After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on ‘maintenance mode’

After customer backlash, Adobe said it won’t fully discontinue Adobe Animate, as planned. The company this week announced it ...

Community Pushback Saves Adobe Animate

Adobe has reversed course on its plans for Adobe Animate, confirming that the long-running 2D animation application will not ...

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.

Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI

Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.

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 ...
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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 ...

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.

End of an era: Adobe Animate is being put to rest after 30 years

Originally launched in 1996, you once knew it as Flash. Adobe is now officially sunsetting Animate, to the chagrin of ...