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Menu Bar: It gives you access to all the commands available in Adobe Animate.

               File Name Tab: It shows the name of the current file. It also allows us to switch between files if
              more than one files are open.

               Tools Panel: It allows us to use different tools to create and modify text and graphics.

               Current Scene: It shows the name of the scene on which we are currently working.

               Stage: It is the rectangular area where graphics, text and video clips are drawn or placed, and
              animation is created. The stage size in Animate is 550 X 400 pixels.

               Work Area: It refers to the light grey area around the stage. We can place objects here until we
              want them to appear on the stage.


               Properties Tab: It gives us the options to view and edit the properties of the current object.
               Library Tab: It is used to organise and select symbols to add to our movie.


               Workspace Menu: It allows us to switch between workspaces and also create new ones.
               Timeline Panel: It organises and controls a document’s content in layers and frames. Like films,

              Animate documents divide time lengths into frames. The timings of animations are adjusted in
              the Timeline panel. Thus, it helps in setting the sequence of a movie or animation. The following
              are the components of the Timeline Panel:

                               Remove Layer         Frame           Timeline
                                   Button          Indicator         Buttons



                   Add Layer                                                                       Frame
                    Button                                                                        Numbers





                                  Layers      Playhead              Frame

                  Layers: They are used to organise the artwork. Each layer contains different objects that
                 appear on the stage. Objects can be drawn and edited on one layer without affecting
                 the other.

                  Add or Remove Layer Buttons: They are used for adding and deleting layers.

                  Frames:  These  are  small  rectangles  that  help  us  control  what  appears  in  animation
                 sequences.
                  Frame Indicator: It displays the frame number,  current frame rate and the time that has

                 elapsed.
                  Frame Number: It is the number that appears in chronological order in the Timeline. Each
                 frame has a frame number.





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