{"id":317234,"date":"2026-02-03T00:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/317234\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:56:23","slug":"adobe-animate-is-shutting-down-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/317234\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Animate is shutting down next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Adobe is pulling the plug on Adobe Animate. In <a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/animate\/kb\/end-of-life.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a FAQ posted to Adobe\u2019s website<\/a>, the company says it will stop selling the animation software on March 1st, citing the emergence of new platforms \u201cthat better serve the needs of the users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Users have until March 1st, 2027 (or March 1st, 2029 for enterprise customers) to access and download files from Animate, as they\u2019ll no longer be available after this time. The app will be available to download until those deadlines, and Adobe will continue providing support during that period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Adobe Animate\u2019s history dates back to 1996, when FutureWave Software <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webdesignmuseum.org\/software\/futuresplash-animator-in-1996\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched the vector graphics application<\/a>, originally called FutureSplash Animator, as a tool to create vector-based animations. Though Macromedia acquired the tool later that year and renamed it Flash, Adobe purchased the company in 2005 and began calling the app Adobe Flash Professional. Adobe announced plans to rebrand the app to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015-12-01-adobe-flash-professional-now-animate-cc.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adobe Animate<\/a> in 2015 as the web began phasing out Flash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Though Adobe says Creative Cloud Pro customers can use other apps to \u201creplace portions of Animate functionality,\u201d such as Adobe After Effects or Adobe Express, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mildlyinfuriating\/comments\/1qu41ca\/adobe_is_planning_to_discontinue_animate_next\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">many users<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/animation\/comments\/1qu74il\/adobe_animate_is_getting_discontinued_on_march_1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who still use<\/a> Animate are frustrated with its imminent shutdown. The creators behind the short-form animated series, Chikn Nuggit, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chikn_nuggit\/status\/2018448360521482395?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">write in a post on X<\/a> that they still use Adobe Animate to make the show. \u201cThis decision would not only harm countless jobs in the industry but render so much past creations as lost media,\u201d the post reads. David Firth, the creator of Salad Fingers, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAVID_FIRTH\/status\/2018426558264820186?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">also says he still<\/a> uses the app to make the grotesque series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Megacharlie, a technical artist for Jackbox Games, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Megacharlie159\/status\/2018435415393423456?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">adds that the app<\/a> \u201cis used in many high-budget television cartoon productions, film and animation studios, game studios big and small, not to mention the 1000s of indie creators who still make use of it daily.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adobe is pulling the plug on Adobe Animate. 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