Animate CC Animation Techniques

Pluralsight

Course Summary

Get a solid foundation for creating great animation with the 12 Principles of Animation. This course takes you through studying the principles using frame-by-frame, traditional digital animation using Adobe's Animate CC. Software required: Animate CC.

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Course Description

Interested in creating great 2D animation, but have no idea where or how to begin? This course, Animate CC Animation Techniques, will get you started with a solid foundation in traditional animation principles. First, you'll go through several animation exercises from a simple bouncing ball, to a complex animation involving body mechanics, to a nuanced facial animation shot. Next, as you go through these exercises you'll explore the 12 principles of animation and how they work together to create compelling animation. Finally, you'll learn about arcs and antics, exploring how to animate a basic character from start to finish. By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation to create your own animations. Software required: Animate CC.

Course Description

Interested in creating great 2D animation, but have no idea where or how to begin? This course, Animate CC Animation Techniques, will get you started with a solid foundation in traditional animation principles. First, you'll go through several animation exercises from a simple bouncing ball, to a complex animation involving body mechanics, to a nuanced facial animation shot. Next, as you go through these exercises you'll explore the 12 principles of animation and how they work together to create compelling animation. Finally, you'll learn about arcs and antics, exploring how to animate a basic character from start to finish. By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation to create your own animations. Software required: Animate CC.

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Course Syllabus

Course Overview
- 1m 10s

—Course Overview 1m 10s

The Infamous Bouncing Ball
- 52m 45s

—The Basics of Animating in Animate CC 6m 8s
—Blocking in Keyframes 6m 16s
—Adding Slow-in and Slow-out 7m 58s
—Adding Squash Stretch 9m 5s
—Re-animating the Bouncing Ball Part 1 10m 8s
—Re-animating the Bouncing Ball Part 2 13m 7s

Return of the Bouncing Ball
- 1h 24m

—Adding Character Features to the Bouncing Ball Part 1 11m 24s
—Adding Character Features to the Bouncing Ball Part 2 14m 29s
—Adding Character Features to the Bouncing Ball Part 3 9m 51s
—Adding a Tail Part 1 9m 40s
—Adding a Tail Part 2 6m 4s
—Modifying the Timing Part 1 11m 28s
—Modifying the Timing Part 2 7m 35s
—Reanimating the Tail 7m 32s
—Arcs 6m 0s

The Design Principles of Animation
- 46m 42s

—Solid Drawing 12m 57s
—Appeal 13m 36s
—Designing a Character with Principles 6m 10s
—Staging 13m 59s

Arcs and Antics
- 1h 18m

—Setting the Primary Keyframes 6m 10s
—Adding the Inbetweens 9m 40s
—Anticipation 9m 3s
—Refining Timing and Spacing 12m 38s
—Adding the Face 14m 22s
—Adding a Skirt 11m 53s
—Adding Hair 10m 45s
—Recap and Variation 4m 15s

Animating a Face with Principles
- 1h 26m

—Setting the Primary Keyframes 8m 19s
—Timing the Primary Keyframes 13m 57s
—Filling out the Inbetweens 10m 53s
—Detailing the Face Straight Ahead 11m 7s
—Detailing the Face Pose to Pose Part 1 12m 52s
—Detailing the Face Pose to Pose Part 2 8m 27s
—Refining and Overlap Part 1 14m 44s
—Refining and Overlap Part 2 5m 45s