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Feb 2, 2026 9:19 PM UTC
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Frame-by-Frame Animation Timeline

With Animate discontinued, Creative Cloud no longer properly supports hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation. Photoshop’s video layers are too limited for this workflow.

Incorporating Animate’s timeline features into Photoshop would make it comparable to apps like Procreate Dreams or TVPaint.

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    Trevor.Dennis
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    Feb 3, 2026 1:35 AM UTC

    Goodness!  I didn’t know that.  I just checked and it is still installed, so is it just support and updates that are ending?  That’s a shame. :-(

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    notofagusAuthor
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    Feb 3, 2026 1:59 AM UTC

    They will end support in a month, and Animate will be discontinued entirely within a year. Where to create hand-drawn animation is unknown ¯\(ツ)/¯

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    davescm
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    Feb 3, 2026 9:58 AM UTC

    ‘They will end support in a month,..’

    That is not quite correct. Sales end March 26, support for Individuals ends March 27, and support for enterprise accounts continues until March 29. 
    See here :  


    Can you explain exactly what you want in Photoshop that is not in the Frame Animation timeline (as opposed to video animation timeline).

    Dave

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