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The Adobe Animate CC Crash Course (Beginner Friendly!)

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11 Mar 2024 151 0

Update- It looks like Adobe has removed Edit Multiple Frames from the timeline in the 2024 version... You can now find it in Control-Timeline-Edit Multiple Frames, or with Alt Shift E.
https://www.animationforanyone.org/ --- http://alexgrigg.com/
Lets learn the Adobe Animate CC together! This is a crash course which will give you all the skills you'll need to start making your own animation. There is a whole lot more to Animate CC, but if you're starting out this is a good place to begin :)


Hot Key Cheat Sheet (replace Ctrl with ⌘ for Mac)-
b - Brush Tool
F7 - New Empty Keyframe
v - Selection Tool
Ctrl + Z - Undo
z - Magnifying Tool (click to zoom in)
z - Magnifying Tool ( alt click to zoom out)
Spacebar - Hand Tool (translate stage)
Enter - Play
k - Paint Bucket Tool
i - Eye Dropper (colour pick tool)
, - previous frame
. - next frame
F5 - New Blank Keyframe
Shift F5 - Delete Frame
Ctrl Enter - Create SWF video (preview scene)
q - Transform Tool
Ctrl+D - Duplicate Selected
N - Line Tool
Ctrl + C - Copy
Ctrl + V - Paste
Ctrl + Shift + V - Paste in Place

Credits-
Created by Alex Grigg

Additional Imagery Credits-
The Amazing World of Gumball https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942683/
The Future - Truba Animation https://www.trubaanimation.com/
Ernest And Celestine https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1816518/
Ping Pong https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3592032/
Hey Duggee https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4291050/