Animate

I started adobe animate recently since it’s been sitting in my desk for a while and I’ve never use it until yesterday. I was originally going to animate an Undertale fan animation and I thought I knew what I was doing but it isn’t enough. There are so many things that I still don’t know about and I’ve been running with so many issues that Chatgpt isn’t being too helpful. I need a real person with experiences someone who can help me guide where I need to go. I wanted to use the software to create but so far it feels like I’ve been fighting more with the software than to animate. If anybody wants to use my discord. My username is <Personal information has been edited by the moderator>

Hello I'm not a programming expert, but I wanted to share a few thoughts. Since Animate is now primarily in maintenance mode, with no new features in sight, I wonder if Adobe could consider making Animate more deeply customizable or even partially moddable for users who want to continue expanding the software themselves. There are already many things that can be done through scripts and extensions, but there are also aspects of the interface and underlying functionality that don't appear to be accessible through the current tools.  For example, it would be nice to have the ability to customize the brightness intensity or the color of the overlay in View > Preview Mode > Anti-Alias, when entering symbols or groups. Or to mark specific regions of the timeline with colors, icons, readable text or other visual indicators that could make navigating longer timelines less painful.  A more open and customizable Animate could allow experienced users to develop their own improvements and w

I’m using adobe animate 2021. Whenever I try to export my animation, I get “ERROR initializing java runtime environment. You may need to reinstall Animate”I tried everything. Checked the jvm, edited it, downloaded java, etcetera. The error only occurs if I’m using the camera layer. It exports the video anyway (quicktime, default), but the exported video has the camera layer glitching out. Watching the animation in ‘Test movie’ also displays the camera errors. The camera is only a few layers instead of the layers I animated that should be moved, things like that.I feel dumb, but idk what else to do. Help please. I have a deadline by tomorrow :(

hello,My computer doesn't support the latest version,Where can I download the old version for trial use? I want to try Flash Professional CS6.Thanks!

Hey lovely peopleI’m sure this is a frequent one, but I had a file corrupt on me and I’ve been unable to repair it...but I also don’t really know what I’m doingIt didn’t crash though, I drew in it earlier today and I saved it seemingly normally, but it was broken when I booted my computer.Any help would be appreciated, thank you all File:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1irpw_Y-LoI9Qf_pIXkBxdRId3-1t9qaX/view?usp=sharing

When I’m drawing shapes using the Line Tool in Adobe Animate 24.0.14, while I draw lines connected with each other and reshaping them, previous random lines keep disappearing constantly. I changed back to 24.0.13 and it works normally again.

Product/version: Adobe Animate 24.0.5 (Windows 11). Reproduced across several 24.0.x builds; the responsible code appears unchanged since 22.x.Setup: Layer A has a motion tween. Layer B (motion tween) is layer-parented to A in the timeline's parenting view. Optionally layer C parented to B (makes the breakage more visible).Steps:Put the playhead mid-span. Select the child (B) on stage with the Free Transform tool. Rotate it with the corner rotation handle, e.g. ~45°.Expected: a Rotation_Z keyframe at the playhead frame, identical to typing the same angle into Properties > Transform > Rotate (which works correctly!)Actual: Animate decomposes the edit into invalid channels in the motion XML: unequal Skew_X/Skew_Y ramps plus large Scale_X/Scale_Y and Motion_X/Y keys. Measured examples (child rotated by exactly 15/30/45/90°): Scale_Y lands at 197%, 342%, 473%, 660% (wildly non-monotonic); skews swing unpredictably. The channel set composes to a non-orthonormal matrix (column norms 1.

[tagged as Photoshop because couldn’t find the Animate category]When I’m drawing shapes using the Line Tool in Adobe Animate 24.0.14, while I draw lines connected with each other and reshaping them, previous random lines keep disappearing constantly. I changed back to 24.0.13 and it works normally again.

HelloLet’s say you create a new file and then press the Zoom Out hotkey once. Then, when you try moving / panning the stage canvas (using Space key) to the left side, you can’t do it. There is a limit on how far this rectangle will go.  Now, if you zoom out one more time and try panning around, it’s almost impossible. The stage canvas rectangle is mostly stuck in the middle of the screen. But if you zoom out all the way and draw something at the bottom right of the screen (not within the stage rectangle but the area outside of it), and then you zoom in again, then you can pan / move around your stage canvas rectangle anywhere without any constraints.  Shouldn’t the software allow you to move your stage canvas rectangle anywhere without having symbols or shapes at the bottom right, per default? I’m not sure if it’s a bug or a design limitation, but it sure becomes annoying sometimes, when trying to pan around, but you can’t.   

Hello everyone!   This release of Animate runs natively on the apple silicon chipsets and comes with a sleek user interface. It has important bug fixes, stability improvements and it is recommended for all users.https://helpx.adobe.com/in/animate/release-notes.html   Thanks, Preran

Whenever i try to export my fla animation as a video it renders the mov part instantly and it pops out a 0 second vid thats just the first frame, it works fine as an swf and in the timeline so idk what went wrong, cuz it used to work normally, but then my file corrupted a little bit after that and then i had to continue the project through a decompiled swf, i just wanna export this to a video, i think the fla is corrupted

So about a day ago I opened the Adobe Animate app, and the home menu looked like this. It still looks like this today. I can use it and open new files and stuff, but it looks like this.  I just wanted to make sure this wasnt a concern. Idk if it is. 

When I make a line using the brush tool, as soon as I let go it slightly moves to the right on the screen, leading to a calibration error that messes up with alignment. Arethere any ways I can fix this?

How do i make a video

Hi everyone,I have a question regarding the Java runtime bundled with Adobe Animate.On all of my company’s machines, Adobe Animate installs its own Java Runtime Environment inside the application folder (e.g., *C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Animate 2024\jre*) and it appears to be Oracle Java 17. This has been confirmed by checking the internal JRE folder and by community reports indicating that Animate 2024 ships with a Java 17 runtime.Older versions reportedly included Oracle Java 11 as well.Because Oracle Java SE 17 requires a commercial license under Oracle’s current employee‑based licensing model, this represents a potential compliance and financial risk for companies that deploy Adobe Animate.I would like clarification from Adobe regarding the following:Does Adobe Animate officially distribute Oracle Java 17, and is it licensed for use by end customers under Adobe’s agreement with Oracle? Is the bundled JRE covered by Adobe’s licensing so that customers do not need a separate Oracl

Hey, I have a bit of an odd issue, and I’m not sure what I’ve done. On the second scene of my project I noticed that half way through one of my symbols I usually drag from my library onto the stage  was coming out with an odd size. When I opened the transform box i saw the width and length were offset, and so i tried to set them back to 100% and 100%. but this made the object skewed. I noticed in the transform box that the skew box was selected instead of the rotate. So i tried setting it back to “rotate” but it doesn’t stick? This is only happening on 2 of my layers, and the problem disappears as soon as I remove the parent layer, but then the animation doesn’t work the way I intended to with the parenting layer tool. I Anyone have any idea what’s happening here? 

I can't get an object to spin. It should be the easiest thing! I put in the keyframes, spin the object on the last one, add tween, press play, and nothing happens!

为什么我无法点击流畅画笔工具？ 

A coworker of mine is attempting to install Animate 2018 on Windows 11, but keeps getting the error message "Update required. Your browser or operating system is no longer supported."   Anyone here encountered this and managed to fix it?   And yes, it has to be Animate 2018. The version of CreateJS used by the current version of Animate is incompatible with our libraries.

Whenever I try to add a file from illustrator as a .ai or .svg file it wont let me import it at all (or copy-paste it in). My entire software just crashes from it. It does let me import jpeg and png (even files that are much bigger than my .ai and .svg files) with no problem. I want my files as vectors and with layers. Can anyone help?

I’m making a post about this again, I’ve had this problem for over 5 years, I’m doing better at logging the history with this issue. I’ve brought it up multiple times, it seems like no one knows or cares; but I will keep trying until its finally solved. The only other person I’ve found with this problem said their solution was to quit adobe and move on.I’ve updated drivers, updated animate, reinstalled windows etc over the years, this is just becoming rediclousy and has halted all my animation progress. And the only response I get from people, over the last 4 years is, “have you tried launching animate using your onboard graphics?” or “Updage your graphics drivers to the studio driver.” Yes, I’ve tried both of that, I’ve update everything over the span of 5 years, I’ve tried every single kind of drivers under the sun I have access too.It doesn’t matter if I draw for 10 mins or an hour + it eventually happens and stops all my momentum. Just like last time, here are gifs of the issue.  H

A shot in the dark - MacOS, Animate CC 2024, latest, 2021 Intel Macbook Pro with 32 GB RAM. I click the colour picker on my toolbar, bring up the colour swatches, and then click the field above it with the colour hexcode. As soon as I click on it (to copy, or type a new colour value), Animate pauses, then crashes. Same goes if I use the Color Panel or the Gradient Panel, wherever I go to type in a colour value. It's as if Animate can't handle me typing in colour values. Not sure what's happening. This is a fresh install with reset preferences. I've also set Accessibility Options in MacOS system settings, to no avail. This is very repeatable, as every time I click that little #FFFFFF to manually give a colour value, it crashes Animate.  

Hello everyone, I’m working on a project where I need to handle multiple languages in the same design, including Urdu, Arabic, English, and Roman Urdu.While working on web and design layouts, I’ve noticed some common challenges that keep coming up:Urdu and Arabic text sometimes behaves differently in rendering, even though both are RTL scripts Mixing English (LTR) with Urdu/Arabic (RTL) creates alignment and spacing issues Some fonts look great in English but lose readability in Urdu or Arabic Roman Urdu often feels inconsistent when placed alongside proper Urdu script Browser and software rendering (especially in web projects) is not always consistent across devicesI’ve tested a few Unicode fonts, but I still feel there is no perfect “all-in-one” solution that balances readability, performance, and visual consistency across all these languages.At the moment, I’m trying to understand better practices from people who work with multilingual typography in real projects.From your experienc