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.
Yahoo

Oscars flashback: Animation — and Pixar — have an 'Incredibles' night

Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" wins Pixar's second animated feature Oscar, a gold streak that now is up to 11. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) Starting in 2002, feature-length animated films were ...
Cartoon Brew

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 ...

Adobe Animate: 30-year-old animation software shuts down, angers customers

Adobe has disappointed users by announcing the shutdown of one of its most popular products, which has been around for over ...
Cartoon Brew

Fliiip Book Revives Flash-Era Accessibility With a Simple Browser Animation Tool

Designer, artist, and composer Jonathan Andrew Myers has launched Fliiip Book, a simple, browser-based animation app that lets users create two-second looping GIFs with ease. Lightweight and intuitive ...
Los Angeles Times

Oscars flashback: Animation — and Pixar — have an ‘Incredibles’ night

Starting in 2002, feature-length animated films were included in awards season in the same way their short animated film compatriots had been since 1932 — with their own dedicated Academy Awards ...