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Adobe Animate

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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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.

Create professional looking animations easily

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 21, 2023
Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Graphic Design Company, 1-10 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
15 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Adobe Animate is used to create animations for social media campaigns, Google adverts, animations to show the internal workings of products, and also for use in product videos that we use on our website. Using Adobe Animate makes it very easy to create short video clips and presentations to use in-house and for our clients.
Pros
  • Looping animations for use in Google ads.
  • Ease of use.
  • Lip synching to characters.
Cons
  • Export movies without having to use Media Encoder.
  • Better audio tools.
  • Ability to export mp4 natively.
Likelihood to Recommend
The ease of use and small learning curve make Adobe Animate very easy to use and enable the user to start creating animations quickly. Adobe Animate has kept the interface very similar to Flash, so it's very familiar to users who used it a long time ago. It's the perfect solution for creating animated Google Ads and has many in-built templates.

Adobe Animate - a solid tool within the Adobe Suite

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
January 20, 2023
TE
Teresa Evans
Graphic Designer
Wild Arch Design (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Adobe Animate to animate logos that I design. In addition, I make splash pages as needed for clients. Adobe Animate makes it easy to utilize Adobe suite and all Adobe software for all creative assets vs another tool where you would have to utilize clunky importing and exporting tools.
Pros
  • Importing assets
  • User friendly
  • Advanced animation
Cons
  • Support seems less than other Adobe products
  • Other tech in the space has advanced capability
  • More templates needed
Likelihood to Recommend
Animating logos is a great use case for Adobe Animate. In addition, working with Adobe Animate and XD together is handy when working on UI and mocking up apps and websites.

Complicated Animation Software Included in Adobe Suite.

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
January 20, 2023
Verified User
Director in Marketing
Construction Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our organization used Adobe Animate to create graphics and animations for our website and social media. Adobe Animate is available to us through our Adobe Creative Suite subscription, and we have just started to use it to create graphics of this nature.
Pros
  • Vector Graphics.
  • Animation
  • Interactive Projects.
Cons
  • Easier to use.
  • Wish it was more intuitive for beginners.
  • Integration with software other than Adobe.
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Animate is better suited for designers with vast experience in 2D design and animation. Unlike some of the other Adobe products, it is not as user-friendly and easy to use for beginners like me. I wish there were a simplified version to design basic animated graphics.

My Adobe Flash Review

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 02, 2018
RP
Rebecca Powell
Marketing Coordinator
Total Beverage Solution (Food & Beverages, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Adobe Flash is software that is used to stream and/or view video, audio and multimedia on a computer or supported mobile device. My company, in general, uses Adobe Flash because we stream and view videos that our brands produce in other countries and have to stream them here so we can generate them, change its language and add the appeal to our U.S. consumers.
Pros
  • Adobe Flash is used more in the advertising industry today which is good for me due to I am in the marketing department at my job. It shows graphics and texts with animations. The app also permits streaming of both video and audio clips.
  • Adobe Flash and its latest program is designed to deliver engaging video and audio playbacks, universal reach and the very best user experience, this helps Adobe Flash with its consistent and loyal user base.
  • Adobe Flash is compatible with many different browsers, which is overall a great tool for multiple companies running with different browsers.
Cons
  • Certain websites, platforms and applications that use Adobe Flash technology have always seemed to be slower than the sites that do not use it.
  • Those who want to use flash to watch and/or stream movies, in order to watch these movies with the Adobe Flash application, Flash Player needs to be installed. A lot of people now do not want to download more applications to their computer due to space and viruses.
  • Accessibility is a concern with Flash. Things need to be properly coded and someone who is not well versed in Adobe Applications, might have issues with things like changing text and/or having alternative text.
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe Flash is good to use when you need to create little commercials or ads that use animation on your website or social media. For example, when my brands send me Flash files in their language and or/pertains to their area, I can copy some of their graphics and make my own Flash file but adding in English animation pop up art and/or change the overall music/voice layover into something that will pertain to my U.S. audience.

Also, when I worked for a grocery store chain, I used to make 30 second animation ads that would pop up different items and different prices in a short commercial like video that I would post onto social media.
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