{"id":1469,"date":"2026-06-10T03:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/?page_id=1469"},"modified":"2026-06-11T01:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:01:03","slug":"learning-adobe-animate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/learning-adobe-animate\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Adobe Animate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full nolightbox section-img section-img-first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020.jpg\" alt=\"Section title: Learning Adobe Animate\" class=\"wp-image-1476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adobe Animate is 2D animation software that is based on vectors. It&#8217;s used in cartoons in indie studios and even some big cartoon productions. The program used to be called Adobe Flash, but Flash player got discontinued back at the end of 2020. The program has had shaky ground since then, even getting to a point where Adobe Animate was about to get discontinued. Luckily, that decision was reverted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve never used or learned a program like this before, but it&#8217;s never too late to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Started<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/animate.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020.svg_.png\" alt=\"Adobe Animate logo\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0237714370745137;width:114px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020.svg_.png 819w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020.svg_-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Adobe_Animate_CC_icon_2020.svg_-768x750.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When doing animation, I usually use Adobe After Effects. However, in my journey to becoming a better artist, I decided to finally take on Adobe Animate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s definitely one of the more &#8220;clunky&#8221; programs I have encountered. There are a lot of key binds one needs to know in order to do anything, and the user interface doesn&#8217;t make any sense on a first glance. Fortunately, Freestyle Academy has taught me a lot of useful tricks for other programs, so I wasn&#8217;t completely in the dark. Nevertheless though, I couldn&#8217;t really understand the program, so I did some research. I stumbled upon a really useful video, which I used to learn the basics of this program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the program, I created my first ever animation in Adobe Animation! (Click to watch or expand the two items below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a class=\"fancybox-youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0itiuHreY3A\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/learnanbasicsyoutube.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Learn Adobe Animate Basics&quot; YouTube Thumbnail\" class=\"wp-image-1472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/learnanbasicsyoutube.jpg 960w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/learnanbasicsyoutube-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/learnanbasicsyoutube-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/learnanbasicsyoutube-540x304.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click to watch a useful tutorial video on Adobe Animate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LearningAdobeAnimate.gif\" alt=\"Rough animation of the Adobe Animate logo\" class=\"wp-image-1473\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My first ever animation in Adobe Animate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-212946-1024x782.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the Adobe Animate file\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-212946-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-212946-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-212946-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~DariusM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-212946.png 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A screenshot of the Adobe Animate file<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Adobe Animate is 2D animation software that is based on vectors. 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