When you edit your project on stage or using the Properties panel, Animate automatically adds a Keyframe. This is indicated by a blue dot on the Timeline panel. If you do not want keyframes to be automatically added, deselect Auto Keyframe from the menu as shown below.

Assets panel

The latest version of Animate introduces Assets panel to store, manage, and reuse ready-to-use assets across documents. From the Context Menu in Library panel, you can export any image or symbol as an asset. Once exported, you can import assets into the Assets panel using Menu> Import.

Quick social share

The latest update allows you to quickly share your animations on Twitter. To share your content on Twitter, click the Share button> Quick social share>Twitter. Check the preview, type your tweet, and click Share to generate a video via Adobe Media Encoder and post it.

Hands-on tutorial creator

Quickly create hands-on tutorials using the Hands-on Tutorial Creator extension (Window> Extensions> Hands-on Tutorial Creator). 

Test your saved tutorial using Help> Hands-on Tutorial> Import Tutorial...

New user on-boarding panel

If you are a new user, check out our hands-on tutorials to quickly get started with using Adobe Animate. You can hover over the tutorial to watch a preview..

Selective texture publishing

Optimize file sizes using Selective Texture: When Export As: Texture is selected in Publish Settings,  Animate converts complex vector shapes into bitmaps and retains simple shapes as vectors without affecting runtime performance.