Adobe Animate is mostly used for making 2D animation. Animate allows for hand drawn frame by frame animation, interactive web content, and has vector drawing tools. You can create original content in Animate or import assets from other Adobe applications such as Photoshop or Illustrator. Animate lets you easily design animation add video and sound, and then use a language to integrate sophisticated interactivity.
How to best use Animate:
- Good for creating 2D, frame-by-frame animation
- Allows you to use vector drawing tools
- Widely used for narrative and character animation projects
Compare:
Animate vs After Effects
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- Animate is mostly used for creating large scale narrative animations where as After Effects is used for post-production effects and linear keyframe animation
- Animate is used for frame-by-frame moving image products, while After Effects is used to enhance and compile existing content