Explore the many ways to create and control your animations, from motion tweens to ActionScript classes.
Getting Started
Jump in and create your first Animate document, learn Animate in five steps, or check out our Animate learning guides.
Animate in detail
Reduce your development time and effort by using these Animate building blocks for creating rich interactive applications on the web.
Graphic Effects Learning Guide
Apply features like filters and blend modes to enhance the look and feel of your projects.
Video Learning Guide for Animate
Dive into this guide to learn best practices about video on the web: key concepts, capturing and encoding video, integrating captions, and embedding video on web pages.
Tutorials
Designing for a multi-device, multi-resolution world
Joseph Labrecque (Nov 26, 2012)
Learn how to enable a multi-screen layout for a Animate-based game menu to work across devices of varying screen resolutions seamlessly.
Optimizing Animate performance
Keith Gladstien (Oct 22, 2012)
Learn best practices to optimize Animate animations and applications.
Using the Adobe Animate Sprite Sheet Generator
Chris Georgenes (May 07, 2012)
Discover how to convert a looping animation into a sprite sheet using the Animate Sprite Sheet Generator.
Samples and templates
ActionScript 3 samples for CS5
Explore these ActionScript 3 samples demonstrating features common in Animate development, including 3D, masking, transition effects, and interactivity.
Web video template: Media presentation with details
Create compelling video presentations by using an interactive gallery template that displays rich media assets.