Adobe Animate: Motion Tweens

Objectives:

  • Produce an HTML5 animation using Motion Tweens.

Student-Friendly Objectives:

  • I can apply a Shape Tween to a drawn Shape.
  • I can create a Movie Clip, Button and a Graphic Symbol.
  • I can produce an HTML5 animation using multiple Motion Tweens.

Video Links:

Understanding Tweens:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs4/getting-started-11-understanding-tweens/

Using Symbols:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs5/gs04-using-symbols/

Understanding Frames and Keyframes:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs5/gs02-understanding-frames-and-keyframes-/

Creating Motion Tweens:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs4/getting-started-13-creating-motion-tweens/

Topics Discussed:

  • Starting a new HTML5 document in Animate CC using the Welcome screen.
  • Library
  • Symbols
  • Movie Clip Symbol
  • Button Symbol
  • Graphic Symbol
  • Timeline
  • Playhead
  • Empty Frame
  • Content Frame
  • Keyframe
  • Blank Keyframe
  • Layer
  • Motion Tween

Assignment:

  1. Produce a new Animate HTML5 canvas. Name it “Your Name –  Motion Tweens″
  2. Use any of the Shape tools we worked with this week to draw a shape, then convert it to a Movie Clip Symbol using the technique demonstrated in class and in the video.
  3. Make a new Layer in the Timeline.
  4. Repeat the previous two steps to create a Button Symbol and a Graphic Symbol, each on its own Layer.
  5. Use the process demonstrated in class and in the video to create three Motion Tween animations, one for each layer.
  6. Move each shape in a different direction.
  7. When you are finished, you should have three more layers, each with a different Motion Tween animation.
  8. Turn in the completed “Your Name – Motion Tweens” file to today’s Google Classroom post by the end of today.

Assigned: April 19th, 2019
Teacher Pacing Due Date: April 22nd, 2019

Adobe Animate: Shape Tweens

Objectives:

  • Produce an HTML5 animation using Shape Tweens .

Student-Friendly Objectives:

  • I can apply a Shape Tween to a drawn Shape.
  • I can produce an HTML5 animation using multiple Shape Tweens.

Video Links:

Understanding Tweens:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs4/getting-started-11-understanding-tweens/

Creating Shape Tweens:
https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/using/shape-tweening.html/

Understanding Frames and Keyframes:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs5/gs02-understanding-frames-and-keyframes-/

Topics Discussed:

  • Starting a new HTML5 document in Animate CC using the Welcome screen.
  • Timeline
  • Playhead
  • Empty Frame
  • Content Frame
  • Keyframe
  • Blank Keyframe
  • Layer
  • Shape Tools
  • Shape Tween

Assignment:

  1. Produce a new Animate HTML5 canvas. Name it “Your Name –  Shapes in Motion″
  2. Use the Shape tools to draw a shape. You may use Merge Drawing or Object Drawing, but I highly recommend you use Object Drawing. (Note: Do not use the Oval or Rectangle Primitives!)
  3. Use the process demonstrated in the video to create a Shape Tween that moves and transforms the shape. (i.e. change the shape, color or size and move the shape to a different part of the stage).
  4. Create a new layer and repeat this process with a different shape. Do this two more times, using a different motion and transformation each time.
  5. When you are finished, you should have four layers, each with a different Shape Tween transformation.
  6. Turn in the completed “Your Name – Shapes in Motion” file to today’s Google Classroom post by the end of today.

Assigned: April 18th, 2019
Teacher Pacing Due Date: April 19th, 2019

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