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Adobe Animate will be discontinued effective March 1, 2026. Enterprise customers can access the application, download their content, and receive technical support until March 1, 2029. For all other customers, technical support, application access, and the ability to download content will be available until March 1, 2027. For more information, see Animate End of Life FAQs.

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You can download Animate from the Creative Cloud apps catalog. You'll need to sign in with your Adobe ID and password to complete the download. For more information, including how to install older versions or check for updates, see Download your creative cloud apps.

For solutions to a "failed to install" error, see Error: "Failed to install" Creative Cloud desktop app. To resolve other download, installation, and update issues, see this download and install troubleshooting guide.

Read these simple solutions to common Adobe ID and sign in issues to regain access to your account.

You can install Animate and other Creative Cloud apps on up to two computers. If you want to install it on a third computer, you'll need to deactivate it on one of your previous machines. Learn more about activating and deactivating Creative Cloud apps.

Still need help? Find more download and install solutions.

Sign in to your Adobe account. Under the Password section, select Change for Current Password, and then follow the onscreen instructions.

Forgot your password? Learn how to reset it.

Follow these easy steps to change your credit card information.

Switching Creative Cloud plans is easy. Follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade or change your plan.

Still need help? Find more account, billing, and plan answers.

Yes. You can use 2D skill set in Animate and export panorama or 360 virtual reality animations. Learn how to author and publish virtual reality content using Animate.

Watch this tutorial to learn how to use the Bone Tool to bring your characters to life.

You can use advanced layers feature in Animate to create layer depth for your timeline layers. You can modify the depth of a layer and tween it.

Learn how to use layer depth feature in Animate.

Layer depth, along with camera enhancements enable animators to create more engaging content. You can create parallax effect for your animate projects by introducing camera on layers with depth.

Learn how to create a parallax effect using camera.

When creating animations for HTML5 canvas, you can add code using actions code wizard without having to write any code.

Learn how to use the actions code wizard in Animate.

The HTML5 Canvas document type provides native support for creating rich and interactive HTML5 content. This means that you can use the traditional Animate timeline, workspace, and tools to create content, but produce HTML5 output.

Learn how to use Animate's HTML5 Canvas feature.

You can create a motion tween animation three ways. Learn about each method and choose the one that is best for you.

New to motion tween animation? Learn how to get started with motion tweens.

You can match mouth poses to sound inflections automatically with Adobe Sensei powered Animate. Learn how to create Auto Lip-Sync in Animate.

You can deform complex vector shapes and raster shape using asset warp tool. Create frame-by-frame animation on complex shapes or bitmap images. Learn how to use asset sculpting for vector and raster content.

The ActionScript scripting language lets you add complex interactivity, playback control, and data display to your application. Learn how to integrate ActionScript into your Animate workflow with this overview.

You can export a GIF file by updating your settings on the GIF tab in the Publish Settings dialog box.

Choose Insert > Timeline > Keyframe. Get full instructions on inserting new or blank keyframes.

Animate can import the SWF file format. However, some data types within the SWF can't be reimported because it's a rendered file. Learn more about importing SWF files in this article.

You can install extensions as add-ons, through the Manage Extensions utility, or using the command line. Learn how to install extensions and find troubleshooting tips in case you run into any issues.