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RetroGuy768
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October 20, 2023
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A message to Adobe: I'm sorry

  • October 20, 2023
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My version of Adobe Flash (CS 5.5) has been the one from the web archive. The serial number that was on the installation has expired, so I can't use it anymore.

 

The reason why I chose an outdated version of Flash? I just wanted to see how it worked. I was actually planning on making an animation with it because it's the only animation tool I have, but now I can't. I could've bought it like I was supposed to, but it's been discontinued, so unfortunately, piracy was the only option.

 

I guess Adobe might ban me from the website for pirating one of their apps, breaking a law. I didn't know this would happen. I did not mean any harm to Adobe.

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    rayek.elfin
    rayek.elfin
    Brainiac
    October 21, 2023

    If you just want to get started in animation there is no need to use illegal software. Download either (or both) OpenToonz or Krita, which are open source and free.

     

    OpenToonz is a professional animation app used in feature length film animation. It was used as the primary animation software for the latest "The Boy and the Heron" animation by Studio Ghibli, for example.

    https://opentoonz.github.io/e/

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cal6WoGyfe4

     

    Krita is also nice for simpler frame-by-frame animation work.

    https://krita.org/

     

    kglad
    kglad
    Brainiac
    October 20, 2023

    valid serial numbers never expire.  you just were caught.

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    RetroGuy768Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 20, 2023

    Ok, now I understand. But isn't there a way to keep using CS5.5? I would pay to get a serial number, but I can't anymore.

    HelenWLee
    HelenWLee
    Inspiring
    January 17, 2025

    correction, cs5, cs5.5 and cs6 are still available (for users with a current subscription, as well as, users with valid serial number from a past purchase.)


    CS6 is not available anymore with Creative Cloud subscription. If you already have an installation activated you can use it but you will not be able to download and activate a new installation (why I still have a laptop with Windows 7 on it...). CS5 and CS5.5 can no longer be activated either, even if you have a legal licemse which I doscovered recently just when I decided to use my own purchasedFlash  CS5 license for a simple framebyframe animation and an app that needs the textframework that disappeared with Animate CC. There is no information at all anywhere, support knows nothing (as usual) but the activation servers are dead.  There is a message about CS4, that it is discontinued but nothing about CS5. Adobe is handling all this really badly, as usual. I have used Flash since it was FutureSplash in 1996 and loved it but now I´m so feed up that I might not anymore. Too bad. It´s the best tool I have used.

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