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Adobe Animate
Formerly Flash

Overview

What is Adobe Animate?

Adobe Animate (or Animate CC) supports but replaces the former Adobe Flash, and allows users to design interactive animations for games, TV shows, and the web. With it, the vendor states users can bring cartoons and banner ads to life,…

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Adobe Animate is your 2D animation software for high quality animations

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 20, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
we use Adobe Animate for our animation process on various projects including videos for Youtube and Explainer animations. it is mostly used in case of animations with less fra...
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Pranav Singh
Director - Professional Services
Founder
thinking how
Adobe Animate2 years of experience

Best software to animate

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 31, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
This software is one of the best software to create vector animations.this is the prime use of it. Apart from this we are also using it to Create composites, motion graphics a...
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Ashish Mathur
Engineer - Information Technology
Senior Engineer
Pinnacle Infotech
Adobe Animate1 year of experience

Best Animation Software.

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 25, 2023
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Using Adobe Animate user can create animation for games, cartoons, shows and webs. It can be used with windows as well as on MAC's also. In our organization we used adobe anim...
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Shagun Shukla
Professional - Information Technology
Cognizant
Adobe Animate1 year of experience

Adobe Animate for the Best Creative Illustration

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 24, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Animating for ads has become much easier after switching to Adobe Animate. Animating any 2D space is easy thanks to its dedicated Use of AI for Designing. Whether it be for VR...
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Abhijith Menon
Professional - Information Technology
Solutions Engineer
Cogniphi Technologies
Adobe Animate1 year of experience

Powerful and Versatile Animation Software: Adobe Animate Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 24, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
One of the strongest features of Adobe Animate is its vector-based drawing tools, which allow users to create smooth, scalable graphics. The software also has a robust Timelin...
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Gajanan Biradar
Engineer - Engineering
Lead Design Engineer
Cyient
Adobe Animate5 years of experience
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Pricing

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Annual Plan, Paid Monthly

$20.99

On Premise
per month

Monthly Plan

$31.49

On Premise
per month

Annual Plan, Prepaid

$239.88

On Premise
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Speed Art Demo using Adobe Animate CC - Storyboarding #6

YouTube

Elliot's Toons Animation Demo Reel 2017

YouTube

Demo Minigame - Adobe Animate + ES6

YouTube

Comment Animer sur Adobe Animate | Demo reel

YouTube

Animate CC, Flash Animation Demo Reel 2018

YouTube

Class 04 Part 02 How to Make ASMR Animation In Adobe Animate CC | Demo Class | Earn money Online

YouTube
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Product Details

What is Adobe Animate?

Adobe Animate Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Easy to use; allows novice users to create meaningful and sophisticated content!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 21, 2018
OC
Olivia Crellin
Corporate & Securities Attorney
Snell & Wilmer (Law Practice, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
6 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
My law firm uses adobe flash to embed content (mostly marketing content) on our website. It allows us to easily add multimedia to our various online channels. It addresses a recurring problem we have of attempting to combine multiple media onto a single web-based platform for marketing purposes and we love it.
Pros
  • Simple to use with user-friendly controls
  • Code snippets allow novice users to code
  • Allows me to combine multiple media assets easily
Cons
  • Limited 3D capability
  • We find many handheld cell phones can't support our adobe flash materials
  • Can take time to load media as it is a heavy program
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe is particularly well-suited for workplaces that understand its basic functionality but may be lacking in highly-skilled coders or programmers. Adobe continues to successfully bridge the gap between sophisticated users and practical users and makes it easy for novice computer users to create meaningful content and to code proficiently.

An easy tool to do simple animation

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 23, 2023
Verified User
Employee in Marketing
International Trade & Development Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our company sometimes have request to do some video clips, however some of them can't be done in Adobe Premiere Pro, that's the reason why I use Adobe Animate from time to time. It's very straight-forward and easy to use, as long as you have the experience of using Adobe AI or PS, you can get through it pretty fast.
Pros
  • Similar UI with Adobe PR, easy to use
  • clear functions
  • fast export
Cons
  • more tween would be better
  • more pre-set motions
  • hard to find the layer panel
Likelihood to Recommend
As I have mentioned above, our company sometimes have some simple requests to do the animation in our clips, Adobe Animate is pretty easy to use, based on our request level. And it also very easy to export and share, it matches our request perfectly. I will recommend it to my colleagues.

Adobe Flash Review

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 08, 2018
ES
Emily Sperduto
Marketing Solutions Coordinator
iHeartMedia (Broadcast Media, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
8 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Adobe Flash is used widely throughout our company, specifically by our Stategic Partnership team for various marketing campaigns. In my department specifically, marketing, we use Flash a lot to make our clients' experiences more interesting and interactive. It also makes it easier to watch videos, stream webinars and has improved our video chat
Pros
  • I love that Flash enables my internet browsers to expand their capabilities because it really makes websites come to life.
  • Flash allows cross-functionality under all platforms and is visually consistent across all browsers
  • From Marketing perspective, the creative ability of Flash is exceptional. If used properly, the animation features such as moving pictures, words and sounds around help create flashy projects.
Cons
  • There are too many updates and they are constantly popping up - especially during the middle of a projects, which causes me to shut down the application and restart the program. Wastes time.
  • There is no mobile browser or device support. Limits a lot of projects - especially apps.
  • Flash player can require a lot of RAM and battery
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe flash is best to use for developing applications specifically for desktop and laptop PC websites. We use it a lot with clients who send us content from other countries to stream and/or view video, audio and multimedia. Since there is no mobile browser or device support, it can not be used for any app related projects.

Best software to animate

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 31, 2023
AM
Ashish Mathur
Senior Engineer
Pinnacle Infotech (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This software is one of the best software to create vector animations.this is the prime use of it. Apart from this we are also using it to Create composites, motion graphics and visual effects with Adobe After Effects.<br>The 2D animation creation is vert easy and provide abundant of features to it making it primary software for animations.
Pros
  • 2D animations
  • Vector graphics
  • 3D animation
Cons
  • Complex user interface for beginners
  • 3d animation functions can be improved for better use.
  • Need high end graphic systems for proper use.
Likelihood to Recommend
The most acclamatised scenario where it suits best is when we need to create interactive content including 2D drawings and 3D animations and share them across various online platforms.
In order to create the 2D vector animations this software can help you in a way where no other software can.


Flash was a great animation tool, a refusal to change left it as a relic of the past

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
April 17, 2017
CC
Chris Cookson
Junior Animator
MediaMonks (Animation, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
10 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It's used primarily as a tool for making ad banners if the kilobyte count is fairly high, otherwise it's used on computers where we don't have a license of ToonBoom Harmony for animation. Harmony is an expensive program and most of the computers here have a license for Adobe Creative Suite so Flash/Animate are fine programs in a pinch but ideally we want something with nicer drawing tools. Usually we get the rough drawings and timing figured out in Flash and then do animation clean-up within Photoshop's timeline tools if Harmony is not available.
Pros
  • Easy to learn and get started in.
  • Versatile, it plays nicely between all the programs in the Adobe Suite.
  • A safe environment to learn how to program a game.
Cons
  • Drawing tools!! The lines in the brush just look pretty ugly. It would be nice if there was a way to choose between optimizing Flash for online export and to use for video pieces.
  • Program can be unstable and can slow down if you aren't mindful of how you are using it.
  • Many glitches in the program are still present ever since I first started using it nearly 10 years ago.
Likelihood to Recommend
It's good if you are just starting out, it's easy to learn and the online community and resources around Flash are strong. I was able to get started animating in high school thanks to communities like Newgrounds. Unfortunately when it comes to more advanced options or professional projects, this is where Flash starts to fall apart. The program needs to break free from its early routes as a tool for web applications and either become a strong hand drawn animation tool or become the definitive environment for CreateJS banners.
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