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.
GameSpot

Adobe Is Killing A Popular Animation And Game Development Program

Adobe Animate is being shuttered in March, and creators are fuming.
Cartoon BrewOpinion

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 ...
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 ...
La Grande Observer

Filmmaker spotlight: Justin Zimmerman tells the story of flash animation at Eastern Oregon Film Festival

LA GRANDE — La Grande is just weeks away from hosting its annual congregation of visiting filmmakers at the 2021 Eastern Oregon Film Festival. In the festival’s return to a modified in-person ...