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

UPDATE: Following social media backlash over plans to shut down its 2D animation software Animate, Adobe has reversed course and decided to keep the service running. Instead of a complete shutdown, ...

Adobe plans to shut down Adobe Animate, a 2D animation software used to create vector-based animations for websites, games, and cartoons. As of March 1, the company will stop accepting new sign-ups.

Adobe has canceled plans to discontinue its 2D animation software Animate. On Monday, Adobe announced that it would stop allowing people to sell subscriptions to Animate on March 1, saying the ...

Editor's take: Like many other software companies, Adobe is now almost exclusively focused on generative AI and other AI-based technologies. The "software-as-a-service" mantra is being pushed to ...

Adobe has reversed course on its plans for Adobe Animate, confirming that the long-running 2D animation application will not be shut down after all. Image: Adobe Stock Good news. People have the power ...

Adobe Ends Animate’s 30-Year Run as AI Steals the Spotlight Your email has been sent Adobe Animate will soon become inanimate. The animation software will be ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. New ‘Sneaks’ could remove distractions in videos, simplify complex animation sequences, and provide more control ...

Adobe confirmed that the animating software (previously known as Adobe Flash Professional) will not receive new features, but it will remain accessible to existing and new users. Adobe Animate has ...