Learn the fundamentals of animation using Adobe Animate in this comprehensive beginner's tutorial. Explore the interface, tools, and essential techniques step-by-step, from opening the program for the first time to exporting your finished animation. Master layers, timeline manipulation, and symbol creation. Dive into crucial animation principles such as timing, spacing, easing, squash and stretch, straight ahead and pose-to-pose animation, arcs, anticipation, overlapping action, follow through, and secondary action. Discover how to apply exaggeration, appeal, solid drawing, and staging to enhance your animations. By the end of this 4.5-hour course, gain the skills needed to create engaging animated content using Adobe Animate.