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Adobe Animate CC Introduction 2 Days - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Intermediate
Duration:
2
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£450 + vat
Learn the fundamentals of Animate as we guide you through this comprehensive introduction to the new leading interactive-design program. We will show you how to draw and animate your own graphics. This is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in creating enhanced web output.
After we give you a complete tour of the Animate environment, we will take you from a blank canvas to being able to produce your own graphics and animations. You will see how it easy it is to import your own audio and video, add simple interactivity, and then publish your projects in a variety of formats.
Learn the fundamentals of Animate as we guide you through this comprehensive introduction to the new leading interactive-design program. We will show you how to draw and animate your own graphics. This is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in creating enhanced web output.
After we give you a complete tour of the Animate environment, we will take you from a blank canvas to being able to produce your own graphics and animations. You will see how it easy it is to import your own audio and video, add simple interactivity, and then publish your projects in a variety of formats.
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Animate Introduction 2 Days
Course Details
This 2-day Introduction course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Animate CC. We will help you understand how this new industry-leading program takes interactive design to a new level. We will guide you in learning the work area and the best practices for creating animated content with different export options. Plus, you will get the hands-on experience you need to create your own projects.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Animate environment
- Import and create graphics
- Draw using the built-in tools
- Create and use symbols
- Animate shapes
- Import audio and video
- Add simple interactivity through Script Assist and Behaviours
- Publish in several formats
Our goal is for you to be able to create simple visual projects that are ready to use for the web.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for designers and developers who are new to Animate and who want to learn the interface and commonly used features.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Getting to know Animate- Adobe Animate Workspace
- The Tools panel
- Working with Panels
- Panel Dock
- Libraries
- Setting Preferences
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Working with the Stage
- Resizing Stage and Content
- Using Guides, Rulers, and Grids
- Using the Timeline
- Using Layers
- Importing Native Photoshop and Illustrator Files
- Copying and Moving Content
- Undoing, Redoing
- History in Animate
- Drawing in Animate
- Using Vector Graphics
- Using Bitmap Graphics
- Merge Drawing Mode
- Object Drawing Mode
- Drawing Primitive Shapes
- Creating Overlapping Shapes
- Adding Colour
- Strokes and Fills
- Gradients
- Lines
- Arranging Objects
- Transforming Objects
- Using Text in Animate
- Working with Fonts
- Using Typekit Web Fonts
- Using Leading
- What Symbols are and how they work
- What Symbols’ Instances are
- Movie Clip Symbols
- Graphic Symbols
- Button Symbols
- Creating Symbols
- Converting Content to Symbols
- Swapping Content
- Editing Symbols
- Editing Instances
- Working with Library
Working with animations- Shape Tweens
- Classic Tweens
- Motion Tweens
- Motion Presets
- Frame-by-Frame Animation
- Working with Frame Rates
- Frames and Keyframes
- Keyframes and Blank Keyframes
- Orient to Path
- Masks
- Motion Guides
- Easing
- Nested Timelines
- Using Onion Skinning
- Previewing Animations
- Using JavaScript in Animate
- Using ActionScript 3.0 in Animate
- Frame Labels
- Using Code Snippets
- Adding Code Snippets to Objects
- Working with Buttons
- Making Movie Clips into Buttons
- Buttons States
- Editing Buttons
- Testing Buttons
- Exporting from Animate
- Publishing from Animate
- Differences between Exporting and Publishing
- Exporting as SWF
- Exporting for HTML5
- Exporting Formats
- Publishing Preview
- Publish Settings
- Adding Flash Player Detection
- Publishing HTML5 to InDesign, MUSE and Dreamweaver
- Create responsive animations
- Add a pre-loader to your HTML5 animation
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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Animate CC Introduction 2 Days - Upcoming Manchester Course Dates
27 Nov - 28 Nov £450 + vat 22 Jan - 23 Jan £450 + vat 25 Mar - 26 Mar £450 + vat 28 May - 29 May £450 + vat 21 Jul - 22 Jul £450 + vat -
Client Reviews
"Excellent course that was delivered at a good pace and very easy to understand and apply."
David Cunningham, Animate Introduction - Two Days
"This was an excellent course and I feel it's really added more to my general skill-set. I can't wait to get started and creating. Many thanks!!!"
Peter Songi, RIBA Enterprises, Animate Introduction - Two Days
"Really enjoyed the course feel I've learned significant amount in order to be able to put my news skills in to practice - thanks!"
Esther Lazenby, Liverpool City Council, Animate Introduction - Two Days
"The course was set at the right pace. The course instructor was very approachable, friendly, patient. Overall a good course."
Jayne Edwards, Liverpool City Council, Animate Introduction - Two Days
"Trainer was extremely well prepared and thought out our training needs well. Moved at a great pace, not too slow but at the same time willing to stop and take a breather if needed."
Murray Ziervogel, BGL Group, Adobe Animate - One Day Advanced
"Excellent training location and resources. My third course at XChange in Manchester and I can't wait to come back for more. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend XChange to friends and colleagues, and have done so on many occasions. "
Eddie Allen, South Liverpool Homes, Animate Introduction - Two Days
"Excellent. Course was tailored to our requirements, so didn't feel that any time was wasted."
Susanna Booth, Competition Comm., InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"Thank you for a superb training course, excellent content, excellent tutor and very clear. "
Tami Penswick, Yahoo, HTML5 & CSS3 - 2 Day Introduction
"Very good and extremely informative. Complicated enough to be challenging yet explained well enough to not put me off. Thanks!"
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"The course was well structured and the small class size was great. The tutor managed to tailor it to our needs too which was great."
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£450 + vat
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Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe Animate training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
Fab introduction to Adobe Animate - moved at a swift pace and covered lots of elements, but it was still delivered in a way which was easy to follow and understand. The notes/movies which have been provided for after the training was over are going to be a huge help as I continue my learning journey in Adobe Animate.
15/10/2024
5/5 Stars
It was absolutely what I were expecting. Thank you.
01/08/2024
4/5 Stars
Great introductory course - a nice grounding of Animate and the differences from Flash in terms of code.
22/09/2023
5/5 Stars
As a complete amateur to Animate, it broke down the package to be far more understandable and less daunting to use.
22/09/2023
5/5 Stars
Alan was an excellent instructor. He catered to the content to my requirements. I found it valuable to see an expert in their practice. The city centre venue is good but the room was a little hot after a while, though Alan did turn on an AC unit. I don't think there's much you can do about this. 1-day 1:1 tuition is good but it has a high pace - a lot to practice afterwards. Please pass on my thanks to Alan.
19/07/2023
5/5 Stars
Great explanations of everything and took the time to answer all questions thoroughly.
25/05/2023
5/5 Stars
Very good, well delivered and flexible.
25/05/2023
5/5 Stars
Alan has been great over the past two days. very knowledgable and friendly.
19/05/2023
5/5 Stars
Good course with good content and instructor was great.
19/05/2023
5/5 Stars
It was a good experience. I came in with a self taught level understanding of Animate so it helped understanding a lot within Day 1 and Day 2. I was very pleased to understand the different options and capabilities Animate had to offer which ofcourse I was only scratching the surface. Overall Alan was very clear and concise with the training delivery, very patient with us remote learners. I understand most of his training, personally the coding bit is something I will have to go back in my own time but the rest is very applicable to my day to day work and future projects. I am very happy with Alans training.
19/05/2023
5/5 Stars
Really great to get an understanding of Adobe Animate Basics - has left me feeling much more comfortable with moving forwards on my own to put the knowledge into practice.
13/04/2023
5/5 Stars
Great to learn a new programme and see how we can apply these skills to our existing work. Alan was a great instructor and was very thorough and patient, explaining things really well.
13/04/2023
5/5 Stars
Excellent tutor! Very knowledgeable, extremely helping and patient. Great course with suitable increase in difficulty.
13/04/2023
5/5 Stars
I've used Xchange before and have always found the bespoke training to a really high standard. Looking forward to booking our next course soon.
13/04/2023
5/5 Stars
Alan was a brilliant instructor, he was thorough and informative but delivered the training in a way that was easy to follow and understand. Thanks again, Alan!
04/04/2023
4/5 Stars
I really enjoyed the course, however I think I would have benefited from some break away sessions so #i could practice the new skills we had just learned. I also felt the pace was a little fast in places. However, overall an enjoyable and very insightful course on Adobe Animate. I'm looking forward to playing with it now Thank you
04/04/2023
5/5 Stars
Course was very well structured, with good pacing. Didn't feel overloaded with info, and at the end we were creating things that were very complicated. It's good that the full course notes and examples are sent to us after the course - I will make good use of these.
14/03/2023
4/5 Stars
I feel I got a good overview of the Animation course and feel ready to put this into practice. The guides and links were a very handy extra as the course would have been rushed if note taking was done throughout.
14/03/2023
5/5 Stars
Great training, leant lots, good pace for everyone in the class to keep up
14/03/2023
5/5 Stars
Thoroughly enjoyed the course- very informative and useful!
29/11/2022
4/5 Stars
This was my first experience of an online course, it went well and I was able to follow and gain the knowledge I needed. I like the fact that all the files and instructions were given before the course so that any parts I missed or struggled with I could go back over the exercise and practice it.
29/11/2022
5/5 Stars
I really enjoyed the course and it worked really well remotely. I just wish I could do more!
10/11/2022
4/5 Stars
I think the description around the contents of this course could have been slightly more clear, as I was expecting a few other elements of 2D animation to be involved (frame by frame for example) but the teacher was excellent and really helpful answering my questions about other elements to the best of his ability.
10/11/2022
5/5 Stars
Simon was super flexible and we crossed multiple softwares in my search for understanding how to complete tasks in the best way
12/10/2022
5/5 Stars
Very concise and comprehensive one-to-one training and notes provided for further practice. Top bloke!
20/07/2022
5/5 Stars
Great course, would be good to have more people on course so it feels less intense but instructor really helped and pro9bably got through course quicker.
30/05/2022
5/5 Stars
I feel a lot more comfortable using the software. I gained more knowledge about the features and abilities of the software, which has motivated me to use it in the future. Philip's been extremely helpful and accommodating in assisting me in figuring out and using Animate. i would definitely want to come back for more training!
30/11/2021
5/5 Stars
I came to XChange knowing nothing about Animate, but I'm leaving feeling very confident and excited about how I can implement this software into my activities as a marketer. The course has taught me everything I need to know to get me started.
30/11/2021
5/5 Stars
Alan was the best. Thank goodness for his patience and understanding with our technical issues - Teams seemed to slow down our software and Alan had to retrace his steps many times with complete professionalism. We all wanted to throw our laptops out of the window! His knowledge was second to none, he knew common and uncommon mistakes before we even asked about them. This was reassuring and for me personally, more useful than some of the exercises at times, as I am guilty of 'double clicking' on everything which takes you away from the task you're working on, but Alan knew where we'd gone wrong immediately. I would recommend Alan teaching anyone in an instant; he was excellent.
10/11/2021
5/5 Stars
Technical issues on our side but the content was great and Alan had the patience of a saint.
10/11/2021
5/5 Stars
Alan had planned a really fantastic, well thought out training session and his knowledge was invaluable. Everything was fully explained and he was extremely patient when he needed to repeat himself. Excellent tutorial. We managed to iron out quite a few technical issues at the beginning of the day which did eat in to our schedule a bit but that was a very minor detail. Maybe going forward for these types of one to one day sessions it might be worth having a separate half hour session beforehand (maybe the week or day before) to set up file transfers and iron out any issues? Saying that, I'm completely satisfied with this session and can't thank Alan enough for passing on his amazing knowledge of the software.
22/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Course was fast-paced and initially it was difficult to make notes at the same time. Later realised that instructor Allen had included course notes as part of the course files. There is far more than can be covered in two days but Allen did really well to take in as much as he did.
08/06/2021
5/5 Stars
Alan had a lot of knowledge in the programme and was friendly and engaging. I liked the variation in projects and therefore really enjoyed the course.
23/02/2021
5/5 Stars
Very easy to follow. Alan certainly knew his stuff despite having to put together a bespoke training package for me.
12/01/2021
5/5 Stars
My trainer, Alan was very helpful and friendly. He didn't rush ahead and kept things at my pace. If I didnt understand anything, he took the extra time to explain things. Excellent trainer all round really.
09/12/2020
5/5 Stars
Trainer was very patient and able to answer all questions and resolve issues. Training materials provided were and will continue to be very helpful.
22/10/2020
5/5 Stars
As you can see from my feedback, I was very happy with the course. I felt it was well paced and clear to follow. Having course notes and tips to refer to later on is a great bonus. Alan was also very patient when mistakes made or anyone falling behind.
22/10/2020
5/5 Stars
Very patient trainer - good pace and manner and able to modify when we had some issues to overcome or different pace on tasks on group. Answered all questions and very good knowledge. Some very helpful tips and provided a wide range of additional assets and materials we can refer to. Covered more that I expected and feel happy to know more than enough to get started in the software. Better than expected using Teams rather than previous training in workplace.
22/10/2020
5/5 Stars
Alan was fantastic. Explained things very clearly and was able to answer any questions we had, often giving actual examples and talking us through the process. He was very patient and took the time to make sure everyone was up to speed and had a good understanding before moving onto the next step. He was also able to give us links to further resources and other external websites that we could use in the future.
22/10/2020
4/5 Stars
Only feedback would be to use more up to date graphics. Some graphics used looked a bit dated. I know this was an intro on how to use the actual software so the graphics used doesn't really effect that, but it was just a thought.
22/10/2020
5/5 Stars
I really enjoyed the training provided, and thought that the pace of the course and the content was excellent for beginners in Animate. I felt we were given enough knowledge and confidence to try and work through some of the more basic items on our own. I think the written notes provided for each exercise is a fantastic addition to the course material, as it meant we weren't trying to take notes while training, and could concentrate on what was happening on screen. The notes will be great to refer back to if we either work through the examples again ourselves to build confidence, or for referring back to when doing stand alone projects. Thanks Alan!
22/10/2020
4/5 Stars
Alan was an excellent trainer. Verbal and written Steps will be of huge help. Morning session in particular was very informative. Would have preferred a two-day course with this trainer. Afternoon session was a bit more intense and contained some elements which we may look at in future. Many thanks.
27/08/2020
5/5 Stars
Really enjoyed this animate course today with Alan, he was very patient with us and had met our requirements perfectly. Thank you
27/08/2020
5/5 Stars
I really enjoyed the training. Kevin was on time, highly knowledgeable and always willing to answer questions, putting me at ease and making me feel like if I didn't quite get something, it wouldn't be an issue to stop and go over it again. Considering it was just a one day course, I learnt enough to be able to understand how to put together a good quality interactive animation, which was the objective we had set at the start of the course. Highly recommended and I'll certainly be back if time and budget allows in the future!
12/05/2020
5/5 Stars
Very good! Alan was great and very patient with us!
28/02/2020
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate 
Lunch and refreshments
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Manchester Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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