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Animate Intro

Animate Intro

This two day course provides a comprehensive introduction to Adobe Animate. It starts with an overview of the Animate interface and how to set stage properties.

You'll explore Animates drawing tools, working with vectors, gradients, and layers, and learn how to integrate Animate with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Having mastered the basic animation principles, including timelines, keyframes, and shape tweens, you will discover classic tween techniques, creating graphic symbols and using motion guides.

The course also covers interactivity, working with code snippets, and publishing for different browsers and devices. This is a practical course ensuring a comprehensive understanding of Adobe Animate.

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Two Days

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10:00 - 16:30 GMT

  • icon Vector drawing in Animate
  • icon Animate using timelines, keyframes, and tweens
  • icon Build and test banner ads
  • icon Create animations with interactivity
  • icon Exporting and publishing

You need no previous experience to attend this course.

Our Expert Team
ACP Trainers

Course leader is an Adobe Certified Expert

Course Dates Days Location Places RRP Discount You Pay Action
14-15th Jul 25 Mon-Tue London Bridge Available £499.00 £100.00 £399.00 + VAT
11-12th Sep 25 Thu-Fri London Bridge Available £499.00 £70.00 £429.00 + VAT
1-2nd Dec 25 Mon-Tue London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
23-24th Mar 26 Mon-Tue London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
Course Dates Days Location Places RRP Discount You Pay Action
13-14th Aug 25 Wed-Thu Online Available £499.00 £70.00 £429.00 + VAT
9-10th Oct 25 Thu-Fri Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
29-30th Jan 26 Thu-Fri Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
21-22nd May 26 Thu-Fri Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
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Course Dates

14-15th Jul 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £100.00

You Pay: £399.00 + VAT
13-14th Aug 25 (Wed-Thu)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £70.00

You Pay: £429.00 + VAT
11-12th Sep 25 (Thu-Fri)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £70.00

You Pay: £429.00 + VAT
9-10th Oct 25 (Thu-Fri)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
1-2nd Dec 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
29-30th Jan 26 (Thu-Fri)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
23-24th Mar 26 (Mon-Tue)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
21-22nd May 26 (Thu-Fri)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT

Course Outline

1

Animate essentials

About File Types: HTML5 Canvas versus Actionscript 3

The Adobe Animate interface

Syncing settings in Animate CC

Creating a new Animate document

Setting stage properties and dimensions

Working with panels and panel layouts

Creating custom panel sets

Rules, guides and grid

Identifying the development cycle

Creating a new file

Publish Settings

2

Draw tools and bitmaps

Using Object and Shape draw modes

Using the Vector draw tools

Alignment and Transformation Tools and Panels

Modifying Properties

Reshaping Vectors

Working with Live Text

Creating and modifying gradients

Importing and saving swatches

Working with Layers

Using Layer Masks

Integration with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

Importing Bitmaps

3

Basic animation principles

Timeline Essentials

Understanding the Timeline and Frame Rate

About Frames, Keyframes and Blank Keyframes

Adding, removing and copying from the Timeline

Creating Cell Animations

Creating Shape Tweens

Controlling Shape Tweens

Understanding Motion and Classic Tweens

About Symbols: Graphic, Button and Movie Clip

4

Classic tween techniques

Creating Graphic Symbols

Exploring the Library

Editing Symbols and Resetting the Registration Point

Fading in and out

Resizing and Rotating

Animating on a Path with Motion Guides

Building self-contained Movie Clip animations

Understanding and applying Easing

Creating Custom Eases

5

Applied animation techniques

Planning and Storyboards

Character Animation Techniques

Parallax scrolling

Animated Masking

Building and Testing Banner Ads

Creating IK chains with the Bone Tool

Working with the Camera Tool

Integrating Audio and Video

6

Interactivity and publishing

Best practice for file sizes

Exporting as Video and Animated Gif

Creating Buttons

About HTML5 and Javascript

Working with Code Snippets

Linking to websites

Timeline Navigation

Creating loops

Publishing for browsers and devices

About clickTag

Working with AD Agencies

7

Questions and answers

Who attends?

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Career Progressives

Professionals who wish to develop skills for their current role and companies who believe in developing their talent.

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Career Changers

People seeking opportunities which require new skills. Industry relevant training for those pursuing a new role.

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Graduates

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Learn face-to-face with expert mentors in a dynamic setting that inspires growth and confidence.

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Upskill your team together. Build your team and develop consistency, and collective confidence.

Three Steps To Success

1

Identify Your Path

Define your direction with purpose, aligning your learning journey to personal and career goals.

2

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Gain practical insight from real-world experts who bring clarity, confidence, and momentum to your growth.

3

Earn Certification

Your certificate of attendance is proof of progress — benchmarking your skills and commitment to growth.