Animate is prone to corrupt files under circumstances.   Obviously you saved versions of your animation under different names, right? Because that's something we should always do.   If not, your only recourse might be to try to recover some of the file contents via the WinRar method:   ---- 1.Change the damaged file extension from .fla to .rar. 2.Open the damaged file using your WinRAR. 3.Winrar will display an error that you are about to open a damaged file, ignore this warning. 4.Select Tools>Repair Archive. This will make sure that the archive and FLA is repaired. 5.Change the file extension back to .fla ---   On Mac you might find a recovery file in your library folder (if I recall correctly). In any case search for the file name on your entire machine: you might get lucky.   From another related thread: ---- if you had auto-recovery enabled there's a small chance there's a non-corrupt recovery file.   for win users, open C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Adobe\<animate version>\en_US\Configuration\AutoRecoverFilenames.txt and see if there was a saved file and, if so, check the folder location listed   for mac users, check the folder (for a file with name recover_) where the fla was saved. if the fla wasn't saved, i think you're out of luck, but you can still search your computer for "recover_" ---- Otherwise, unless you saved incremental versions (which you should) you may be out of luck.   @kglad  wrote a nice script to save incremental versions. https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/potentially-corrupted-fla-file/m-p/14256103   ... View more

I checked the date on the header image for that article: 23 October. With the lead time on such a project, I'd imagine the design brief was given a longer time ago, and since marketing and development streams work independently,  I'd wager a bet that that article means absolutely nothing in regard to Animate's continued development chances.   With Adobe's management's history and past behaviour/events with sidelining and shelving their previous products in mind, though? Very telling, and matches the current events and communication blackout surrounding Animate.   Animate is on the chopping block. It's over. ... View more

@n. tilcheff If events follow history, Animate's active development is already, or will be, halted, with perhaps a few years of remaining basic support given to Animate users. At some point then Flash CS6 will no longer be a viable option due to OS/hardware changes. Even though it is the arguably best version of Flash it isn't legally available for sale nor does it receive any support outside of your Flanimate tools.   With Animate's future uncertain (and probably at the end of its lifeline), Flash/Animate as a viable tool will become untenable/unmaintainable.   I myself currently use a combination of Clip Studio, Moho, OpenToonz/Tahoma2d, and Blender for various animation jobs. Clip Studio might go rental-only in the near future.   The way I see it: a strong open source and community driven alternative is a good answer to animation software going rental or disappearing/be acquired by larger business entities.   OpenToonz/Tahoma2d is already in its core far more advanced than Flash/Animate CC. It's more on par with ToonBoom Animate Advanced and production proven for classic frame-by-frame animation workflows. What is missing in its current state, however, are modern 2d puppet rigging and animation tools: the ones that do exist in OpenToonz/Tahoma2D are rather basic compared to Moho Pro or your Flanimate tools.   I think we already had this discussion years ago, but I would love to see your tools implemented in OpenToonz/Tahoma2D. Would you consider becoming contributers to OpenToonz as developers and slowly transitioning your Flanimate EDAP tools to that open source animation platform? Because the way I see it is that Flash/Animate is now most probably a dead-end that will at some point in the upcoming few years no longer be available to animators, and those animators --including yourself-- will have to migrate to other software anyway. Or at the very least release your tools for other animation software, because Flash/Animate will no longer be an available or supported animation software.   And it would be a crying shame to see your work and EDAP tools/workflow concepts lost to the next generation of animators. ... View more

Unfortunately this behaviour is exactly as expected based on past behaviour. Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Adobe XD, Muse, ... All started with a deafening silence. And then after a (long) pause in communication a message that active development had been stopped, and the software would be in 'support' only mode.   Next will be a call from users begging Adobe to open source Animate and/or sell it to another party.   Which will be ignored by Adobe. More silence.     ... View more

Adobe Animate ist für Animationen gedacht, nicht für die Videobearbeitung oder Diashows. Es ist tatsächlich ziemlich schwierig, einen sanften Übergang zu erstellen, da es in Animate keine Standardübergänge gibt. Das ist ein manueller Animationsprozess. Um Videos mit einer Diashow von Bildern zu erstellen, die fließend übergehen, kann fast jede Videobearbeitungssoftware verwendet werden. Und es ist nicht einmal notwendig, für diese Art von einfacher Videobearbeitungssoftware zu bezahlen. Es gibt gute bis hervorragende kostenlose Optionen.   PS: Kaufen Sie NIEMALS Adobe-Software bei eBay. Dort werden zu viele raubkopierte Versionen verkauft. ... View more

As an online web-based Photoshop alternative, open your PSD or image files in Photopea instead.  It supports changing the image mode between RGB and CMYK, as well as 8bit, 16bit, and 32bit image modes. ... View more

Have you tried the simplified version of OpenToonz called Tahoma? May be easier for you to work with. https://tahoma2d.org/index.html   Krita is also pretty simple to animate frame-by-frame with. And free. https://krita.org/en/ ... View more

Increasing the resolution from 2048px to 4000px will increase the required CPU/GPU time, RAM, and storage server resources by roughly 4 times. That also means 4 times the costs to run their servers.   A solution for Adobe would be to ask for extra credits depending on the resolution to offset the extra costs. ... View more

@Oh.N8That would only work if the smart object is scaled down, not up. Converting an image layer to a smart object allows for non-destructive scaling, i.e. the original resolution doesn't change, but it also means that a low resolution image embedded in a smart object isn't magically scaled up with extra details or sharpness. It just gets fuzzier, just like scaling up that image destructively with the transform option.   Of course, it is possible to use AI/smart upscale software (both free and commercial options are out there).   All this said: Firefly is rather limited in its resolution and proportion choice. Free and open source genAI image generators allow for any resolution (limited to the hardware's capabilities, of course). ... View more

The only viable SFW alternative that I know of that supports modern web image formats is Squoosh:   https://squoosh.app   WebP, WebP2, AVIF, QOI (!) export aside from the expected JPG, PNG, and JPG XL export formats precise final optimized file size reporting resize option with the excellent Catmull-Rom reduction resampling algorith and one for pixel art. With an option to premultiply the alpha channel. And works with the preview! complete control over WebP, AVIF, and other file format settings if required. much improved preview to compare with the original using a slider   There is no Photoshop plugin. Create a selection in Photoshop, copy merged, and paste the image in Squoosh. Or drag and drop a full quality PNG. Ensure Squoosh is running in a Chrome compatible browser otherwise transparency will not be preserved (Firefox has issues with this).   Squoosh is a web app and runs online. It is open source, a free download and also runs locally in a webserver installed on one's system for those who prefer to run it on their local machine.   Instructions to install the app and download its source here: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/squoosh     ... View more

L'IA générative est stupide et n'est pas consciente - l'algorithme de diffusion stable ne comprend pas les « textures sans couture ». Les méthodes classiques de création de cartes de texture sans couture sont nombreuses sur YouTube. Pour Photoshop également. Une alternative rapide consiste à utiliser Materialize et sa fonction intégrée de tuilage sans couture. Elle fonctionne très bien pour les textures génériques. Deux techniques sont disponibles : le chevauchement ou le « splat » :     Ici, j'ai traité une texture diffuse que j'ai générée avec generative ai et je l'ai mise en carreaux. Ensuite, j'ai demandé à Materialize de calculer toutes les autres cartes de texture. Rapide, efficace, et de bons résultats en général. Télécharger gratuitement : https://www.boundingboxsoftware.com/materialize/index.php ... View more

To amend @Tammy_Moore 's answer: aside from Captivate and Animate, other options for highly interactive learning content are visual game engines such as: Gdevelop https://gdevelop.io/ A free open source and feature rich visual game authoring environment that exports projects directly to the web or an executable for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile platforms. Very easy to learn. Compared to Adobe Animate it lacks the animation timeline, but it is easy to import animations from other apps and the easy to learn visual programming makes it a doddle to generate highly interactive content and games at a rapid rate. It's also free and runs on the web - also interesting for kids to create their own content, btw. It is free for download and use, although the number of mobile app export is limited per day unless the user pays for additional ones, I believe. Other than that: completely free! No subs, no licensing, just download, install, and start creating. Or use the online version. Exports to html5 projects for inclusion in learning environments. Godot https://godotengine.org/ Again an open source and free option. This does sport an animation timeline, and also supports 3D projects aside from 2d ones. This one is more complex to learn, but does have an extension that allows for Scratch-like visual programming, which simplifies the coding process dramatically.  Has a built-in GUI system as well. No limitations and it is completely free. Exports to a webassembly based web project for inclusion in learning environments. Construct 3 https://www.construct.net/en Similar to Gdevelop, Construct is a commercial alternative. It also comes with an animation timeline. Very easy to learn and use to create complex interactive learner projects. Exports to html5 and most other platforms. Subscription only, however, and lacks a desktop version (browser-based only).   Other game engines exist, of course, but these are very popular and have been used for interactive learning content. A mountain of YouTube tutorials are available online for these.   Here is an example of Gdevelop that is used for large touch-screen educational games at the Baltic Sea Science Center at the Skansen museum in Sweden: https://gdevelop.io/blog/making-interactive-experiences-museums-gdevelop   Quite amazing for a completely free and open source product! 🙂 ... View more

This is exactly why I don't bother with Photoshop's PNG export. And the fact that 8bit PNG files cannot be saved with full transparency is just ridiculous.   I use Color Quantizer to open the PSD file (drag it into CQ) and export a correct PNG file. It offers advanced PNG export and editing options that cannot be found in any other visual PNG export software, including full control over how alpha is treated and exported. It is by far the best PNG export and optimization tool out there.     https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/Color-quantizer.shtml   The official website only runs via http, so a browser will warn against visiting it. But it is safe otherwise. http://x128.ho.ua/color-quantizer.html ... View more

Other options are: ModLab https://store.steampowered.com/app/768970/ModLab/ AwesomeBump https://github.com/kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump CrazyBump   I wouldn't want to use CrazyBump anymore: it's a rather old and no longer updated tool. The site is not secured either, so I did not link to it.   ModLab works fine and is free. But just as fast (or slow) as Materialize. The gui is much less intuitive in my opinion.   AwesomeBump seems much faster loading texture maps compared to either Materialize or ModLab, but crashes a lot on my machine and the opengl view self-destructs often. The interface is (sorry!) atrocious.   I work with 8K maps in Materialize, and on my system (3900x, 128GB, 3080ti) it can take around 25 seconds to open the initial 8K diffuse map. Opening a height map takes around 10 seconds for me.   But following that creating a height map (if I only have a diffuse map) takes a few seconds, and the normal map, AO map, and other maps take a second to complete.   Then I save the maps which takes a few seconds for each map. It's actually quite fast, and allows me to finish a texture based on 1 diffuse map within 2 minutes. Same with quick tiled setups. I do keep a texture set in its own folder, however, because Materialize's open and save dialogs take a long time to generate thumbnails.   From your comments I feel that you are having more difficulties with the actual workflow in Materialize rather than the speed itself? Did you watch the tutorials? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMrWNe2EWAk   The only other tool that I feel is equivalent is ModLab. I don't like that GUI personally, but it may jive better for you. ... View more

I expect it will take the Photoshop devs a few more years before they will address the missing panorama editing functionality. If ever. 😉   In the meantime, you could do worse than installing Affinity Photo (free six months trial, btw) which does support live 360 degree panorama editing. ... View more

Hey, good spotting! Yes, looks like a table. Makes sense. ... View more

Those text frames were pasted into the main text frame. Switch to the selection tool (V), and select one. Then open the Object-->Anchored Object-->Options. It should be set to "Inline". You should be able to "release" each text frame with the Release option in the same menu.     ... View more

Would love to help you out! To do so, it would be helpful to learn more about what kind of image you are trying to convert to GIF. Also, it is an animation? Or a still graphic? Is it perhaps possible to choose an alternative file format? Because GIF is outdated and the worst choice for web graphics at the moment.   Provide a bit more context and we should be able to give you a hand.   Also: have you checked out @Herbert2001 's answer? ... View more

@Laura237207599u02  That's not how it works. It's not the correct answer. If you set it to "original" it merely shows you the original image -- not the optimized version. ... View more

As a (free with ads) alternative, Photopea will open PSD mockups with smart objects. https://www.photopea.com/   ... View more

If you are on windows, I can suggest PDF-Xchange Editor. Great form creation tools, and feels like an alternate universe version of Acrobat where the Adobe Acrobat team actually listened to their users.   I left Acrobat Pro ages ago since the inane GUI changes began to occur. ... View more