Best Program for Simple Animations

[PaulusMaximus]

Adobe has so many great options for animation, I thought I'd ask the community their experience. I've been asked to create an ongoing series of animations (punchy callouts etc.) for instagram/facebook etc that are photo images with text and various graphics that I will probably create the base art in Photoshop and illustrator.

I may or may not add music ands video to these, but am trying to get my head around what each program is best to adopt/learn. I've seen great things created in Animate, After Effects and even Premier, but I wonder if anyone can recommend the best program for 1: A relative beginner to animation, and 2: that won't be too limited in scope as I evolve. (I do have years of experience using Photoshop and Illustrator).

I would appreciate any advice, even if its your general preference/experience and have been able to create similar materials.

Many thanks,

Paulos

[kglad]

if the animation is not interactive, premiere is probably what you want.  if it's interactive, animate is probably what you want.

[PaulusMaximus]

Thanks for your reply, I hadn't even thought about interactivity! Food for thought.

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[Nancy OShea]

Use different tools for different tasks. 

Animated GIF can work well on social media sites but it does not support sound.   Start here.

Create animated GIFs in Photoshop |

[PaulusMaximus]

Thanks Nancy, I've been making gifs in Photoshop for years, but I only ever used it frame by frame as a hack. I could certainly dig deeper and use it to its fuller potential.