Basics
When Adobe Animate prompts you to choose an "FPS" it wants this measurement.
What are frames-per-second?
What is "Doc"/Document?
The key combination to quickly Save your file in any Adobe program.
What is CTRL+S -or- Cmd+ S (Mac)?
Instead of drawing every inbetween in an animation, we can let Animate do it for us by using _______.
What are Tweens?
I can't find my Timeline! I should go to the ______ menu and turn it back on.
What is "Window"?
A leftover from the days when it was called "Flash", the default file type used by Adobe Animate to save files is a ____ file.
What is an .FLA (file)?
You can use this tool to make a Triangle shape with just one click by changing the number of sides to 3 in the Tool options.
What is the Polystar Tool?
"Redo" your last action
What is "Ctrl + Y"?
This brown colored tween needs the objects to NOT be symbols.
What is a Shape Tween?
I can't move anything on this layer! I may need to check this layer setting to make sure I can do that.
What is Layer Lock/ Unlocking?
This is a drawing or shot that defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition. You'll need to set these in Animate to do any animating.
What is a keyframe?
If you want to make something that is currently a symbol a symbol no longer, you can Ctrl+B (Cmd+B on MacOS) which will execute this command.
What is "Break Apart"?
Use the Free Transform Tool.
What is "Q"?
To be able to see what has been drawn on the frames ahead of or behind your current frame, you'll need to turn on this vegetable themed feature.
What is (an) onion skin?
I have some empty frames in my animation that I don't want! I should look for _______ ______(s) to make sure they are cleared.
What is a Blank Keyframe?
If you want to animate parts of your work separately, you should use multiple _____ to keep your drawings apart.
What are layers?
If you have several symbols on a single layer you can ________ to _______ to have them all go to their own individual layers that will inherit their symbol name.
What is "Distribute (to) Layers"?
The key combination to ZOOM IN on your stage.
What is CTRL+= or (Cmd+= on Mac)?
This type of tween allows you to manually edit a curve for a symbol to move along
What is a Motion Tween?
I can't find a specific tool that I need! I should click this button on the Toolbar panel to look for it.
What is the Edit Toolbar button/ "..."/Ellipses button?
This panel keeps all of your symbols and imported media organized.
What is the Library panel?
This type of deprecated file is created when you click "Test Movie" in Animate. If you turned one of these in, you did not get credit because I can't open it!
What is a .SWF/Shockwave File?
Use the Eyedropper tool
What is "I"?
If you want your tweens to have good timing and spacing, you'll need to edit this feature named for one of the 12 Principles of Animation.
What is Easing?
I double-clicked on a symbol and my layers are all empty! I must have entered _______ ______ mode by accident.
What is "Symbol Editing"?