Adobe Animate is the new name for Adobe Flash Professional software that supports web standards. Using the cutting-edge design tools, you can create interactive animations and publish them to multiple platforms, including Flash/Adobe AIR, HTML5, and WebGL. You can also browse and access fonts, colors, graphics, and a variety of creative tools in the library that are available in other animation and Creative Cloud applications.
Features and functions of Adobe Animate software:
- Convert Flash-based ads to HTML5 or create ads from scratch, optimized for browsers
- Output in 4k to ensure good appearance on Ultra HD monitors and TVs
- Find the tools you need with the new Adobe Stock filter search and icons
- New brushes and templates, vectors, etc. that give you easy ways to design animation.
- Animated characters like mouths and hands faster with small previews
- Attach and control audio directly in the timeline for perfect synchronization without the need for code
- Import H.264 videos directly onto the timeline
- Quickly save large files
- Split audio files directly on the timeline to synchronize empty frames as movement
- Minimize the number of files in the project, export bitmaps in HTML5 documents
- Create custom brushes to get the ideal shape and angle
As of November 2015, Adobe Edge Animate software is no longer being updated and has been replaced by Adobe Animate.
System requirements
Windows | macOS
Operating system:
2022
Windows 10 version V2004, V20H2 and V21H1 or later
macOS Catalina v10.15 or later
2021
Windows 10 version V1903, V1909, V2004, and later.
macOS version 10.14 (Mojave) or later
2020
Windows 10 version 1803, 1809 and later.
macOS X version 10.13 (64 bit) or later
2019
Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 or Windows 10 version 1703 or later
macOS X version 10.12 (64 bit) or later
Processor:
Windows: Intel Pentium 4 or Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor (2GHz or faster processor) Required;
macOS: Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support Required;
RAM:
2022: Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended);
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018: Minimum 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
Hard disk space: 4 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; more free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices) Required;
Monitor resolution: 1024×900 display Required (1280×1024 recommended);
GPU: OpenGL version 3.3 or higher Required;
Windows: DirectX 12 with feature level 12_0 recommended;
macOS: Metal Support recommended