InDesign: Creating Animations

Course details

Get a complete guide to using InDesign's powerful animation features. After laying the groundwork of controlling basic animations via the Animation and Timing panels, author Diane Burns shows how to customize animation settings and motion paths and apply multiple animations to objects. She reviews common animation effects that don't always use obvious techniques, such as how to make a line that draws itself, a neon sign that flashes, or a bicycle that moves. She then dives into more complex projects including animated logos, ads, and books. While the course is "output neutral," a chapter is devoted to the various output options, including fixed-layout EPUB and SWF. Start watching and learn how to add exciting new interactivity and interest to your InDesign projects now.

Learning objectives
Setting up an animation workspace
Working with the Animation panel
Viewing and editing animation presets
Working with rotation and scaling
Creating motion paths
Adjusting timing
Animating type
Animating infographics
Adding buttons and sounds
Building more complex animations
Exporting animation
Creating, saving, and sharing custom motion presets

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started

04 - Previewing the possibilities
05 - Supported format overview
06 - Setting up an animation workspace
07 - Built-in reference - The Animation Encyclopedia script

2. Working with the Animation Panel

08 - Animation panel overview
09 - Applying and previewing basic animation presets
10 - Exploring the complex animation presets
11 - Modifying animation presets
12 - Adjusting animation preset duration and speed
13 - Understanding from to appearance
14 - Working with rotation
15 - Modifying scaling properties
16 - Setting page load and page click start events
17 - Setting on click self and on button click start events
18 - Using Hide Until Animated Hide After Animating

3. Working with Motion Paths

19 - Modifying animation preset motion paths
20 - Creating your own motion paths
21 - Understanding motion path direction
22 - Copying motion paths

4. Understanding Timing

23 - Setting timing order and linking objects timing using the Timing panel
24 - Using Timing panel delays
25 - Looping and timing-linked objects
26 - The Timing panel's best friend - The Layers panel

5. Creating Animation Effects

27 - Applying animation to multiple objects on one page
28 - Applying multiple animations to one object
29 - Animating type - Old movie reel headline
30 - Animating type - Typewriter effect
31 - Animating type - Bounce back effect
32 - Animating type - Motion blur
33 - Animating type - Digital flip sign
34 - Creating lines that draw
35 - Drawing with objects
36 - Filling jars and other containers
37 - Moving the rotation center point
38 - Animating infographics - Line graphs
39 - Animating infographics - Bar charts
40 - Animating infographics - Simple pie charts
41 - Animating inforgraphics - Fancy pie charts
42 - Creating a slideshow
43 - Creating a moving bicycle
44 - Building things that blink
45 - Creating auto-scrolling text
46 - Creating color transitions

6. Using Other Interactive Features with Animations

47 - Using buttons to trigger animations
48 - Including animations in Object States (MSOs)
49 - Working with grouped animations in MSOs
50 - Adding sound to animations
51 - Animating video frames

7. Building Complex Animations

52 - Animating logos - World news
53 - Animating logos - Global systems
54 - Animating logos - Transportation matters
55 - Creating animated ads - Periodic elements
56 - Creating animated ads - Financial ratios
57 - Creating animated ads - Messaging
58 - Building an animated movie title page
59 - Animating an instructional page - Bicycle essentials
60 - Building an animated cookbook page
61 - Animating a textbook

8. Output Formats and Animation

62 - Using animations in fixed-layout EPUBs
63 - Using animations with Publish Online

9. Advanced Techniques

64 - Creating and saving custom motion presets
65 - Managing and sharing custom motion presets
66 - Customizing animations via Snippets
67 - Copying animations

Conclusion

68 - Credits acknowledgments
69 - Next steps