Animating in Photoshop

Learn how to create traditional hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop.

Introduction

• How to animate using Photoshop
• What you need to know

1. Drawing the Character

• Overview and setup
• Gestures and roughs
• Tiedown and cleanup
• Layering and coloring
• Inking

2. Animating an Object

• Timeline and exposures
• Thumbnails and timing charts
• Moving and unifying layers
• Drawing keys
• Drawing breakdowns
• Plotting arcs
• Drawing inbetweens
• Coloring the character

3. Animate a Character

• Thumbnailing the action
• Drawing character keys
• Arcs and breakdowns
• Drawing character inbetweens
• Coloring the character

4. Exporting the Animation

• Grouping and changing timing
• Rendering the animation

Conclusion

• Next steps