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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

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Elliot's Toons Animation Demo Reel 2017

YouTube

Demo Minigame - Adobe Animate + ES6

YouTube

Comment Animer sur Adobe Animate | Demo reel

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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

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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 and Ratings

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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
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.
January 25, 2023

Best Animation Software.

Shagun Shukla | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified 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 animate for create high quality web application that are very reliable and scalable and also apply other interactive content to the website.
Abhijith Menon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 or AR, or for interactive Ads, Adobe Animate is our First Choice. It works well with Mid tier PCs too.
Gajanan Biradar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 Timeline and motion editor, which makes it easy to create complex animations, such as tweening and inverse kinematics. Additionally, the software supports a wide range of file formats, making it easy to import and export graphics, sound, and video.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Currently we use Adobe Animate to create animated videos, graphics, and more for the Chamber. Combining it with other Adobe tools like Photoshop and Illustrator we can expand on our current marketing kit and grow our presence online.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We create many types of training materials, some of which involve videos and animations that provide instruction or insight to our family members. We use Adobe Animate to support us as we create and distribute these learning resources to our people. We also use the software to create assets for a learning website.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I work a lot with Adobe CC and when choosing a program for animations, it is no doubt to use another program by Adobe. Our clients ask for animation for their brand, campagnes and other related design projects. We create the impossible, and animations are impossible for most of our clients, they don't have the expertise to create susch things. They can think of concepts, but the execution of the idea is more difficult.
Teresa Evans | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We endeavored to develop another site from the beginning concluded Adobe Animate was the best programming, to begin with. There was an expectation to absorb information to address, and a coding language to learn, yet since Adobe Animate is so broadly utilized there are huge loads of recordings and assets to hold your hand as you develop your portfolio.
Daniel Epstein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We attempted to build a new website from the ground up and decided Flash was the best software to start with. There was a learning curve to address, and a coding language to learn, but since Flash is so widely used there are tons of videos and resources to hold your hand as you build up your portfolio.
February 02, 2019

Dated but has potential

Stefanie Cash | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Flash (now rebranded as Adobe Animate) is used within the marketing department to produce animated graphics for emails and other digital marketing purposes. Aside from the actual program, Flash is used internally to view interactive elements on sites such as watching videos and streaming webinars.
January 04, 2019

Flash Works in a Pinch

Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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 at this point, sometimes we do need to use the older Flash standard and when we do it does work well. I know some of my backup solutions and VM solutions require Flash.
Dan Talvi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization is a career and technical educational facility in which students learn software and techniques through real client work. Adobe Flash (now rebranded as Adobe Animate). It has provided our students a means to create key-frame animated graphics for advertising (such as web banners) and short animations for video productions.
Olivia Crellin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
February 08, 2018

Adobe Flash Review

Emily Sperduto | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Flash is really only used occasionally, if we have a client who still uses Flash. You can put together code snippets without really knowing code. However, times are changing and we are recommending all of our clients remove Flash animations from their websites for many reasons.
February 02, 2018

My Adobe Flash Review

Rebecca Powell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Adobe Flash to stream and view video, audio and multimedia and (RIA) - basically, our digital content across different platforms. We use it instead of standard television or other advertising. I deal with the creative aspects.
Benjamin Yee | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Flash runtime is used throughout the whole organization, as it is used for most websites, for media and moving graphics. Some of the business problems it addresses depend on the graphics that are needed for the organization, such as diagrams and schematics for different components for certain types of vehicles. We particularly use different Adobe software, such as Reader to manipulate the sizes of the graphics, not as much for using Adobe's professional software, which can be used for animations and movies.
Stephen Hustedde | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I teach classes in Adobe Animate Pro CC (formerly Adobe Flash CC) in our Web & Graphics certificate/degree program. In the beginning class I cover drawing, animating and very basic scripting. In the advanced class I focus much more heavily on programming with ActionScript. I personally use Animate/Flash to create learning materials for classes, animated title sequences for instructional videos, and create front-end apps that utilize a PHP-MySQL backend for data collection. I have created textbook ancillaries and other instructional apps with Flash in the past, as well as Android/iOS apps for personal use.
Chris Cookson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
April 17, 2017

A good choice

Luca Campanelli | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used Adobe Flash my first time to make interactions of graphs for interactive dashboards. They were in preparation to make attractive dashboards. I have repeatedly used this feature on objects business dashboards Xcelsius 2008. I have found it really useful because it can import SWF files and you can personalize your dashboards without any problems.
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