2D animation

Intro to Adobe Animate

Tools:
- Selection | Subselection
- Free transform | Gradient transform
- Lasso
- Fluid brush
- Classic brush
- Eraser
- Rectangle | Oval
- Line
- Pen
- Text
- Paint bucket | Ink bottle
- Eyedropper
- Asset warp: Create a digital skeleton for characters to control their movement
- Hand
- Zoom
Timeline:
- Layer
- Loop
- Onionskin
  - In Adobe Animate, onion skinning is a feature that displays the contents of the frames before and after the current one as semi-transparent overlays. This allows you to reference your previous work as you draw new frames, which is crucial for creating smooth, frame-by-frame animation.
Frame, Keyframe and Blank keyframe
- A frame is a basic unit of time in a timeline,
- while a keyframe is a specific type of frame that marks a significant change in an animation, containing distinct content.
- A blank keyframe is a type of keyframe that is completely empty, used to indicate a pause or a starting point for new, independent content without duplicating what came before it.
Properties
Library

Frame-by-frame: means creating animation (or analyzing video) by drawing/changing each individual picture (frame) in a sequence, one after another, to build up continuous motion, like a digital flipbook, giving complete artistic control but requiring significant time and effort.
Motion tweens vs Shape tweens
- Motion tweens move an object through its properties (position, size, rotation) along a path,
- while shape tweens morph one shape into another, blending colors and creating transformations between them
- Choose a motion tween for simple object movement or animation between scenes, and a shape tween for morphing effects and transitions that involve the changing of a shape itself.
Graph editor: Easy In & Easy out. Refine motion tween
Transform
Anchor Points
Motion Paths, Guide