Inside the files of Story of the Worm

Name: Inside the files of Story of the Worm
Uploaded: 2024-06-06T15:30:06+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this brief tutorial, Ryan Maloney walks viewers through the file structure and animation workflow he used to create Sarah's "Story of a Worm" cartoon…

6 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief tutorial, Ryan Maloney walks viewers through the file structure and animation workflow he used to create Sarah's "Story of a Worm" cartoon music video in Adobe Animate. He explains how the Animate timeline holds all keyframes where animation events occur, how he stores reusable character symbols in the library, and how he builds a single, extensive timeline for each character that is divided into scene chunks (e.g., a donut karate‑chop scene, a yellow Walkman on a park bench scene). He also mentions the simple addition of background layers to complete each scene. The video serves as a practical demonstration of organizing assets, timelines, and scenes efficiently within Animate.

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Let me show you inside the files of Sarah's "Story of a Worm" cartoon music video. For this video, I used Adobe Animate. Inside Animate, you're gonna have a timeline where all your keyframes go. Keyframes are where different things in your animation happen. I set up reusable characters in the library, and I create one massive timeline for each character. So inside the worm character, we're gonna see that this one chunk of keyframes is a scene, and then this next chunk is a new scene. So we go from donut karate chop to listening on a yellow Walkman on a park bench. That's the concept, and I just throw in backgrounds and it's done.