After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on ‘maintenance mode’

Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.

User blowback convinces Adobe to keep supporting 30-year-old 2D animation app

After receiving backlash from animators and other users, Adobe reversed its decision on Tuesday night. In an announcement ...
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Ventana Sur’s Animation! Showcases Tales of Stressed-Out Tykes, a Happy Young Frog and the Longest-Surviving Refuge for Black Slaves Outside Africa (EXCLUSIVE)

Animation! Announces its Pitching Sessions projects, including the latest titles from Brazil’s Cesar Cabral, Chile’s Germán Acuña and Colombia’s Diego Gaviria Brazil’s “The March of the Sunflowers,” ...
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Adobe to discontinue Animate after 25 years amid AI shift

Pakistan, Feb. 3 -- Adobe has announced that it will officially discontinue its long-running 2D animation software, Adobe Animate, effective March 1, 2026, the company confirmed on Monday via its ...