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Take your animation skills with Adobe Animate to the next level. Master techniques to create interactive content, more efficient design workflows and enhance your professional expertise.

2 day course     10am - 5pm     Live Online or Classroom-based

What you will learn

  • Exploring advanced animation techniques and ActionScript programming, enabling you to create sophisticated interactive content.
  • How to use advanced motion tweens, shape tweens and masking techniques, for impressive and engaging animations.
  • Understanding advanced ActionScript concepts, helping you add complex interactivity and functionality to your projects.
  • How to integrate video, audio and external data sources, enabling you to create multimedia-rich applications.
  • Exploring workflow optimisation and project management strategies, helping you streamline your development process and meet tight deadlines.
  • How to troubleshoot complex animation and coding issues, empowering you to deliver polished, professional-quality content.
  • Understanding best practices for publishing and deploying interactive content across diverse platforms, helping you reach a wide audience effectively.

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This Animate Advanced course includes

  • bullet point icon Authorised Certificate
  • bullet point icon Lifetime support after your course
  • bullet point icon Course materials
  • bullet point icon Live Instructor-led training
  • bullet point icon Refreshments all day
  • bullet point icon Latest Mac or PC ready to go
  • bullet point icon Authorised Trainers
  • bullet point icon Hands-on exercises

Course Dates


Date Location Price (ex VAT)  
Mon 25 - Tue 26 May 2026 Live Online £645
Mon 22 - Tue 23 Jun 2026 London £645
Wed 22 - Thu 23 Jul 2026 Live Online £645
Mon 24 - Tue 25 Aug 2026 London £645
Wed 23 - Thu 24 Sep 2026 Live Online £695
Thu 22 - Fri 23 Oct 2026 London £695
Mon 23 - Tue 24 Nov 2026 Live Online £695
Tue 22 - Wed 23 Dec 2026 London £695

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Course Outline for Animate Advanced

Layer Parenting and Character Animation

  • Layer parenting
  • Tweening instances in connected layers
  • Graphic symbols for lip-syncing dialogue

Animating with Modern Rigging

  • What is modern rigging?
  • Using the Asset Warp tool
  • Editing your rig
  • Animating your rig
  • Organising warped assets
  • Editing warped assets
  • Rigs with branching joints
  • Warp options
  • Propagating rig edits
  • Single joints
  • Using Flexi bones
  • Making envelope deformations

Animating Symbols with Motion Tweens

  • Understanding the project file
  • About motion tweens
  • Editing the path of motion
  • About the Motion Editor
  • Viewing options for the Motion Editor
  • Adding complex eases

Animating the Camera

  • Animating camera moves
  • Using the camera
  • Attaching layers to the camera for fixed graphics
  • Exporting your final movie

Animating Shapes and Using Masks

  • Animating shapes
  • Understanding the project file
  • Creating a shape tween
  • Changing the pace
  • Adding more shape tweens
  • Creating a looping animation
  • Using shape hints
  • Previewing animations with onion skinning
  • Animating colour
  • Creating and using masks
  • Animating the mask and masked layers
  • Easing a shape tween

Inverse Kinematics with Bones

  • Character animation with inverse kinematics
  • Creating the pedalling cycle
  • Disabling and constraining joints
  • Adding poses
  • Inverse kinematics with shapes
  • Simulating physics with springiness
  • Tweening automatic rotations
  • Rig mapping

Creating Interactive Navigation

  • About interactive movies
  • ActionScript and JavaScript
  • Creating buttons
  • Preparing the timeline
  • Creating destination keyframes
  • Navigating the Actions panel
  • Adding JavaScript interactivity with the Actions panel wizard
  • Creating the 'Shop now' button
  • Playing animation at the destination
  • Animated buttons
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FAQs about the Animate Advanced course

How is the content taught throughout the Animate Advanced course?

Our Animate Advanced course is extremely interactive. You will be using Animate throughout the day, working through examples and live projects under the guidance of our trainer, who will be supporting you through each step.

Is this Animate Advanced course suitable for me?

This course is designed for people who have experience in Animate or have already attended one of our Animate training courses or who would like to further their knowledge of best practice in the use of Animate. If you are have any questions about whether the course could meet your needs, please speak to our customer service team, who will be delighted to advise you.

What is the recommended number of people for the class when I attend the Animate Advanced course?

For private classes in Animate Advanced, we recommend a maximum of 8 to 10 people from the same company in the class. Please ask our customer service team to help you find the right balance of people per class and the number of days training you need.

Should I attend the Animate Advanced course in person or live online?

For in-person courses at our London training centre, you will receive a warm personal welcome, your choice of the latest Mac or PC and morning and afternoon refreshments. If you prefer to attend remotely, rest assured that you will be taught live by the same experts that deliver our in-person courses, covering the same training content, using the same exercises and materials. A second monitor is recommended but not essential.

What support is available after I attend the Animate Advanced course?

We offer ongoing support to our Animate Advanced course attendees through email and by arrangement, phone calls. You are welcome to ask any questions on topics covered during training. Our trainer will always do their best to explain principles and help you with any issues you encounter.

Will I receive a certificate upon completion of my Animate Advanced course?

Yes, you'll receive a certificate of completion from Transmedia, demonstrating your knowledge and attendance on our Animate Advanced course. Our certificates note our Authorised Training Centre status.

Animate Advanced — Team and Bespoke Training

Booking a private training session allows you to focus on your exact needs on dates that work best for you or your team.

  • Sessions can be run online or in person, on your site or at our London training centre.
  • We manage training for many of the UK’s largest companies, taking care of all the admin, working with you to ensure the perfect course.
  • Our expert trainers will first understand your requirements and then tailor each session to your exact specification.
  • We offer a free consultation service to work out every detail of your course.

Prices for bespoke sessions with our expert trainers start at £595 + VAT, depending on the course and number of people.
Costs include all preparation time to customise the course to your exact requirements.

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