How to ANIMATE A CHARACTER with Layer Parenting | Adobe Animate CC Tutorial

Learn how to easily Setup, Rig and Animate a Simple Character using the Layer Parenting Tool in Adobe Animate CC.
In this tutorial, I show you step by step how to rig a character (naming layers, converting layers to symbols, and adjusting rotation or pivot points), and how to animate a character using layer parenting and tweens (establishing parent structure, adding keyframes, applying classic tween, etc). At the end is an example project of a girl dancing using character rigging and the layer parenting tool.
0:00 Start
0:18 What is Layer Parenting?
1:47 Setting Up Your Project
4:17 Apply Basic Layer Parenting
5:48 Basic Animation with LP
6:56 More Complex Layer Parenting
9:58 Remove/Change Parent
10:37 Layer Parenting Controls
12:12 Dancing Animation
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[@afrikikianimation435]

The first part (the arm animation) was so helpful as a preview. You are an excellent teacher.

[@amazingjana]

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you very much!

[@himanisehdev6403]

It's so amazing to see your detailed videos and understand everything. I keep on going to to your page to see if there are more videos about other features. Please keep on doing wonderful work :) of teaching.

[@mrtobi4399]

Thank you so much 💗 you explained everything so well

[@CALANGOTV123]

best tutorial on the subject on KZbin

[@361degressvr7]

Really Nice ! Thanks !

[@MS-uz4ix]

Thank you for this very thorough example.

[@thisguydoesanimation]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching! 👍

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[@thisguydoesanimation]

Ha! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching! 👍

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[@arpitmishra19]

Thank you

[@thisguydoesanimation]

You're welcome

[@elizabeth.eziashi]

hi thanks for the video. Do you ever use this same method to animate a walk cycle?

[@rickieblu2598]

omg thanks so much!! ive been dying here, im new to animate cc and i was following adobe's tutorial in layering parenting. idk what i was doing wrong but i was 100% sure i was doing what theyre saying and doing but my layers wont anchor and follow the parent layer. the adobe tutorial didnt say that the layers must be in symbols.

[@thisguydoesanimation]

Glad I could help. Thanks for watching!

[@kilorn]

Oh Heavens! you're so nice 😇🥰, thank you very much! Is it possible to parenting a character using Asset warp tool? and if its possible can you make a video explaining it, if possible?

[@saqibali8162]

Hi, I have a question is there any way we can also move the hip layer?

[@Me-si6js]

I'm having a problem where child layers don't move with their parent layer as though I never parented them in the first place. If you've got a solution, I'd love to hear it. Thanks! Other than that, great video!

[@thisguydoesanimation]

Sorry. I don't know the solution to this without seeing your project/timeline (even then I'm not sure I would know the fix). This has happened to me before as well, but I can't remember if I just started over with a new project, whether I gave up, or whether I figured it out? Some questions for yours...Is every parent/child is a symbol? What other tweens/things are happening within the animation that might have messed it up? Was it always like this, or did it happen part way through the process?

[@Me-si6js]

@@thisguydoesanimation I re-opened Animate and for some reason I'm not having the problem anymore. I really have no idea why anything changed other than it just being some weird Adobe bug. As for when I was having the issue, here's some more information: Yes, every parent and child were all converted to symbols. If I created a new file and started over, I could replicate the problem right from the beginning. Having other things or tweens in the timeline didn't seem to affect it either, because the child layers would not interact with the parent when rotating or moving it even before adding anything like that. I'm gonna spend a while trying stuff out to see if I can replicate it to try and work out the cause of the problem. Thank you for responding!

[@SonicYesSanrioNo]

How do I Convert Symbol Into Body Parts?

[@SonicYesSanrioNo]

it works on your pixel art?

[@arpitmishra19]

Plz make video on "frame by frame" animation "tips and tricks"

[@thisguydoesanimation]

Yes. It's my list of videos to do next (Motion Tweens, Frame by Frame, Drawing Tools and Exporting Animations), after Motion Guides. Thanks for the support!

[@hemagami8150]

Hi! You said that the child will "move" or "rotate" along with the parent. Is there a way to make the children also "Scale" along with the parent?

[@thisguydoesanimation]

Sort of. If all the layers/symbols (parents and children) are all contained within a master symbol. Then you can scale the master symbol. But it doesn't happen via parenting itself.

[@hemagami8150]

@@thisguydoesanimation I see. Thanks for the reply :) I appreciate.

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[@thisguydoesanimation]

Sorry. I'm late responding but thanks for the comments!

[@educationnagari]

Why my character ruined while parenting layers

[@footytakeout]

Is this the same as character animator?

[@thisguydoesanimation]

No. Different program. But you can still animate characters obviously

[@footytakeout]

@@thisguydoesanimation Thanks for replying, can this be bought separately or does it also come with the creative content package?

[@faizahassan3448]

Thank you so much 💗 you explained everything so well

[@thisguydoesanimation]

You're so welcome! 👍 Thanks for watching!