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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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Recent Reviews

Flash Works in a Pinch

6 out of 10
January 04, 2019
Incentivized
We use Adobe Flash to interact with some specific web applications that still require the use of Flash. While I would prefer to use HTML5 …
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Awards

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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 and Ratings

(161)

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Reviews

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January 31, 2023

Best software to animate

Ashish Mathur | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.


January 25, 2023

Best Animation Software.

Shagun Shukla | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Animate is very useful for creating high-quality graphics, cartoon, web application, web show, etc. And it is also very easy to use and some content is free to use as well. Every organization wants to use these types of software for photoshop. Every software has some drawback also and in adobe animate the subscription is one the major drawback and otherwise it's all good.
Abhijith Menon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is not for High End Designing, for that you have After Effects. It is best suited for beginners and for the ones with moderate experience in the art of Vector Illustration. And the learning curve can be a bit steep, so you might need constant support using it, which is available in the Behance community.
Gajanan Biradar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Scenarios where Adobe Animate is well suited:2D animation for web, mobile, and video games: Adobe Animate is well suited for creating 2D animations for web, mobile, and video games. With its vector-based drawing tools, bone rigging, and inverse kinematics features, it's easy to create smooth, scalable graphics and realistic movement.Scenarios where Adobe Animate is less appropriate:Complex 3D animation: Adobe Animate is primarily a 2D animation software, and while it does have some basic 3D features, it is not as robust as specialized 3D animation software like Autodesk Maya or Blender.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Animate provides all of the features and tools you need to be able to create effective, fun, and informative animations. We use it primarily to create videos for instruction on processes, procedures, and other company policies. It’s a great all in one tool. We found it a bit challenging at first to learn, but our experience with other Adobe products helped us catch on fairly quickly.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For starters it is perfect and especially when you know the Adobe programs well. However, when you have more a advanced assignments and your client is asking for more effects, Animate is not your program anymore. Therfore the level of professional annimations one can make is limited. But for a specific group of users it is perfectly fine, and even fun because you can see results of your work quickly.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Daniel Epstein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Well suited for the past, not well suited for the future. With fewer and fewer platforms that accept Flash, and a hard deadline of no more support from Adobe in 2020, it's a dinosaur - was very cool and ruled the world in its day, but doomed to extinction. Still, you can still recognize some cartoons and videos as being made by Flash just by their look, and that's impressive brand recognition.
January 04, 2019

Flash Works in a Pinch

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When you need to use Flash to accomplish a specific task it works fine. At this point in my career, I try to avoid working with Flash when possible because of security concerns. To get right to the point it works when you need it to but in 2019 it is probably time to move on.
Olivia Crellin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
February 08, 2018

Adobe Flash Review

Emily Sperduto | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.

Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Flash is only suited for cases where a client needs to update a Flash animation and doesn't want to part ways with their Flash sites. In most cases, it's just used for a temporary band-aid until a website update is done. Other than that, we really steer our clients in the direction of HTML5. It's here to stay.
February 02, 2018

My Adobe Flash Review

Rebecca Powell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Benjamin Yee | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is well suited for scenarios for desktop and laptop PC websites, but not if you are wanting to view a Flash website on a mobile device or tablet.
You mainly use it to view digital media, animations, and other graphics that would require Flash. However, if Flash continues to crash when you visit a specific website on a web browser, you would need to either update it or uninstall it and find a better alternative, such as HTML5.
Stephen Hustedde | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Flash/Animate Pro is well suited for creating animation sequences. Coupled with the drawing capabilities, it is a great environment for cartooning. But I think its greatest feature is the ability to create interactive cross-platform apps for WIndows, Android, and iOS devices. Unfortunately, this is a mostly-hidden ability. Adobe does not market much to this capability nor does the mobile development industry tout Flash/Animate Pro much. Great for prototyping apps as well.
Chris Cookson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
April 17, 2017

A good choice

Luca Campanelli | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Flash is a complete program and as many of you probably already know Flash can be used for multiple situations and needs. For what I need I have never made specific and complex animations, many developers have developed entire web pages using Flash, no matter what your need is, it definitely requires a thorough study of the pros and cons about its purpose and end use.
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