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Adobe Animate CC 2018 - HTML5 Banner Ads (Udemy.com)

This course is for designers needing to make banner advertising.

4.4
1,460 reviews

Created by: Daniel Walter Scott

Last updated January 2025

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Daniel Walter Scott's course is a five-hour introduction to building standard animated banner ads in Adobe Animate and publishing them for Google Doubleclick, the Google Display Network and Simek. It is aimed at designers, marketers and former Flash users who would rather not write code. The description is upfront that expanding, video and game banners are out of scope. The listing shows a 2025 update, though the reviews in our sample mostly date from 2017 to 2019, so check that the interface matches the version shown.

Reviewers like the teaching most. They call Scott charismatic, calm and easy to follow, and several enjoy the short history of why Flash faded and what replaced it. One says he explains the why, not just which button to press. The complaints are consistent too. Some find him scatterbrained or too talkative and want less talking and more showing. One found the coding part confusing, another felt there was too much drawing and color and too little on animating and exporting finished banners. One reviewer called it a little on the beginner side.

With 1,458 ratings and a 4.4 average, the feedback is mostly warm, and the lower scores cluster around pacing and focus. It is a fair pick for anyone new to Animate who needs the ad network publishing side explained, including how to keep file sizes small. If you already know the tool or need dynamic banners, look elsewhere.

Best forGraphic designers, marketers and ex-Flash users who need to ship HTML5 banners for Google ad networks without coding.
Skip it ifYou need expanding, video or dynamic banners, or you are a developer who wants to work in code.

Pros

  • Instructor is described as calm, charismatic and easy to understand, with a clear accent
  • Short history of why Flash disappeared, which several reviewers single out as a highlight
  • Exercise files include a saved Animate file after every video to compare against
  • Covers publishing for Google Doubleclick and Display Network, and keeping file sizes small

Cons

  • Some reviewers find the pacing scattered and want less talking, more showing
  • One reviewer says the coding section is confusing, despite the no-code pitch
  • One reviewer says too much time goes on drawing and color, too little on animating and exporting
The teacher is very charismatic, engaging, and seems interested in what he is discussing. Bringing light to things beyond "press this button to do the thing", giving me a stronger understanding of the why.
Jack Hunter, a student

Suits true beginners and non-coders in design or marketing; developers are told outright it is not for them.

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What you will learn

  • How to build banner advertising
  • How to keep file sizes down.
  • Firm understanding of the publishing process for ad networks like Google Doubleclick, Adwords, Simek etc. 
  • Professional workflows and shortcuts. 
  • A wealth of other resources and websites to help your new career path.

How it compares

Against the other 95 rated Udemy courses in HTML 5 on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 44% of them
  • Reviews1,460#17 of 96 by number of reviews
  • Length5 hourslonger than 57% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2025more recently than 78% of them

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Course Description

This course is for visual, creative people who need to start making HTML5 banner ads. I made this course for people that are struggling to get their heads around the new world of HTML5 advertising. 

At the end of this course you'll be able to create advertising banners ready for the Google Doubleclick, Google Display Network and Simek. You will have learnt the principles behind HTML5 banner advertising so you'll be able to apply these publishing techniques to any ad network. 

If you're finding the changes in online advertising stressful then this course will enlighten you. We'll start right at the beginning. Work our way through building our own ads. Then we'll spend good time working out how to keep your files sizes really small for publishing.

This course is step by step with exercise files. I’ve saved a copy of each Adobe Animate file after every video so if you get lost you can compare your files to my completed files. 

I’m with you at every step to make sure your questions are answered quickly and your time is well spent achieving real world skills that directly relate to your career and business. 

So if you’re ready to learn how Adobe Animate CC can do amazing (and productive) things for your web advertising or interactive design workflow, it’s time to take this course sign up today.

Daniel Walter Scott (Adobe Certified Instructor). 
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Instructor Details

Daniel Walter Scott

Sharing is who I am, and teaching is where I am at my best, because I've been on both sides of that equation, and getting to deliver useful training is my meaningful way to be a part of the creative community.

I've spent a long time watching others learn, and teach, to refine how I work with you to be efficient, useful and, most importantly, memorable. I want you to carry what I've shown you into a bright future.

I have a wife (a lovely Irish girl) and kids. I have lived and worked in many places (as Kiwis tend to do) – but most of my 14+ years of creating and teaching has had one overriding theme: bringing others along for the ride as we all try to change the world with our stories, our labours of love and our art.

I'm a certified Adobe instructor (ACI) in Ireland. I'm also an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and have completed the Adobe Certified Associate training (ACA). And I don't just do Adobe. Remember, media is a very broad term – digital blew out the borders, so we are all constantly learning.

I've been teaching for 14+ years. I come from being a media designer and content creator – so I understand exactly where you're at now. I've been there. I love this stuff. Print, digital publishing, web and video. I can see how it all connects. And I can see how we can share those connections.

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Reviews

4.4

1,460 ratings on Udemy

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By Pierre L on 9/8/2021

Absolutely great course. This was a refresh for me because I spent a few years using Flash back when Myspace and Flash only built sites was a thing. It's surprising how much is the same with the tools. It was great to go through the course an see the actual changes and implementations with Animate. Thank you for this excellent course! I am ready to dive in and start creating HTML5 Interactive Designs again with something that is visual designer friendly.

By Adam Dove on 10/25/2020

This really went in deep into not just the Animate creative part, but also the confusing world of publishing for ad networks. This is a must watch course for anyone flung into display ads, like I was! :) Thanks Dan!

By Ian Vincent on 10/5/2020

Great course didn't realise that Flash had become Animate. Lots of new things to learn but also was familiar after I had some experience with it when it was with Macromedia. Overall great information delivered well and I found myself chuckling when Dan got mixed up with Flash, Edge and finally meaning Animate. Thanks!

By Susan Anne Saar on 10/4/2020

perfect match to upskill at work

By Stan Muller on 10/2/2020

Daniel makes the best Adobe courses. I'm already learning new things that I assumed were standard behavior between other Adobe products such as Illustrator and Photoshop.

By Jolanta Kaminskaite on 9/24/2020

I am 100% beginner. So far seems very informative.

By James Breen on 9/22/2020

I found it a little slow to start with as I wasn't expecting a history/ overview of Animate and the actual banner creations didn't start until half-way through the course. Once the course got to the banners and I got into it I could see the benefits of spending some time going over the various tools, tweens at the beginning and I really got into it. The instructor is great and easy to follow and I hope by the end of this course I will be comfortable to take on HTML5 banners for clients.

By Kristian Dreiak on 9/16/2020

Its vok

By Mohorshi Chakroberty on 9/9/2020

Learning from Dan has been an awesome experience!! I was having great difficulty understanding Animate, but Dan is gliding me through this. Thank you Dan!! :D

By Arron Boss on 8/26/2020

Good course that covers basics from start to publishing with Adobe CC.
(Note: Could be my browser but even on autoplay each lesson and course would not autoplay. Even clicking play did not always start the video. I had to manually advance a couple of seconds into the video then it would beging playing. Also, in the Publishing section mostly, and the HTML portion in particular, there's sound isuses that sounds like static. Still, all is viewable and understandable and worth the time. A good course.)

By Marta Perez on 8/24/2020

I love how Dan explains the couse and the editing of the videos and the comments poping up. All really useful.
The part with coding is where I struggle more because it's covered "fast" and as a Designer is where I have less knowledge but if you have colleagues/friends that know coding you should be able to work together to overcome any coding issue. Great course! 100% recommended

By Arron Boss on 8/4/2020

Good course that covers basics from start to publishing with Adobe CC. (Note: Could be my browser but even on autoplay each lesson and course would not autoplay. Even clicking play did not always start the video. I had to manually advance a couple of seconds into the video then it would beging playing. Also, in the Publishing section mostly, and the HTML portion in particular, there's sound isuses that sounds like static. Still, all is viewable and understandable and worth the time. A good course.)

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