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Century #Information Literacy
Skills
State whether these statements are True or False.
1. The stage is the main work area in Animate.
2. The Properties is a panel at the bottom of the Stage.
3. The Tools panel contains a set of tools to choose from.
4. The Pen Tool draws lines or curves by creating a series of dots that are
automatically connected.
As you know, animation is a technique in which images are put together to appear as moving images. Now,
you will learn more about advance features of Adobe Animate like symbols, tween, etc. The movement
of an object in-between the frames is called Tween. Let's recap some previously done activities.
TIMELINE PANEL
The timeline panel consists of various options that are helpful in different ways. Let us understand
frames and keyframes.
Frames & Keyframes
A frame is a single step of animation or picture on a timeline. Each rectangular cell that appears on
a timeline represents a frame. Frames are objects that hold the contents at a particular moment. By
changing the content of a successive frames, we can create animation.
CREATING A SYMBOL
A symbol is a reusable object that we can use for special effects, animation, or interactivity. Symbols
are stored in the Library panel. When we drag a symbol, Animate creates an instance of a symbol.
An Instance is a copy of a symbol, which is located on the stage. A symbol can contain JPEG image,
drawings, etc. There are three type of symbols in Animate:
Used to create animations. We can apply color settings, blending modes and
Movie Clip Symbol
filters in this symbol.
Button Clip Used to insert and manage interactivity. It needs a code or a program to remove
Symbol work. We can apply color settings, blending modes and filters in this symbol.
Used to build more complex movie clip symbols. We cannot apply color settings,
Graphic Symbol
blending modes and filters in this symbol.
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