Joseph Labrecque - Mastering Adobe Animate 2021

Explore pro-level techniques and best practices to design vivid animations and interactive content

Joseph Labrecque

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I have known Joseph Labrecque for about seven years now. He is believed to be one of the leading experts in the field of digital animations. His videos, books and lectures about Adobe Animate have provided immense help to those interested in creating animations with the product.

In this book, Joseph helps you get started with the basics including the types of content you can create including character animations, interactive animations, games, web content and more. He goes over the tips and techniques of creating animations with the product and then the ability to export them to various platforms. It is a book that will help you gain a deeper understanding of the various workflows and platforms that will allow you to express yourself freely and create amazing animations that suit your style on a platform and device of your choice.

Ajay Shukla

Group Product Manager, Adobe Animate

Joseph Labrecque is a creative developer, designer, and educator with nearly two decades of experience creating expressive web, desktop, and mobile solutions. He joined the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication and Information as Instructor of Technology for the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design in Autumn 2019. His teaching focuses on creative software, digital workflows, user interaction, and design principles. Before joining the faculty at CU Boulder, he was associated with the University of Denver as adjunct faculty and as a senior interactive software engineer, user interface developer, and digital media designer.

Joseph has authored a number of books and video course publications on design and development technologies, tools, and concepts through publishers which include Packt, LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), Peachpit Press, and Apress. He has spoken at large design and technology conferences such as Adobe MAX and for a variety of smaller creative communities. He is also the founder of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a digital media production studio and distribution vehicle for a variety of creative works.

Joseph is an Adobe Education Leader, Adobe Community Professional, and member of Adobe Partners by Design. He holds a bachelor's degree in communication from Worcester State University and a master's degree in digital media studies from the University of Denver.

I would like to thank my wife, Leslie and our daughters, Paige and Lily. It's been a weird couple of years!

Matthijs Clasener was schooled as a multimedia designer. He now is a well experienced educator at the Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He teaches media and design subjects and is highly interested in animation. He takes the lead in the animation curriculum at this vocational career school. Matthijs is an Adobe Education Leader and is well known for his contributions to educational (online) events. Through his own company Cutaway, he develops courses on nearly all of the Adobe tools.

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