Learning Adobe Edge Animate
Joseph Labrecque
Language: English
Pages: 257
ISBN: 1849692424
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Create engaging motion and rich interactivity with Adobe Edge Animate
* Master the Edge Animate interface and unleash your creativity through standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
* Packed with an abundance of information regarding the Edge Animate application and related toolsets
* Robust motion and interactivity through web standards
* Those approaching Edge Animate from Adobe Flash Professional will find many references and tips for a smooth transition
* A comprehensive guide for creating engaging content with Adobe Edge Animate.
In Detail
With the advent of HTML5 and CSS3, web designers can now create sophisticated animations without the need of additional plugins such as Flash. However, there hasn't been an easy way for creating animations with web standards until now. This book enables even those with little knowledge of HTML or programming web content to freely create a variety of rich compositions involving motion and interactivity.
Learning Adobe Edge Animate will detail how to use this professional authoring software to create highly engaging content which targets HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. Content created in Adobe Edge Animate does not rely on a plugin – so it can be run within any standard browser– even on mobile.
Learning Adobe Edge Animate begins with providing a complete overview of the shifting web landscape and the Edge Animate application. We then move on through the variety of panels and toolsets available, and explore the many options we have when creating motion and interactivity using Edge Animate.
The book presents the reasoning behind engaging, standards-based web content and how Edge Animate fills the need for professional tooling in this area. In the book, we’ll examine content creation, the importing of external assets, how to achieve fluid animation and advanced transitioning through the Edge Animate timeline. The book also covers some cool topics such as interactivity through Actions and Triggers, and it examines workflow options across Adobe Creative Suite applications. Sprinkled throughout the book are tips and references for those coming to Edge Animate from a background in Flash Professional. Towards the end of the book, the reader will explore a variety of more advanced topics such as the Edge Animate Runtime APIs and how Edge Animate can interface with other Creative Suite applications for a full workflow.
What you will learn from this book
* Gain an understanding of the shifting Web landscape
* Effectively compare Adobe Edge Animate to Adobe Flash Professional motion tools
* Become familiar with all elements of the Edge Animate application interface
* Use the drawing tools in Edge Animate to create and manipulate elements on the Stage
* Import rich graphics for use in Adobe Edge Animate compositions
* Animate a range of elements with full transitioning through timeline keyframes
* Employ JavaScript to add interactivity to your project through Actions and Triggers
* Author a range of expressive compositions using nothing but web standards
* Become familiar with the Adobe Edge Animate Runtime APIs for deep manipulation of on-screen elements
* Apply other Adobe Creative Suite tools in your workflow to get the most out of Edge Animate
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will ensure that we create a floating panel. Managing workspaces In a similar fashion to other Creative Suite applications, Edge Animate provides the ability to customize the workspace and preserve a variety of these customizations through the concept of application workspaces. The ability to easily switch between different workspaces is useful when moving between the layout, animation, and interactivity portions of a project, as the relevant panels and other interface structures can
within Edge Animate Symbol Files). To see this project in action, have a look within the CustomFonts directory included in this book's sample files. Of course, text elements using web fonts can also be animated just like any other text element! For more on animating content, refer to Chapter 6, Creating Motion Through the Timeline. Using local fonts from your collection Web font services are a great choice when they have the typeface needed for a project, but what if none of these
need to drag-and-drop it into our Edge Animate project or go through the import process. Using the Edge Animate extension for Fireworks One of the great things about Adobe Fireworks is the vast array of extensions which the community has built up over the years. The application truly has the greatest library of extensions out there and with new ones being released all the time, there is much to like. John Dunning has created an extension for Fireworks that explicitly ties into Edge
we want to include a trigger and then use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + T (Windows) or Command + T (Mac). Alternatively, we can either click on the keyframe diamond in the Actions layer or go to the application menu and choose Timeline | Insert Trigger: To edit an existing trigger, simply double-click upon it and the Actions panel will pop up, allowing us to make any adjustments. Triggers can also be dragged to any time along the Timeline panel using the mouse. Working with labels
labels and can be used in exactly the same way. Jumping to labels As we have indicated, not only is it possible to jump to different specific timecodes along the Timeline panel, but we can also jump to established Timeline labels. The use of labels allows us freedom from absolute milliseconds in the case that we decide to shift content along the timeline—thus invalidating whatever the original timecode may have been. For an example of how this works, have a look at the project within
