Adobe Fresco: Designing Characters and Sets for Animation

What you’ll learn:
How to use the tools and features of Fresco
How to design a character with proper layer structure to be imported into Animate, After Effects, Character Animator or Moho
How to set up a 2-point perspective grid to sketch, ink and color a background that can be imported into your animation
How to export in a variety of formats, including images, .pds, videos for time-lapse capture and image sequences for your frame by frame animations

Requirements:
A free copy of Adobe Fresco (available on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android)
A touch device with a stylus isn’t required but highly recommended

Description:
Adobe Fresco is a free design application available for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. It’s best used with a stylus and touch controls. And it’s a fantastic app for designing characters and backgrounds for your animated cartoons. With the ability to export .psds, you can take your assets to most animation software and rig without issue, just as long as you have proper layer structuring. And that’s one of the key points you will learn in this course. In addition, you will learn how to:Use common Fresco shortcuts and gesturesUse Pixel, Live and Vector brushesImport custom brushesSelect and Transform artwork with various toolsSketch a character for animationInk a character with clean linesColor, shade and texture the characterAdd animatable groups like blinks, hand poses and mouth phonemesOrganize layer structure for easier animation workflowUse grids to sketch out proper perspectiveInk, color and polish a backgroundTest Fresco assets in four different animation appsExport time-lapse videos of your workAnimate frame by frame with a Motion LayerBy the time you’re done you will have an understanding of how you can design your assets in Fresco and bring them into your animation software of choice.

Who this course is for:
Seasoned or beginner animators looking to design their assets in Adobe Fresco