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Introduction to Adobe Animate CC

Welcome to Adobe Animate CC!   Where Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard vector graphics drawing program, Adobe Flash has been the industry standard in rich media production for the past decade. Flash allowed its users to produce everything from basic animations to interactive multimedia experiences, to applications such as games.

However, Flash was not without its drawbacks, from its earliest days it was a known memory hog, and as time progressed its robust built-in programming language developed into a security risk as hackers used the popularity of Flash and the powerful intercommunications between Flash and computer operating systems to introduce malicious commands and malware. As time and technology has progressed, the standards have changed. A new web standard called HTML5 has become the common language of web browsers, and poor old Flash had to be left behind in favor of an interactive media application redesigned to meet the HTML5 standard’s requirements. Flash was sunsetted (slowly removed) and Adobe Animate was born.

Adobe Animate works a lot like Flash, but adds a lot of new features that are only possible in HTML5. We are going to spend the next couple of weeks learning about Adobe Animate and exploring its relationship to Illustrator, and how both programs can help you to develop rich interactive multimedia experiences for the web.  

Objectives:

  • Identify the elements of the Animate interface, including the Stage, Timeline, Panels and Tool Panel.
  • Produce Rectangle, Rectangle Primitive, Oval, Oval Primitive and Polystar shapes, and discuss their properties.
  • Explain the difference between Object-Drawn shapes drawn with and Merge-drawn Shapes.
  • Explain the difference between Shape Primitives and standard Shapes.

Student Friendly Objectives:

  • I can  identify the elements of the Animate interface.
  • I can produce shapes using the Animate tools.
  • I can explain the difference between a shape drawn with Object Drawing enabled and disabled.
  • I can explain the difference between a Shape Primitive and a standard Shape.

Video Links:What is Adobe Animate CC?

How to Create and Publish an HTML5 Canvas Document 

Topics Discussed:

  • Start a new document in Animate CC using the Welcome screen.
  • HTML5
  • Canvas
  • Stage
  • Timeline
  • Panels
  • Tool Panel
  • Rectangle Tool
  • Rectangle Primitive Tool
  • Oval
  • Oval Primitive Tool
  • Polystar Tool
  • Object Drawing

Assignment:

  1. Produce a single HTML5 Canvas. Name it “Your Name – Animate Day 1″
  2. Edit the properties of the Stage to make a 30fps, 800 x 600 pixel stage for animation. Change the color of the stage to any color you like (other than the default white).
  3. Use the Shape tools to draw examples of the following shapes:
    1. Rectangle
    2. Rectangle Primitive
    3. Oval
    4. Oval Primitive
    5. Polystar Polygon
    6. Polystar Star
    7. Two overlapping Object drawn shapes (representing the properties of Objects)
    8. Two overlapping Merge drawn shapes, where one shape takes a “bite” out of the other
  4. Upload the completed “Your Name – Animate Day 1.fla” file to the “Introduction to Adobe Animate CC” assignment post on the Google Classroom page by the end of the day on Wednesday.

Assigned: April 11th, 2019
Due Date: April 15th, 2019

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Illustrator Type Week: Concrete Poetry – Final Draft

Objective: Use the Type Tools, Effects Menu, Appearance panel and Graphic Styles panel in Illustrator to produce a Visual Poem using expressive text and the Principles of Design.

Student Friendly Objective: I can use Illustrator to produce a concrete poem with expressive type.

Web Link:
Adobe Illustrator CS5 Tutorial 37 | Appearances & Graphic Styles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDtraLlf5rA

Topics Discussed:

  • Typography
  • Appearance Panel
  • Graphic Styles Panel
  • Effect Menu
  • Warp Dialog
  • Post-Modernism
  • Expressive Text

Assignment:

Watch the “Adobe Illustrator CS5 Tutorial 37 | Appearances & Graphic Styles” tutorial video. Review the tutorial if necessary to refresh your memory on how to use the Appearance Panel, and how to save object appearances as Graphic Styles.

Visual Poetry and Concrete Poetry

  1. Concrete poetry is a type of poetry where the way the words look, and the arrangement of the words is more important in expressing the meaning of the poem than the words themselves. It is sometimes referred to as visual poetry, a term which has developed into its own unique style.
  2. Create a New Document in Illustrator. Use the Print, Letter size (612pt x 792pt) Preset. You may use Portrait or Landscape orientation.
  3. Use the pre-set Graphic Styles libraries, the Warp tools and the Type Tool to produce your concrete poem on the fourth artboard in Illustrator.
  4. Use the original poem that you wrote on the fourth artboard of last week’s assignment. You may copy and paste the poem or rebuild it, depending on your visual purpose.
  5. Your poem should visually represent, both in the arrangement of the words and in the visual style of the words, the theme of the poem.
    The theme of the poem should be obvious, based on the arrangement of the words and the Appearance or Graphic Style of the words.
  6. There is no minimum or maximum length of the poem, but the poem must express a recognizable idea, and must effectively present the idea through the arrangement and graphic style of the words.
  7. Remember the Principles of Design as you lay out your page: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity – use them, as well as what we have learned about Color Theory and Symbolism to maximize the visual appeal and meaning of your poem!
  8. The completed Concrete Poem is due on Wednesday, April 10th. We will work on the poem in the days between now and then.
  9. The completed Concrete Poems will be printed and displayed in the room for all to enjoy, so do your best to make this something unique and visually appealing!

Assigned: April 8th, 2019
Teacher Pacing Due Date: April 10th, 2019