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Adobe Animate Shortcuts and Techniques

The document provides a comprehensive overview of shortcuts, tools, and concepts related to Adobe Animate, including keyframes, symbols, tweens, and audio formats. It also covers essential principles of animation, such as easing, tweening, and the timeline. Additionally, it lists various tools and their corresponding keyboard shortcuts for efficient use within the software.

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Adobe Animate Shortcuts and Techniques

The document provides a comprehensive overview of shortcuts, tools, and concepts related to Adobe Animate, including keyframes, symbols, tweens, and audio formats. It also covers essential principles of animation, such as easing, tweening, and the timeline. Additionally, it lists various tools and their corresponding keyboard shortcuts for efficient use within the software.

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1.

Adding keyframe
-F6
2. Adding blank keyframe
-F5
3. Convert to symbol shortcut
-F8
4. Types of symbols
-Graphic symbol
movie clip symbol
Button symbol
5. What is FPS
FPS is frames Per Second (how many frames are there in a one second video)
6. Types of tweens
- Classic tween
Motion tween
Shape tween
7. Audio format used in animate
-wav
8. in symbols in animate which symbol has unique and its own timeline
- Movie clip symbol
9. Where can we see the priview of symbols that we created
-Library panel
10. How to see the preview of animation that we created
-press enter for one time preview
press ctrl+enter for looped preview
11. This is like a comic strip that shows the important part of a story
-Story board
12. Animate CC Software can animate filter effects also?
-yes
13. This ideals with the rotation and movement of the object from one point to
another in specific frames.
-Tweening
14. Most objects needs time to accelerate and slow down, this is the principle of
- Slow in and Slow out
15. This action allows you to save the object in the library panel for future use
-Convert to symbol
16. The movement of the object is based on?
-its position
17. Where can you find more detailed information about a symbol or movie clip
you�ve just made?
- Library window
18. What function allows you to add a graphic to the library?
-Convert to symbol
19. A _________ is an animated file that contains multiple pictures that create
movement in a loop.
- GIF
20. ______________ is an option in animation that allows you to see through
several frames at one time.
-Onion skin
21. A bitmap graphic that is designed to be part of a larger scene is called a
-sprite
22. A _____________ is an individual picture or drawing in a sequence of slides
that create animation.
-frame
[Link] Adobe Animate, what is the rectangular area where content such as graphics
are displayed?
- stage
[Link] animation, a _____________ represents a different level of depth on which you
place your drawings.
- Layer
25. If you _____ your layers you won't accidentally edit them
-lock
26. A _____ tween is a way of creating multiple movements in one tween
-motion tween
27. what is a time line
- Organizes and controls the content over time using layers & frames.
28. The series of frames in between the first and last frames in an action are
drawn in a process called
- tweening (in-betweens)
29. Which of the 7 steps of The Process of Animation is used to create the story?
- concept
30. What does 2D mean?
- two dimensional
31. .......is a location on a timeline which marks the beginning or end of a
transition / a place where SOMETHING happens
- Keyframe
32. A technique used in animation to bring still objects to life on screen by
moving the object slightly one frame at-a-time.
- Stop motion animation
33. In Adobe Animate, what is the element used to organize and control the movement
of objects over time?
-Timeline
34. Contains information about the object that you have selected
-Properties panel
35. You want to add a fill to a shape outline on the Stage. Which tool should you
use?
- Paint bucket tool
36. Deletes parts of a fill or path.
-eraser
37. Easing is the simulation of ________ or friction of an object
- Gravity
[Link] kind of symbol can be recast as a movie clip symbol?
-Graphic symbol
[Link] you have ActionScript Errors, where will they be displayed?
-Output panel
40. To insert a blank keyframe, you can hit F6 or _______ ______and select Insert
Blank Keyframe.
- Right click
41. To insert a sound file, you select the layer first and then drag and drop the
file from the Library to the _______________.
-Stage
42. What can grouping objects prevent objects from doing?
-merging together
43. Holding the Shift key while using the Free Transform tool rotates the object in
________degree increments.
-45
44. What key do you hold when resize an object to keep the proportions the same?
- Shift
45. What should you do if you want your animation to proceed at a slower pace?
-Lengthen the tween span
46. What is different about animating filters when compared to animating changes in
position?
-Filters and position changes are animated the same way
47. What are nested animations?
- Animations contained inside a movie clip symbol
48. Easing values range from:
- -100 to 100
49. When importing a bitmap image into Animate, which format should you choose for
an image that includes transparency?
-png
50. How can you duplicate a symbol that is selected in your Library panel?
-Right-click and select Duplicate
51. When using rulers, the x=0 and y=0 points begin at the ______ corner of the
Stage.
- Upper left
52. How do you create a new symbol?
- Insert > New Symbol
53. _______ controls how dark or light the instance appears on the Stage.
-Brightness
54. Which keyboard shortcut allows you to select all the text or images in a
document?
- Ctrl+A
55. In Adobe Animate, if you were drawing lines, how would you make sure they all
lined up neatly?
- Snap to grid
56. How to convert an object from object drawing mode to merge mode
- Break apart
57. Break apart short cut
Ctrl+B

TOOLS AND SHORTCUT KEYS

1. selection tool - V
2. Subselection tool - A
3. Free transform tool - Q
4. 3D rotation tool - shift +W
5. Lasso tool -L
6. Polygonal lasso tool - L
7. Gradient transform -F
8. 3D translation - G
9. Pen tool - P
10. Add anchor point - +=
11. Magic wand tool - L
12. convert anchor point - shift+c
13. Text tool - T
14. Line tool- N
15. rectangular tool - R
16. Rectangular premitive tool - R
17. oval tool - O
18. oval primitive tool - R
19. Pencil tool - shift +Y
20. Paint brush tool - Y
21. Brush tool - B
22. Bone tool - M
23. Blind tool - M
24. Paint bucket tool - K
25. Ink bottle tool - S
26. eye dropper tool - I
27. Eraser tool - E
28. width tool - U
29. Asset warp - W
30. Camera - C
31. Hand tool - H
32. Zoom - Z
33. Rotation - Shift + H
34. Time scrub - Shift+alt+H

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