You're reading from Mastering Adobe Animate 2023 A comprehensive guide to designing modern, animated, and interactive content using Animate

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837636266

Length 438 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Adobe Animate

Concepts

Animation

Author (1):

Joseph Labrecque

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Up to Speed

2. Chapter 1: Exploring Adobe Animate FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Creating and Animating Shapes

4. Chapter 3: Animating with Symbols, Classic Tweens, and Motion Tweens

5. Part 2: Animating with Diverse Techniques

6. Chapter 4: Enhancing Animations Using Advanced Layers Mode

7. Chapter 5: Setting Up Characters Using Layer Parenting

8. Chapter 6: Physical Motion with Inverse Kinematics

9. Chapter 7: Creating and Manipulating Warped Objects

10. Chapter 8: Modern Rigging Techniques

11. Part 3: Exploring Additional Capabilities

12. Chapter 9: Making Interactive Art with Creative Coding Techniques

13. Chapter 10: Developing Web-Based Games

14. Chapter 11: Producing Virtual Reality Content

15. Chapter 12: Building Apps for Desktop and Mobile

16. Chapter 13: Extending Adobe Animate

17. Index

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Writing JSFL Scripts

In this section, we explore the use of JSFL scripts in Animate. Using JSFL scripts will allow the automation of certain tasks that can be run with a menu-based command within an Animate document. These scripts can generate objects, or they can manipulate objects that already exist within a document. In our example for this chapter, we’ll create a randomly generated splatter pattern across a document using JSFL.

This is one of those features that users will often hear about but never actually explore. JSFL scripts can not only improve workflows when dealing with repetitive tasks but can also be used to encapsulate specific procedures to share with others.

All of the JSFL commands can be executed and managed by selecting Commands from the application menu: