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December 1, 2015
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Welcome Adobe Animate CC, a new era for Flash Professional

  • December 1, 2015
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To more accurately represent its position as the premier animation tool for the web and beyond, Flash Professional will be renamed Adobe Animate CC, starting with the next release in early 2016.

For more information, see this blog post Welcome Adobe Animate CC, a new era for Flash Professional | Adobe Flash Professional Team Blog by Rich Lee, Senior product marketing manager.

Also see


Flash, HTML5 and Open Web Standards


Update about Edge Tools and Services | Creative Cloud blog by Adobe

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Preran

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puttc23859114
puttc23859114
Participating Frequently
January 15, 2016

I've been searching for more details about Animate, and what to expect, but am not finding these questions answered out there:

• Will Animate be HTML5-based? No more ActionScript? More like Edge Animate, with JavaScript/HTML5/CSS?

• Will the current workflow of Flash be what Adobe Animate models after, Edge Animate, or will it be a hybrid of both?

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
January 15, 2016

Adobe Animate IS Flash Professional, just with a new name. All the workflow is the same. With Edge Animate no longer being developed  there is a chance/hope, that the new Animate will gain some CSS animation features, but that's certainly not guaranteed.

My bet is that the first version of Adobe Animate will be identical to the current version of Flash Pro, but perhaps including any recent feature changes or bug fixes. BTW, I don't mind if I'm wrong, and it comes with lots of new features!

    puttc23859114
    puttc23859114
    Participating Frequently
    January 15, 2016

    Thanks for the info...

    Do you know if it will be ActionScript, or...?

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    nezarov
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2016

    Is there any new solution for the TextField "Right to Left Direction" property in as3?

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    ssshammi
    Participant
    December 14, 2015

    Flash is not a banner making tool any more and we should not be limiting it animate to just that. we need to make rich immersive web sites and UI in apps, also 3D and games. If you are tying to reinventing what flash can already do to support html5 you are simply not moving forward. We need more tools for complex UI and 3d development, Games, premium HD video even this is where the world is moving. Banner is flash past, I think the new Animate will be able to make rich website at-least that what the showed in the demo video. But i still don't like calling it Animate (Aka a banner making tool or a GIF/Sprite sheet tool). Like in the other post i said call it Apple CC may be it will sell better. because that's what you want it to be, you are scared to show steve that flash can do much more and its not dead.

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      marjantrajkovski
      Inspiring
      December 14, 2015

      Flash SWF banners are coming back through Animate HTML5 banners.

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        marjantrajkovski
        Inspiring
        December 11, 2015

        I am using both app and must say that Edge have smoothest and lighter animations because is using DOM. Canvas render is problem for CPU and GPU. Did the Adobe think about our customers which dont use that powerfull computers like designers and developers.

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        rosebudd10027515
        Inspiring
        December 14, 2015

        The answer is yes, and it appears you have not watched the Cory Hudson MAX presentation. There is a new class called AdHelperJS. As I know you are creating banners, I am surprised you have not watched the video called HTML5 Advertising with Flash Pro CC Canvas.

        The other great news for banner creators is Doubleclick/Google is hosting the CreateJS libraries

        DoubleClick hosted JavaScript libraries - DoubleClick Creative Solutions Help

        White Paper: HTML5 Banner Ads With CreateJS

        AdHelper is a helper class that makes it easier to build and deploy ads using CreateJS. It serves a number of functions, and is very easy to set up.


        Detects when the ad is not visible (ex. in a background browser tab), and sleeps the ad and mutes all sound. Resumes / unmutes the ad when it is visible. The "hidden" property is set accordingly and the sleep and wake events are dispatched as normal.

        This feature is enabled automatically when using AdHelper.

        Static methods to replace your ad canvas with alternative content. This can be useful when CreateJS is not supported, or if performance monitoring determines the ad is running too slowly. There are three methods, that give different levels of control.


        Force all MovieClips in the ad to operate in time-synced mode (ie. by setting framerate on all MovieClip instances). This allows the ad to play back with a predictable duration even if the real framerate fluctuates.


        Monitors playback framerate, and uses a simple heuristic to determine when the ad fails to satisfy configurable performance minimums. Dispatches a slow event and sleeps the ad by default. Works with visibility features to avoid failing while in a background tab due to throttling.

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        marjantrajkovski
        Inspiring
        December 14, 2015

        Adobe Animate HTML5 banner

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        marjantrajkovski
        Inspiring
        December 11, 2015

        Adobe realize that everyone for years talk about FLASH BANNERS and not about SWF BANNERS. Because that, awesome HTML5 BANERS from Flash Professional must not be FLASH BANNERS but must be example ANIMATE BANNERS. It is complicate and long to say FLASH HTML5 BANNERS.

        I have only one concern, they must implement DOM technology because they kill Edge Animate. Canvas is not always best solution (live text, input text, resizing vector SVG...)


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        rosebudd10027515
        Inspiring
        December 11, 2015

        Discontinuing development does not equal kill. No one is going to make anyone quit using Edge, there just won't be new anything to look forward to.

        I used the HTML text editor (Homesite) that Macromedia bought from the Allaire brothers, then Adobe inherited, up until this year. Now I love Adobe Edge Code Preview AKA Brackets, but use Dreamweaver for multiple folder level find and replace.

        Coming from Flash, I hated Edge, and am very pleased with going back to Flash, so to each his own. It is extremely easy to hit the ground running with Flash CC Canvas if you know Flash. Try it.

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        ssshammi
        Participant
        December 2, 2015

        why why? what about 3d in flash. i am looking for unity3d like authoring tool. if people want to make html pages there is already a animate cc. AIR applications for  desktop and andriod and ios  cannot be categorized as animate cc application. this is a disaster. flash developer will lose their unique identity.

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        WilliamRhoades1
        Participant
        December 2, 2015

        Flash can do much more than animate. The new title should be FLA short for Flash animate. It would be perfect since currently all flash files are called .fla's. There are a bunch of haters out there saying flash is dying. This is patently false! For example while you-tube is claiming it isn't flash based if you look at the online live video uploader it still uses flash to capture input from the camera. The need to re-brand is based largely on the premise that flash is dying. While it's true that video can now be streamed in html5 that was only a tiny aspect of the overall power of flash. For example if I wanted to make a mobile app I'd make it in flash. Why? Because it was designed to handle very complex user interfaces and graphics. It is super easy to make games in flash. In fact the company is taking the wrong direction. If anything Flash and adobe needs to strongly consider whole heartily adopting the node.js community. Seeing as how AS3 is deeply routed in java-script it is a perfect companion for taking Flash into the new era. As for catering to the animation community that is equally important. I see flash as the corner stone of all application development. It is a one of a kind multi-platform product that is not only easy to learn but it has many features for creating highly sophisticated applications. Many people don't realize that steve jobs was motivated by greed to keep flash off safari. If people could visit a website for their software instead of going to an app...  itunes store would have meant almost nothing. Even today their new project "swift" looks like a knock off of flash. Here are some things the flash mobile developer community desperately needs. 1 better UI for business class functions such as a better scroll bar etc etc. 2 A strong community tie with the node.js team so people can quickly develop back end networking. 3 Easier guides and methods for managing near field communications support. (blue tooth).

        Flash is still #1 for mobile application development in my opinion.   the #'s don't lie. here is how long it takes to make tic tac toe in different programs.

        flash tutorial 9 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXivdNQkWis

        xcode... 20 minutes long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu0ZQlDZmy8

        a similar game in android...... a painfully long 10 part series that spans over 3 hours.

                                

        I'd say flash deserves to keep it's speedy sounding name. Because you can develop with it in a FLASH.

        https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/27mu3v/why_do_android_dev_tools_still_suck

        http://devcodehack.com/xcode-sucks-and-heres-why/

        Also dear adobe flash. If you do consider going full node.js Please start leveraging your weight to push the use of adobe branded tools similar to the ones done by the NO-ip  DNS community. Being able to quickly create a Flash program and write node.js server side code combined with the power of seamlessly launching your server live from your home despite non static IP is very powerful. Especially if you consider the fact that since you'd be controlling the redirecting service... So you could essentially launch to the cloud with a simple file upload. "since the url path would be preserved and the DNS path tool could redirect to the cloud" It would take the cost of developing a fully networked application down dramatically.

        Here is an example of the kinds of things you can do with flash + node.js + port forwarding + a DNS service. I designed and launched this

        https://www.dropbox.com/s/1u4kflf7ue26tpb/chat-with-me.air?dl=0

        adobe flash team hook me up if you use  some of my ideas okay? How does  a modest 8% sound?

        keithleyson
        keithleyson
        Known Participant
        December 2, 2015

        Our company has just started producing iOS and Android Apps using Flash Pro CC. We stopped developing using native tools like Xcode and Eclipse so that we have more creative control in making our eLearning modules with a lot of interactivity and animations that was otherwise impossible, time consuming, or difficult to achieve using those native tools. Now with this upcoming rebranding of Flash Pro CC, what will happen to developers who are using Flash Pro CC for the sole purpose of developing mobile apps? Can we still expect updates to it to support future iOS and Android versions? I would sincerely want to know what to expect so that there is still time for us to stop what we are doing and not waste any more money if Flash Pro CC will reach end of life very soon.

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          gperry91
          Participating Frequently
          December 2, 2015

          Adobe Animate CC will function EXACTLY THE SAME as Flash Pro CC. It's a new name with some new features. You will not lose ANY functionality with the update.

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          ClayUUID
          Legend
          December 1, 2015

          This seems like a spectacularly dumb course of action.

            _keyframer
            Community Expert
            _keyframerCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            December 1, 2015

            Curious Clay as to why you see this is a dumb course of action. For years me and my colleagues who have been using Flash for years have always thought that rebranding Flash would be a smart idea and Adobe is finally doing so. I'm seriously asking and not trolling. I'm trying to see the flip side of the coin.

            Animator and content creator for Animate CC
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              ClayUUID
              Legend
              December 1, 2015

              Your colleagues must be marketing people (y'know, the sort of people who say things like "Excited for this rebranding!" unironically). This is a ham-fisted, facile attempt to ditch the "Flash" stigmata by just calling it something else. But it's still Flash. Everyone will know it's still Flash. The legions of Flash developers and Flash animators will not start calling themselves Animate developers and Animate animators who make Animate-animated animations.

              And that's another thing-- Flash is every bit as much a programming tool as an animation tool, yet the name "Animate" rejects that entirely. "Yeah, I programmed this in Animate" sounds ridiculous. The new name itself is bland, utterly lacking in character. It reeks of a room full of suits who couldn't think of anything good, so they just threw up their hands and declared, "People use it to animate, so eff it, call it that!" If these people were in charge of rebranding Acrobat, they'd call it "Read". Premiere would end up as "Edit".

              So anyway yes this is dumb and terrible.

                _keyframer
                Community Expert
                _keyframerCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                December 1, 2015

                Excited for this rebranding!

                Animator and content creator for Animate CC
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