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Chuck Braman
Participant
February 9, 2016
Answered

What is the difference between Animate CC and Edge Animate CC?

  • February 9, 2016
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What are the similarities and differences between these two products now? In what specific contexts, for what specific reasons, would one choose one over the other? Would one have a need to learn, and use, both? Is Edge Animate going to be phased out, or does it still have something unique to offer that Animate CC lacks?

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      Correct answer ClayUUID

      This is somewhat like asking what the difference is between Java and JavaScript. They are completely different programs that happen to have similar uses.

      Edge Animate is no longer being developed: Update about Edge Tools and Services «  Adobe Edge Animate Team Blog

      Edge works by moving individual HTML entities around the screen.

      Animate CC is the next version of Flash CC, with a very confusing and poorly-considered name change applied. Flash/Animate CC works (in Canvas mode) by rendering to a bitmap canvas object.

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      marjantrajkovski
      Inspiring
      February 9, 2016

      Adobe Animate CC FAQ  > How does Adobe Animate CC relate to Edge Animate CC? Is it a replacement?


      At their core, Adobe Animate CC and Edge Animate CC are both timeline-based, 2D animation tools. Adobe Animate CC is ideal for cinematic cartoons and programmatic animations that can be published to a variety of formats. Edge Animate CC uses a document object model (DOM) that is better suited for integrating animations into your website’s HTML structure.

        Paul Whitehead
        Paul Whitehead
        Inspiring
        February 9, 2016

        So this program is replacing flash?  Is flash now unsupported?  Please explain, thanks.

        Colin Holgate
        Colin Holgate
        Inspiring
        February 9, 2016

        It's just a name change, it still can make SWFs that will play in Flash Player.

        Paul Whitehead
        Paul Whitehead
        Inspiring
        February 9, 2016

        So if flash dead?

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        marjantrajkovski
        Inspiring
        February 9, 2016

        It is difference like between Raster Based Photoshop vs Vector Based Illustrator, DOM Based Edge Animate vs Canvas Based Animate.

        There are similiarity, but there are difference. Both have merits and demerits. Merits of one is demerits of other, e.g. with Animate you can easy work and export vectors, with Edge Animate you can easy work and export HTML DOM elements like live text, fonts, forms... With Edge Animate will produce true HTML/CSS/JS file like standard HTML page, With Animate will produce, more closed canvas file which is based on HTML/CSS/JS. I dont know, they must or keeping alive Edge Animate or implement DOM manipulations in Animate. Yes, we can handcoding DOM things in canvas file but who want to handcode, if I want to handcode I will use full handcoding GSAP.

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          Chuck BramanAuthor
          Participant
          February 9, 2016

          Thanks, both are correct, informative answers.

          By the way, I hate it when Adobe does this kind of stuff. I took the time a few years ago to focus on Edge assuming it would be a modern replacement for Flash. Now going forward, I'll have to relearn Flash and recreate the assets I created in Edge.

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            Ian Rossenrode
            Participant
            February 16, 2016

            My thoughts precisely - sent myself and my team on an Edge Animate course a few months ago, after 'giving up' on Flash previously.... to now find myself telling the team we have to 're-learn' Flash (or should I say 'Animate CC.....)

              Colin Holgate
              Colin Holgate
              Inspiring
              November 20, 2017

              Ian, this is a 21 month old conversation. But the important part to know is that Edge Animate is a CSS animator app, and you can continue to use it, or use competitors like Hype. As of now, Adobe Animate is a Canvas animation program (in addition to all the other platforms it does). It would be nice if one day that Adobe Animate also published to CSS animation. For now there will still be times with Edge Animate is a better choice.

              rezun8
              rezun8
              Inspiring
              February 9, 2016

              Edge Animate has been/ is now un-supported by Adobe. Most all features can now be found within Animate CC (formerly Flash)

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                ClayUUIDCorrect answer
                Legend
                February 9, 2016

                This is somewhat like asking what the difference is between Java and JavaScript. They are completely different programs that happen to have similar uses.

                Edge Animate is no longer being developed: Update about Edge Tools and Services «  Adobe Edge Animate Team Blog

                Edge works by moving individual HTML entities around the screen.

                Animate CC is the next version of Flash CC, with a very confusing and poorly-considered name change applied. Flash/Animate CC works (in Canvas mode) by rendering to a bitmap canvas object.

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