Animate CC: Storyboarding

3h 21mIntermediate2017-09-14

Authors

Dermot O' Connor

Animator for Disney and Don Bluth

Course details

Studios can create enormous problems if they begin projects in a disorderly manner. By creating a thoughtful, detailed storyboard, you can clarify your ideas and get your project off on the right foot. In this course, learn how to set up a storyboard in Adobe Animate CC. Dermot O'Connor demonstrates how to set up your project, do fades and cross dissolves, create vertical pan shots, work with characters like marching robot monsters), add and edit audio, and more.

Learning objectives
Setting up your project
Establishing shots
Storyboarding
Titles, zoom, and fade
Posing a character
Vertical pan
Crowd scene
Freeze frame with titles
Editing audio
Cleanup and assembly
Final production and export

Skills covered

Adobe AnimateInteractive Web ContentWeb GraphicsWeb DesignAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What to know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Setup

04 - Project setup
05 - Scene template
06 - Establishing shot

2. Storyboarding

07 - An overview of Adobe Animate
08 - Titles, zoom, and fade
09 - Medium shot and cross dissolve
10 - Posing a character
11 - Creating groups
12 - Extreme close-up
13 - Insert shot - UFO downshot
14 - Vertical pan
15 - Robots beam down
16 - Marching robots
17 - Acting scene
18 - Crowd scene
19 - Freeze frame with titles
20 - Tying it down
21 - Editing audio

3. Cleanup and Assembly

22 - Clean up shot and second scene
23 - Doing it wrong - do's and dont's
24 - Final production and export

Conclusion

25 - Next steps