Adobe Animate CC Classroom in a Book (2017 release)

Russell S. Chun is Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations at Hofstra University. He has more than 20 years of experience in visual communication as a multimedia designer for the sciences and as a consultant to the news industry. He is also a veteran educator, previously teaching at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism, where he established and led their curriculum in data journalism. In addition, he served as their Director of Online Education. He has taught at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and was the Department Head of the Illustration program at Sessions College for Professional Design. He sat on the 2015 inaugural Data Advisory Group at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York to help build their data science curriculum. He is the published author of over a dozen technical books, interactive, and video products on multimedia software from Adobe, including their official training manuals. As an independent developer, he's provided instructional design, art direction, storyboarding, and multimedia to organizations such as AsiaSociety, DNAInfo.com, NYTimes.com, QuantaMagazine.org, Pearson Education, and others. His writings have appeared in Macworld, SBS Digital Design, Salon.com, Poynter, and PBS MediaShift.

Getting Started   

1Getting Acquainted  

Starting Adobe Animate CC and Opening a File

Understanding Document Types

Getting to Know the Workspace

Working with the Library Panel

Understanding the Timeline

Organizing Layers in a Timeline

Using the Properties Panel

Using the Tools Panel

Undoing Steps in Animate

Previewing Your Movie

Modifying the Content and Stage

Saving Your Movie

2Creating Graphics and Text

Getting Started

Understanding Strokes and Fills

Creating Shapes

Making Selections

Editing Shapes

Using Gradient and Bitmap Fills

Using Variable-Width Strokes

Using Swatches and Tagged Swatches

Creating Curves

Using Transparency to Create Depth

Being Expressive with the Paint Brush

Creating and Editing Text

Aligning and Distributing Objects

Converting and Exporting Art

3 Creating and Editing Symbols

Getting Started

Importing Adobe Illustrator Files

About Symbols

Creating Symbols

Importing Adobe Photoshop Files

Editing and Managing Symbols

Changing the Size and Position of Instances

Changing the Color Effect of an Instance

Understanding Display Options

Applying Filters for Special Effects

Positioning in 3D Space

4Animating Symbols   

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

Graphic Symbols

Easing

Frame-by-Frame Animation

Animating 3D Motion

Animating Camera Moves

Testing Your Movie

5Advanced Motion Tweening

Getting Started

About the Motion Editor

Understanding the Project File

Adding Motion Tweens

Editing Property Curves

Viewing Options for the Motion Editor

Copying and Pasting Curves

Adding Complex Eases

6Animating Shapes and Using Masks   

Getting Started

Animating Shapes

Understanding the Project File

Creating a Shape Tween

Changing the Pace

Adding More Shape Tweens

Creating a Looping Animation

Using Shape Hints

Previewing Animations with Onion Skinning

Animating Color

Creating and Using Masks

Animating the Mask and Masked Layers

Easing a Shape Tween

7Natural and Character Animation   

Getting Started

Natural Motion and Character Animation with Inverse Kinematics.

Creating a Walk Cycle

Disabling and Constraining Joints

Inverse Kinematics with Shapes

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