Adobe Animate: Playback Options

Name: Adobe Animate: Playback Options
Author: Jessica Henley

Explore playback options and settings in Adobe Animate.

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Hello, my name is Jessica Henley, and in these lessons I will cover how to add color effects to symbols, how to add looping techniques, and playback settings. In this lesson I will cover how to add color effects to symbols. Navigating back to the scene tab, by clicking on this arrow, as I click on it, I can see this flower right here. To add color effects, I'm going to head over to properties. Under properties, as long as the item is selected, which is this symbol here, you can see color effects. If I click in the background, you will see the settings for the canvas. Making sure that you have a symbol selected, properties will now change. Here I have color effects which is set to none. Let's see what the different effects can do, starting with brightness. Here I can change the brightness of my symbol Or I can change the tint. By clicking on tint I can explore different things such as the red green and blue. So as I investigate that, I can click and drag to change and add effects to it. When I click on the blue, you can see that it continues to change. To add animation to this color effect, I'm going to create a new layer and copy and paste this over. I'm also going to zoom in closer. You can zoom in by clicking on the slider bar in the top right. So I'm going to right click and copy frames. Here I'm just going to right click and paste frames. And I'm going to hide the first flower layer. It's the same symbol, so at first glance nothing has happened, but I have a duplicate. I want to create a duplicate because I do have some animation that is prior. Here for the color effects, making sure I'm on frame one and heading back down to tint. And I wanna create an animation from one to frame 30. Notice that 30 is 1 second. From here I'm just going to right click and insert a keyframe. Now what I want to do is change the tint color. I'm going to change it to any color. And now what I want to do is I'm going to create a motion tween between these two differences adding the color effects. So here on frame one, I'm just going to right click and create a classic tween. Now I'm going to hit the play button at the top. Notice the shortcut for play is the return button, or you can press enter on a PC. So you can see with that color effect, it slowly, gradually changes from the first color effect to the second. I'm going to do that one more time, starting on frame 60. Right-click and insert a keyframe. And here I just changed the tint. On frame 30, Again, right-click and insert Create Classic Tween. Now we can see that it's gradually changing. So let me hit the play button. That's really cool! In the next lesson, I will show you how to create looping techniques.

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Course Description

In this module, we will be looking at how to add color effects to symbols. You will use a pre-made symbol in the library and access the properties of the symbol. You will learn how to access color effects like brightness, tint, advanced, and alpha. You will learn how to use the timeline to animate color effects. See how to create a variety of visual designs by animating different types of effects using keyframes. You will learn how to access different value ranges which control the look and feel of the color effect that is applied. You will learn how to create classic tweens using color effect options to create a gradient transition between effects. We will also cover looping techniques. You will see how to change different ranges of the loop on the timeline. You will also see how to create a continuous loop by combining symbols. This module also discusses playback settings.

What You'll Learn

Add color effects to symbols using a pre-made symbol from the library
Access color effects including brightness, tint, advanced, and alpha
Animate color effects on the timeline using keyframes
Create classic tweens with color effect options for gradient transitions between effects
Apply looping techniques and change loop ranges on the timeline
Configure Adobe Animate playback settings

Key Takeaways

Color effects are applied by accessing the properties of a symbol placed from the library.
Color effects such as brightness, tint, advanced, and alpha can be animated on the timeline using keyframes.
Classic tweens can use color effect options to create a gradient transition between effects.
A continuous loop can be created by combining symbols and adjusting loop ranges on the timeline.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Adobe Animate module cover?

It covers adding color effects to symbols, looping techniques, and playback settings, including animating color effects like brightness, tint, advanced, and alpha on the timeline.

What are the learning objectives of this module?

The objectives are to identify Adobe Animate color effects, access Adobe Animate tweens, and identify Adobe Animate loop options.

What lessons are included in this module?

The module includes three lessons: Adding Color Effects to Symbols, Looping Techniques, and Playback Settings.

How are color effects animated in this module?

Color effects are animated using the timeline and keyframes, and classic tweens with color effect options can create gradient transitions between effects.