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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Exploring HTML5 Canvas Through Creative Coding

If you want to target the native web using Animate, the most popular option is to use the HTML5 Canvas document type. This is a native document type that is deeply integrated within Animate and produces animated and interactive content that will run in any modern web browser on a desktop or mobile. This is also ideal for experimental and creative coding techniques since native web technologies are open, free, and highly distributable.

Note

When we talk about “creative coding,” we are looking at building a program with the output being expressive instead of functional.

The HTML5 Canvas document type includes nearly all the capabilities and features that are available in older formats such as Flash, without the need for a separate plugin, extension, or runtime: