Release Notes / Adobe Animate

This release of Animate provides you the following features and enhancements:

• Custom ease and ease presets
• Packaging, distributing, and installing HTML5 components
• Export texture atlas
• Camera controls for easy panning
• Integration with latest Flash Player and AIR along with the support for additional languages and an option to specify custom time stamp URL.
• Set shortcut keys to remove tweens and clip to stage option
• Set up tint color for camera with user interface. 
• In-product toast notifications with Help content specific to features

For more information on the supported features, refer New feature summary.

This release of Animate provides enhancement to your sketching experience with the Brush tool.

For more information on the supported feature, refer New feature summary.

This release of Animate provides you the following features and enhancements:

• HiDPI support on Windows OS
• Automatic creation of Keyframes using Frame Picker
• Support for global scripts and external libraries in HTML5 canvas documents
• Option to set Pasteboard Color same as Stage Color
  

For more information on the supported features, refer New feature summary.

This release of Animate provides you the following features and enhancements:

• Mute and poster property support for HTML 5 video component
• Upload responsive OAMs to CC library for usage in Adobe Muse
• Support for Typekit Market Place fonts

For more information on the supported features, refer New feature summary.

This release of Animate provides you the following features and enhancements:

• Camera support
• Component support for HTML5 canvas
• Sharing animation assets using CC libraries
• Creating and managing Paint brushes
• Pressure and Tilt support for Paint Brushes
• Export Image and Animated GIF
• Publish layers as SWF archive
• Stage enhancements
• Integration of the latest Flash Player and AIR SDK 
  

For more information on the supported features, refer New feature summary.

For the latest system requirements visit https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/system-requirements.html

In addition to the Adobe Animate system requirements, applications created using AIR for iOS will only run on some iOS devices. For more information, see Adobe Air Tech specs.

Applications created and published from Animate for Android platforms will run on devices that run Google Android™ 2.3 operating system or higher. For a list of the latest certified devices, please visit www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/

For detailed instructions on installation, visit the installation page 
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html

Note: If you are updating from previous versions of Flash Professional, this latest version will be found on your computer as Adobe Animate (not Adobe Flash). 

Creative Cloud trials are "try and buy", allowing you to evaluate individual products or editions and then convert the installed trial to a full version. You can convert from a trial to a full version at any time by signing up for a subscription. You are required to be online and log-in with an Adobe ID to start using your full version. For more information on downloading trial versions, visit http://www.adobe.com/in/downloads.html.

You can download the Custom Platform Support SDK and sample plugin from Enabling Custom Platform Support.

The Adobe Add-ons site provides a range of add-ons to your Creative Cloud products. Visit the Animate page at https://creative.adobe.com/addons?pp=FLPR to download and install useful extensions for Animate. 

For more information on installing Animate extensions, see Install Extensions.

Internet connection, Adobe ID, and acceptance of license agreement are required to activate and use this product. This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services. Adobe services are available only to users 13 years and above and require agreement to additional terms of use and Adobe’s online privacy policy (see Adobe Legal). Applications and Services may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or membership charges may apply.

• For queries specific to Adobe Animate, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/faq.html.
• To find help on topics related to downloading, installing, and getting started with your software visit https://community.adobe.com/t5/get-started/bd-p/get-started?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all
• For product help plus community-based instruction, inspiration, and support, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?step=FLPR-animate.
• For general Adobe Community, visit https://community.adobe.com/

To read about the latest developments about Animate, smart tips and tricks, information about webinars and events, visit the Adobe Animate Blog at: http://blogs.adobe.com/animate

To submit feature request and bugs for Animate at http://www.adobe.com/go/wish/, select Adobe Animate (Formerly Flash Professional) from the product drop down list and complete the Wishform. 

Animate supports the publishing of AIR applications for Android so developers can deliver applications to Google Play.  Developers will need to establish an account with the Android Market to publish their application.  For more information, visit https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup/ to set up an account.

Developers can deliver applications built with AIR for iOS to the Apple App Store. This requires the developer to be a member of the iOS Developer Program and follow the program guidelines.

A developer certificate from Apple is required in order to test and deploy applications to iOS devices. Apple provides information on its developer programs at http://developer.apple.com/ios/

For the latest information about Adobe AIR releases, go to https://helpx.adobe.com/air/air-releasenotes.html.

• 4101427: Too many Anchor points generated using 'Draw as Fills' option for Paint brush.
• 4195105: Paint Brushes created and saved in Animate 2017 are not backward compatible.
  
• 4198146: Animate is not per-monitor DPI aware on Windows OS.
• 4195694: A message titled "Adobe Animate 2017 needs to download the font Osaka" appears each time Animate 2017 is launched in MAC 10.12.