Learning Adobe Edge Animate

by Joseph Labrecque

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 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 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. The book presents the reasoning behind engaging, standards-based web content and how Edge 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 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 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 Runtime APIs and how Edge can interface with other Creative Suite applications for a full workflow. Whether the reader is coming to Edge from Flash Professional or is totally new to motion graphics on the web, Learning Adobe Edge Animate will provide a solid foundation of motion and interactivity concepts and techniques along with a set of demo assets to build upon. In the end, you’ll have a firm grasp of what it takes to create engaging content for the web and the familiarity with Edge to actually get it done! Approach Learning Adobe Edge Animate is a practical, step-by-step tutorial on creating engaging content for the Web with Adobe's newest HTML5 tool. By taking a chapter-by-chapter look at each major aspect of Adobe Edge, the book lets you digest the available features in small, easily understandable chunks, allowing you to start using Adobe Edge for your web design needs immediately. Who this book is for If you are interested in creating engaging motion and interactive compositions using web standards with professional tooling, then this book is for you. Those with a background in Flash Professional wanting to get started quickly with Adobe Edge will also find this book useful.

370 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 15, 2012

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Create rich HTML5 applications and websites by the end of the book!

The author seems to be both knowledgeable with using Flash, and HTML5, and explains the capabilities and limitations of Adobe Edge Animate, to publish HTML5 content, as compared to Flash. He also includes detailed information of what you can expect from Adobe Edge Animate vs. Flash, but does not require you to have ever used Flash.

The book covers the tools and the interface extensively, so you will become comfortable with the interface.
It also works through many examples that you will need when creating a website or animation, such as how to use different fonts (and the options available), importing vector and rasterized graphics, from other adobe products and in general, and creating animations and adding interactivity to your content.

The book gives you many tools that you can use to create websites based on HTML5 and CSS3, with complicated animations, and interactions that will work for modern and mobile browsers.