Are you excited to breathe life into your illustrations in the most enchanting way possible? With Procreate Dreams, you’ll dive into the animation world in a fun and easy way! In this beginner’s guide to animation, you’ll discover everything you need to bring your illustrations to life, even if moving image is entirely new to you. We’ll start from scratch, familiarizing ourselves with the interface and mastering essential animation techniques as we progress. Whilst animating 3 illustrations that I’ll provide (feel free to bring your own), you’ll get used to navigating the interface using finger gestures, prepare and import your Procreate files, and master the three animation methods in Procreate Dreams: Keyframes, Frame-by-frame, and Performing!
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS CLASS
Throughout the course, you’ll animate three short scenes: a flying butterfly, a day and night landscape, and a charming little bird. Along the way, you’ll learn:
- Navigating the interface and finger gestures
- Preparing and importing Procreate illustrations into Procreate Dreams
- Customizing each scene using the Draw & Paint mode
- Utilizing Keyframes to manipulate and color illustrations
- Frame-by-frame animation for dynamic effects
- Group animation for character movement (like our adorable bird)
- Employing clipping masks and blending modes
- Overcoming challenges when duplicating content across the timeline
- Adding sound to your animations
- Saving and converting images into GIFs for sharing in the project gallery, and much more!
