands of students over 15 years.
Support
When you attend our class, all students receive class materials, a certificate on completion and 3 months support from our certified instructors.
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We guarantee your training and offer all our student a full refund if they are not satisfied with their training experience within the first 2 hours of training.
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