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An artist backlash just saved Adobe Animate

Adobe took just 24 hours to rethink its termination of the former Flash.

Adobe is killing Adobe Animate, the Flash animation tool that defined the look of early web games

Animate's distinctive vector animation tools will no longer be available for purchase as of March.
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Adobe Ends Animate, Abandoning Millions Of Artists Amid AI Push

The sudden shutdown ends decades of workflows, jeopardizes active productions, and deepens fears that AI-first strategies are ...
NewsBytes

Adobe Animate is shutting down next month

Adobe has announced it will cease sales of its animation software, Adobe Animate, from March 1st, due to the rise of superior ...
Yahoo

Why the end of Flash animation marks the end of an era for creativity on the web

A message to uninstall Flash appears above a Flash-based work of art by Rafaël Rozendaal titled "Future Physics," from 2007. (Screengrab by Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times) It was a tale of ...

Adobe reverses shutdown plans for Animate, says it will continue in Maintenance Mode

Adobe has reversed plans to retire its long-running animation software Adobe Animate, confirming the application will remain ...

Adobe Ends Animate’s 30-Year Run as AI Steals the Spotlight

Adobe has expanded its generative AI strategy aggressively over the past two years, integrating AI into tools such as After Effects and Adobe Express.
Los Angeles Times

Why the end of Flash animation marks the end of an era for creativity on the web

It was a tale of sex and death and Teletubbies. In 1998, programmer and animator Tom Fulp released an online video game titled “Teletubby Fun Land” that featured the characters from the British ...