After Effects or Animate CC when animating?

[zaliJohnson]

I have a character that I am trying to animate, and I am stuck at a fork in the road. Should I use After Effects or Animate? I see people using both and I just wanted to know from the community which one you guys think I should use? It seems easier with After Effects, but now that I am learning animate cc more they both seem efficient for animation. Obviously because its named Animate cc I would think that's the way to go for animation, but After Effects looks just as good. Before I get started with my project I want to make sure.

[JoãoCésar · Accepted solution]

Hi.

There are some people that create great character animations in AE, but generally they make use of third party plugins, like Duik and Dojo Ease.

But, as a rule of thumb, Animate is the primary choice for tweenable/modular and frame-by-frame animations.

After Effects is generally geared towards composition and FX.

[zaliJohnson]

ok so Animate cc it is...Thank You

[JoãoCésar]

You're welcome!