Rigging and Animating in Adobe Animate

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Rigging and Animating in Adobe Animate

Rig and animate a character using Animate CC. Parent layers, create templates with symbols and save reusable actions!

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Use PSDs and Images

In this course we will take a pre-made PSD character, import to Animate CC and rig using symbols.

Easily Link Joints With Parenting

This course uses the new parenting feature introduced in Animate CC 2019. Here we can easily link joints based on origin points.

Build Reusable Actions with Keys and Symbols

By building a series of symbols, we can create a library of reusable actions such as blinks, mouth poses, and body animations.

Create an Animation for Rig Testing

We will create a simple jump animation to test out all the mechanics. From here you can take your character into any production!

Downloadable Source Files

Zip containing all files needed to follow along with the course.

Animate_CC_Rig_Animate_Files.zip

Photoshop-Export-Layers-to-Files-Fast Plugin Link

Welcome!

Learn what to expect from this course

What You Will Learn in this Course

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Rigging Vectors VS PSDs

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Creating a Default Symbol for Vector Based Characters

Preparing Assets for Animate CC

Before we animate, there are some considerations we need to make when designing the character. This section covers what to look out for when designing for Animate CC.

Overview of Character Design

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Compressing Characters in Photoshop

Importing Assets and Preparing Animate CC Stage

Setting up the Head for Animation

By using a series of layers and symbols, we can set up our head to turn, change emotion, speak and more.

Setting Up Head Phases with Symbols

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Redesigning the Eyes

Creating Eye Phases

Creating Eyebrow Phases

Assembling Mouth Poses into a Symbol

Setting up the Body for Animation

Like the head,, the body will need to be rigged up a certain way so there are no issues when animating.

Assembling Hand Poses into a Symbol

Assembling Hair Poses into a Symbol

Converting Body Parts to Symbols

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Properly Placing Origin Points

Parenting Layers for Proper Connections

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Correcting Limb Movements

Animating the Character

In this section we will animate the character using the rig we just constructed

Setting the Background

Laying Out Jump Motion Tween

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Animating the Jump

Refining the Jump

Animating the Eyes and Eyebrows

Lip Syncing with the Frame Picker

Animating Body Dialogue

Keying and Swapping the Hands

Wrapping Up

Here you will polish and export. And then I will give my final thoughts

Polishing the Animation

Exporting the Animation

Final Thoughts

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Animation Courses and Files

Premium lessons and assets for Moho/Anime Studio Pro, Character Animator, After Effects, Animate and Procreate

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