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In this article, we'll introduce you to Adobe Animate.
1. What is Adobe Animate?
Previously, Adobe provided users with Adobe Flash software for creating 2D animations and animated characters by drawing. However, the fate of Adobe Flash wasn't very promising; not many people used it because the tools were very cumbersome and unreasonable. Because of that, Adobe officially discontinued Adobe Flash and introduced Adobe Animate. Adobe Animate is an upgraded version – improved – integrated with all Adobe software.
The majority of 2D animated films (hand-drawn style) that you see on television, in theaters, and on YouTube are mostly created using Adobe Animate. You might wonder: After Effects can also do 2D animation, so why did Adobe create Adobe Animate? In reality, After Effects focuses more on video effects than on 2D animation, hand-drawn animation, or motion graphics. However, Adobe Animate is much more powerful when all the tools inside the software are solely designed to meet the animation production needs of users. Adobe Animate has features that Adobe After Effects cannot have, such as: Free camera movement, lip-syncing, rigging characters, character animation, ...
2. Key features of Adobe Animate
- Adobe Animate supports users to directly draw and create characters in the software and can be linked to digital drawing tablets like Wacom, Huion, etc., for users to quickly draw characters. Additionally, you can directly import characters into the software using drawings from Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Adobe Animate operates through a Layer Timeline format, allowing users to work with multiple objects without confusion. On the Timeline, you can add Keyframe points to mark the movement, actions, and activities of characters or objects.
- Adobe Animate has an unlocked angle Camera, allowing you to freely move the camera to create new and interesting angles without getting bored.
- Adobe Animate allows you to rig objects to create smoother and more realistic motion. Rigging motion with bones is similar to professional 3D animation software.
- Lip Syncing support, this tool automatically generates mouth movements when characters speak. When you watch animated films, you'll notice that when characters speak, their mouths open and close in sync with their speech.
- Motion creation support by overlaying layers of images (similar to creating old-fashioned comics, drawing each movement of characters).
- Supports saving in various formats: HTML5, WebGL, Vector (.svg), Flash Player (.swf), Video (*.mp4), and AdobeAIR proprietary format.
3. Real-world Applications of Adobe Animate
Currently, Adobe Animate is used for various purposes in our daily lives. One of the common applications of Adobe Animate includes:
- Creating advertisements, viral videos, and 2D motion graphics. One of the most renowned 2D production companies in Vietnam, Redcat, used After Effects for 2D animation content creation in previous years, but in recent years, they have gradually shifted to Adobe Animate to replace After Effects.
- Creating 2D games. 2D games are still very popular nowadays, and Adobe Animate fully meets the needs such as: Character creation, motion creation, map drawing, ...
- Creating web banners. Adobe Animate supports saving in WebGL and HTML5 formats, so creating banners with Adobe Animate is widely adopted.
- Animation filmmaking. This is the primary focus that Adobe wants its software to cater to.
In this article, Software Tricks has introduced you to the world-renowned software Adobe Animate. Wishing you all a wonderful day!
