

It served as the main authoring environment for the Adobe Flash platform, vector-based software for creating animated and interactive content.

It was first released in 1996 as FutureSplash Animator, and then renamed Macromedia Flash upon its acquisition by Macromedia. The developed projects also extend to applications for Android, iOS, Windows Desktop and MacOS. Animations may be published for HTML5, WebGL, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) animation and spritesheets, and legacy Flash Player (SWF) and Adobe AIR formats. The program also offers support for raster graphics, rich text, audio video embedding, and ActionScript 3.0 scripting.

Īnimate is used to design vector graphics and animation for television series, online animation, websites, web applications, rich web applications, game development, commercials, and other interactive projects. Windows 10 version 1703 and later, macOS 10.12 Sierra and later iPadOS 13 and laterĪdobe Animate (formerly Adobe Flash Professional, Macromedia Flash, and FutureSplash Animator) is a multimedia authoring and computer animation program developed by Adobe Inc. C++, ActionScript, JavaScript, Haxe, Python
