Adobe Illustrator CC - Making Animations

Need to create a #animation in #Adobe #Illustator? Is it even possible? Not only is it possible, but it's actually quite quick and easy to do - if you know how to of course!
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0:00 Intro
0:27 New Document
1:06 Beginning our animation
1:57 Artboard mode - duplicating an artboard
3:19 Viewing the finished artboards
4:11 Exporting the artboards
5:10 Importing into Photoshop
6:08 Motion workspace in Photoshop
7:11 Exporting the animation

[@christiano9743]

You saved me. Teacher gave me 3 days to do an animation. I thought I was about to fail. had no idea there was possible to make an animation in illustrator until I saw this. Thanks man.

[@techismad]

That 's great to hear! What animation did you make?

[@christiano9743]

@@techismad oh you did answer. Didnt see it untill now. I made an 2D animation of the greek myth of Pandoras box.

[@markwelbergen]

@@christiano9743 post it!

[@MetalMarauder]

pretty shitty of a teacher to assign an animation and not show you how to do it

[@yuliagandasari2896]

Million thanks! One of the very best tutorial video I've ever watched - clear and to the point!

[@techismad]

Very kind of you to say so!

[@mariambawa5410]

This video saved my life, because of this video I was able to do a short animation in one day for a university project I had. Thank you so much.

[@techismad]

Oh that’s really cool! What did you have to animate?

[@mariambawa5410]

@@techismad I done a quick story line explaining study pods for quarantine. The art board process made it so much easier.

[@nirajkumarsingh6184]

Thanks a lot , it's exactly what I needed to learn at the moment.

[@Eti_Or]

Thank you so much for the detailed (and very easy to understand!) tutorial! Exactly what I needed. :)

[@ekiglobalresources9830]

Great tutorial video for beginner! Thanks!

[@alicebarry7069]

Just what I needed - thank you!

[@cheriebell7697]

Great video, thank you!

[@charlottephilippe4199]

Great tutorial! It was exactly what I was looking for :)

[@techismad]

Glad to be of service!

[@nevernevernetmedia7928]

An amazing tutorial - cheers mate!

[@techismad]

Glad you liked it!

[@LuigiXGamer]

Right on my birthday, thx man

[@MUDBOY-]

Thank you for sharing this. Really I appreciate you for real.

[@CN-bg1fy]

Fantastic! This is so simple to follow. Much appreciated sir

[@MuhibAfridiWeapons]

Thanks learned in less than 4 minutes

[@ataiskandar]

Easiest to understand for a beginner like me, thank you!

[@grahammario6370]

i realize it's quite off topic but does anybody know of a good website to watch new tv shows online?

[@idrisarlo2200]

@Graham Mario lately I have been using FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

[@iammarkfitz]

MadTech turned it up to "eleven" - nice concise summary.

[@simonsradshorts6525]

thanks sooooo much we need people like you in this world easy to understand

[@techismad]

very kind words - I thank you!

[@ahmedbaker4920]

thx man that's what I was looking for

[@miawinter2015]

BLESS YOUR SOUL! loved this!!!!!! xxx thank you

[@techismad]

you are welcome!

[@kingsjoke]

Thanks man 👍🏻

[@taylorfredrickson7750]

dope. Went from this to animating a blinking and smoking cat in about an hour, you're great.

[@techismad]

sounds cool!

[@DarioToledo]

This one helped, thanks.

[@zubbapmdemeli4684]

thank you so much. Such a nice and clean expression.

[@techismad]

You're very welcome!

[@omarshunnar1768]

real helpful thanks a lot

[@goodman9291]

That was helpful ! thank you 👍

[@aleksandrabidenko6803]

augh! thankssomuch!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊You are an expert at tutorials..😃😃😃😄😄😄😆😊🙂.

[@saspys]

Excellent

[@Roman-kj9cv]

Really helpful 😍

[@dustindellinger878]

This is awesome! Thank you!

[@techismad]

You're very welcome!

[@user-jg4pz5gt6p]

Really easy to follow as a beginner thank u so much

[@techismad]

You’re welcome 😊

[@PeterSaldouzi]

That was so easy to follow, great work Teach!

[@techismad]

lovely of you to say so! I'm really happy to have helped!

[@chasep1310]

You helped make it all make sense and work. Cheers; brain feels a little lighter now 😆 Maybe a good idea to say which version you have/are using.

[@techismad]

Good point - I'll put it up on the video

[@Maqamrast1]

Awesome, thanks !

[@techismad]

You’re most welcome!

[@JRTheVersatile]

Awsome Video.Very Helpful

[@Eunice_Tavares]

So helpful!

[@TheiLame]

1. Shift + o (Artboard mode) 2. Alt, click and drag 3. Press V

[@techismad]

rocking the adobe shortcuts!

[@francoisfogel2770]

Great! Thank you!

[@techismad]

Welcome!

[@s0ulbaba]

Thank you. That was a simple tut. :)

[@techismad]

Simple but powerful - but makes making animations really easy

[@mandalabymaliha]

Wow That's crazily awesome Thanks for the tip

[@techismad]

You bet!

[@johnwayde7034]

Here in 2021, and this video has saved me as well. Thank you kindly sir

[@techismad]

Glad it helped!

[@yuvithe_duck]

Thank you! Very helpful tutorial! :)

[@techismad]

Glad it was helpful!

[@djelloudmohamed4788]

THANK YOU !!!!!

[@jessgillis4103]

Thanks for the video!

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@sylvapat7298]

i enjoyed this video

[@rookieillustration]

I learn something from you, thank you

[@techismad]

You are welcome!

[@ZanStermecki]

Very similar to what I do! You can do the exact same thing as shown in the video but once you export pictures from Illustrator, you can just merge them into gif online quite simple - quicker and especially awesome if you don't have access to Photoshop, I hope that helps! :)

[@statistico897]

Interesting, thanks!

[@techismad]

thanks very much

[@fatbatman7291]

Thanks mate that really helped, Im lucky enough i have PS cc cause this wont work on CS cheers

[@hazel9526]

when I reached Export, i could not select 'use artboards'. It was greyed out, along with the other options. Do you know a solution? Thanks for the tutorial, it's really helped me

[@mandamations]

Trying my hand at animating with a tablet and my brother bought this for me so I’m gonna attempt to animate in it

[@abeershaker3869]

You're a live saviour, than you very much 🙏🏼

[@techismad]

Happy to help!

[@nxnaruto]

Great vid

[@aydensgarage7676]

Thank you very much!

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@vitorinofrancisco6970]

muito obrigado pela apresentação. Esta muido bem explicito.

[@techismad]

obrigado pelo seu comentário!

[@adejumoesther7470]

This is wow!, But please, can i import a background and put just behind the red ball, instead of a white background?

[@ChrisRogers-ly9dr]

is there any way to rotate an object in photoshop and it still animate? I'm trying to make a clock but when i use transform and rotate it applies to the first and the second frame instead of just the second frame. As far as i'm aware you can only get movement to apply if you use the move tool only which locks movement to moving simply up down left and right. Rotation seems to be ignored

[@garbagetruckkids]

Thank you for your great video! I have done a few animations now and they've worked perfectly from your tutorial. The only issue I am having is that my designs Ive made in Illustrator have a white stroke on them as gifs (100% had no strokes when I made my design in illustrator), how do I get rid of the white strokes? Thanks!

[@garbagetruckkids]

The issue lies in when it it shown on a transparent background under the 'optimized' option. In the 'original' option the white stroke disappears. (in save for web in Photoshop)

[@marcelvanlierop]

You've got a really nice voice for tuts :)

[@techismad]

I'm still a bit self conscious about my voice - I've never like listening to it recorded! But thanks for saying so!

[@poojakamat7014]

easy way to make understand thank you

[@techismad]

Glad it helped!

[@Xechator]

when I export it all of the artboard combined, how can I make it separate?

[@remtt]

ayo simple and nice, thank you

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@c.i.b.i.a]

very nice video

[@rahanas2.0]

Thank You So Much Sir .

[@techismad]

Most welcome

[@meme-qc6rn]

Cool

[@kittyfurse1157]

Thank you!

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@AZIROZEIAH]

tHANKSS

[@recipesandsnacksbysoumi9765]

Amazing ❤️❤️. You should get more appreciation

[@techismad]

Thank you - I got a nice comment from you so that is appreciation enough for me!

[@raaghulsokasiveloo181]

all ok,but i have a problem. As in 5.39, there is no options & image sequence in adobe photoshop because my laptop is Windows. What should I do?

[@Kaywolf431]

For some reason I can't click the play button in photoshop. I did everything up to putting the ball01 png image into photoshop and clicking motion, but when I try to press play It won't let me do that?

[@mohamadsoliman8367]

great

[@eviek3809]

I did everything step-by-step in this video, got to the part in photo shop where I check "image sequence" but it only loads one image even after opening the "motion" window. Under layers it has my first image with a red question-mark at the Botton left corner of the image. So I don't have a play button available because it's acting as though I only have 1 image.

[@ceastland]

me too

[@augustvalek]

hmm, I can't seen to make it work flawlessly, my frames are slightly offset and the final product seems to jerk a bit

[@itsmeecjay4769]

I cant find the loop option on my PS CS5

[@HebrewMadeEasy]

thank you!!! can someone please name the better ways of doing that? softwares?

[@techismad]

The Adobe stuff (Adobe Animate, After Effects) can take care of these kinds of things. But they are quite big and difficult to learn, as they handle any kind of animation you can think of. You can also use Blender (free) to do these kinds of animations. Blender is a full 3D animation package, but I've seen some amazing 2D work done on it.

[@razanshinnawi7020]

Thank you! and a quick question, how is it possible to send the gif on whatsApp for example?

[@techismad]

You’ll have to save the gif and then save it to your phone. If it’s in your photo album you should be able to send it via WhatsApp

[@DECIFERTHIS09]

These adobe keyboard shortcuts are killing me

[@snakeshot5723]

i dont have the option "image sequence" and i cant make it....can u help me

[@michaelkihn1305]

When I am trying to duplicate the arboard via "alt and drag", the colored circle doesn't get duplicated, only the artboard. What am I forgetting? 🥺

[@rutgerhollander]

Unlock all the layers!

[@tabeaarnold3502]

Hi, quick question.. first of all thanks ! super easy to understand. However, if I save and want to open the gif on my laptop it only shoes my Illustrator pics.. can you help me out? Tried it already several times (obviously saved it as GIF file..) Thanks, Tabea

[@techismad]

Hey Tabea - If you are sure that the GIF is saved you can try opening it in chrome or another browser. It's not always possible to view a GIF on a computer. Open up Chrome, and then drag the GIF onto the Chrome window. It should then play your GIF

[@tabeaarnold3502]

Mad Tech great thanks it worked then :)

[@gazbolt]

​ Mad Tech What are them other programs please? The ones that are even better to use as you say in the beginning?

[@techismad]

For real animation try Krita, or if you need real power animation, you have to go to Adobe Animation, or After Effects

[@joeynelson1609]

You can do all of this in Photoshop alone copy / pasting and moving layers.

[@cricketmania366]

how to export a ball separately

[@javiermatos9529]

Quick easy for beginners!

[@techismad]

Glad you think so!

[@joellee2442]

Nice.*

[@jozimastar95]

thanks pro

[@techismad]

You're welcome!

[@lindasmith3978]

thamk you OH so much, Brit accent teacher!

[@techismad]

sometimes I wish I had a different accent - Spanish.... New York.... Scottish...

[@kumarijaya2218]

Sir, what u said at 4:52 after the word at very quickly, i can't recognize that word sir pls tell me

[@techismad]

I say "and very quickly it's exported all 12" - I'm talking about exporting all 12 frames of the animation that I made

[@sudhirsinghthokchom2634]

👋👏

[@atiadoprimeiroano3433]

Não entendo seu idioma, mas vou tentar fazer isso.

[@DoctrinesofShivar]

Hi, internet. How would I be able to add text over these animation frames?

[@techismad]

that's really simple in Illustrator. When you make your drawings using shapes, you can add text by clicking on the Text button (the button with the letter 'T'). Type your text and it will be on the frames. Be sure that if you have text, you copy it to a few frames (like 3 - 5) otherwise it will just flash on and off quickly and nobody will be able to read it

[@DoctrinesofShivar]

@@techismad Appreciated. I have achieved the goal.

[@miskahn]

i tried but i don't know how to edit on a laptop ;-;

[@usamarahman]

i didn't find loop option in my illustrator cs6, any solution?

[@techismad]

The loop option will be in Photoshop when you import all your exported PNG files into it.

[@usamarahman]

@@techismad oh sorry, i was talking about photoshop cs6, i mistakenly wrote "illustrator" in my comment. I don't have any loop option in photoshop cs6.

[@techismad]

@@usamarahman CS6 is quite an old version, like 8 years old. Let me see if I can remember how to do this. If you have imported in all your pictures into a timeline, then next to the play, rewind and forward buttons there should be a a setting button that says once, and forever. If I am not mistaken, this will loop the timeline. Once you Save for Web, you should also have an option to loop once, or forever there before you save it as a GIF

[@shreyashikarmakar3481]

I am not able to open the image sequence, someone help please

[@techismad]

In Photoshop? The key is to click on the first image, and then choose "Image Sequence" (click on Options at the bottom of the load window if you can't see it)

[@alexsmff]

What’s the point of creating the frames in Illustrator when you can just make them in Photoshop?

[@darkmatter8650]

HEY! I WANT TO APPLY ANIMATED WAVE TO A RIVER IN ILLUSTRATOR CC ..HOW TO ? REPLY ASAP .

[@techismad]

You can draw the river, and then try the warp tool. You should be able to warp the shape for each artboard and then animate that.

[@darkmatter8650]

@@techismad Options or tool to animate where is it steps to follow? I GOT WARP TOOL ..BUT MISSING PUPPET WARP TOOL WHAT TO DO ?Reply soon

[@gayanjaya7731]

✌️

[@techismad]

✌

[@NotRicky-uo9qp]

✌

[@venoxedits9691]

Can I make animation like danny Casale like with that By the way Don't read my Name

[@techismad]

Not using this method - you'll have to use a proper animation program - Synfig Studio, or Krita, or even Pencil

[@bellaladonna]

Did not work - followed exactly!

[@HardwareGeek15]

Just use illustrator with after effects

[@techismad]

I made this tutorial for my students - I would happily use After Effects but for them it would be too difficult.

[@oliviaoduro8989]

Please I Need an understanding on how you got it all 12 at a time. forgive me, but am a slow learner and I got lost after you and I were done with the forth Balls. you switched camera and Boom. 12 on the board please help me undestand sir. but really I did enjoyed the teaching so far

[@techismad]

tell me the time in the video you got lost

[@oliviaoduro8989]

@@techismad@3:20seconds

[@oliviaoduro8989]

@@techismad Still waiting for your reply please!!

[@techismad]

​@@oliviaoduro8989 ok, I'll try to explain what I did. If you watch every step in Illustrator, I do the same thing. I draw the ball, press SHIFT + O, and then press ALT and drag the artboard. What that does is copy the artboard, but also copy the ball as well. Once it's copied, I press V on the keyboard, and then click on the ball. I use the right key on the keyboard to move the ball to the right. If you listen, I actually press SHIFT + RIGHT so that the ball moves more. Once I've moved the ball, I then press SHIFT + O, drag the artboard with ALT pressed down (which makes a copy) and put the new artboard next to the old. Press V again and then move the ball. The idea is that each artboard you copy, you'll also move the ball a little bit more. Once the ball reaches the right side of the artboard, you can then copy the artboards and now move the ball to the left. That's what I talk about at 3:52. - let me know if this helps you to understand it a little better

[@oliviaoduro8989]

@@techismad Yes got all that please. but where I got lost is were to return back with 12 of them all. just wanna no how you pasted it all. these it my first time trying to get this done for my you tube channel after a disappointment fro m the designer who refuse to get it done for me.....Now all I need to know is how you past it and how it turn backward