Adobe Edge Animate

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Adobe Edge Animate (formerly known as Adobe Edge), is a web development tool developed by Adobe Systems that uses HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 functionality, with a designer interface that is similar to that of Adobe After Effects. At the present time, the Adobe Edge Animate is available for free download from the Adobe Creative Cloud. There is no word as of yet for when this program will become a paid-per-use program, at this current time, the Adobe Edge Animate community is submitting future request that is hopefully to make this program a must in any media developer's arsenal.

Background Information
Company Name:Adobe 
Developer(s): Adobe systems 
Stable release: 2.0.3 / 18 June 2014; 17 months ago 
Development status: Merged into Adobe Animate, Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Muse 
Development Language: C++ 
Development: Stopped 
Operating system: Microsoft Windows and limited compatibility on Mac OS X 
Years in Production:2010-2015 (5 years) 
Type of Program:Web design and Visual Effects 
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About

Adobe Edge Animate was first released on July 31, 2011 under the name of Edge, of which at that time, was considered to be the products official release name, however the future would tell a different story, as Adobe added on another name to the Edge name, to make it Edge Animate. Edge Animate is a tool form Adobe to assist developers of web animations using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Edge Animate is not to take over for Flash, but is a tool for web designers and developers to draw upon to create rich and engaging content for their clients and or their own projects. Edge Animate allows its user to ability to manipulate nearly all elements on the Edge Stage, in a way that would take hours if not days to complete, and now with Adobe Edge Animate, you can complete a given project in minutes compared to doing everything yourself. Edge Animate does all the hard work for you, so that even the most novices of users, can come into the program, and design an animated website, with little or no hassle what so ever.



Development

According to the Adobe website here «,

Note: As of November 2015, Edge Animate is no longer being actively developed.
I do not understand why they would stop development, this tool is one of the best web animation tools to come out in quite a while. They are however working on a new Flash / Animate, called: Adobe Animate CC (Formerly known for 20 years as Adobe Flash), with the capabilities of outputting HTML5 web ready format, just like Edge Animate, of which will be released sometime in the coming months of 2016.

We will have to wait and see, if the Edge Animate community is going to embrace this new upgraded version of Adobe Animate CC.

Timeline



Release Dates

October 23-27, 2010 - Adobe demonstrates an early beta version of Edge for the Adobe MAX conference. release Dates of All Preview Versions

  1. Preview 1 (8/1/11) - Single timeline, import graphic files, open HTML files

  2. Preview 2 (9/7/11) - Fit and finish improvements and bug fixes

  3. Preview 3 (10/1/11) - Interactivity and access to the Edge Animate API

  4. Preview 4 (1/19/12) - Symbols, web fonts, element display lifetime

  5. Preview 5 (3/11/12) - Optimized publishing options, down-level support for non-HTML5 browsers

  6. Preview 6 (5/10/12) - Built-in lessons, localized in six languages, DPS and iBook's publishing

  7. Preview 7 (8/20/12) - Resizable layouts, new drawing tools, stage improvements. Adobe releases Edge Animate 1.0, advertising it as: Adobe Edge Animate 1.0 is available now, with a surprise!

About Me Credits

Listed here, are the men and women who have spent countless hours working and planning the deployment of Edge Animate. If you have information on any of the individuals that are listed below, please use the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page, to send is information about them. We would like to know the following:

  • What type of programming and development they do

  • How many years

  • How long they have worked with Adobe.



    • Adobe Edge Animate Team

    1. Mark Anders

    2. Tom Bednarz

    3. Kin Blas

    4. Joe Bowden

    5. Jim Doubek

    6. David Durkee

    7. Scott Evans

    8. Devin Fernandez

    9. Elaine Finnell

    10. Yuki Fujieda

    11. Josh Hatwich

    12. Mitch Hendrickson

    13. Cindy Hung

    14. Sarah Hunt

    15. Nayoung Kim

    16. Rich Lee

    17. Jared Loftus

    18. rashmi Mittal

    19. Rajashankara Narayana

    20. Karl Park

    21. Corrinna Rainwater

    22. Murrganandh Ramadass

    23. Justin Reynolds

    24. Randy Riggins

    25. Ryan Shin

    26. Raghu Thricovil

    27. Guilermo Torres Troconis

    28. Rick Wulff



    Adobe WebEngine Embedded Team

    1. Catalin Anastasoaie

    2. Mihai Balan

    3. Mirela Budaes

    4. Stefan Cracuin

    5. Catalin Grigoroscuta

    6. Raul Hudea

    7. Horia Olaru

    8. Ion Rosca

    9. Mihai Tica

    [b]We would like to also give thanks to the following departments as well.

    1. Edge Animate Management Support

    2. Edge Animate Community Help and Learning Team

    3. Edge Animate Solutions Enablement Team

    4. Edge Animate Installer Team

    5. Edge Animate Globalization Team

    6. Edge Animate Legal Team

    7. Edge Animate Prerelease Team

    [b]Gone, but not forgotten Doug Benson Doug Winnie Special Thanks to current and former Adobe Lightroom team members.

    Minimum system requirements

    The computer you are planning on using for Edge Animate, must meet the following system requirements, in order to use this program.



    Windows

    Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 1 GB of RAM 200 MB of available hard-disk space for installation 1280x800 display with 16-bit video card Broadband Internet connection required



    Mac OS

    Multi-core Intel processor Mac OS X v10.6, v10.7, and v10.8 1 GB of RAM 200 MB of available hard-disk space for installation 1280x800 display with 16-bit video card Broadband Internet connection required



    Compatibility Issues

    Some people may experience issue coming over from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 to Windows 10. With Adobe Edge Animate no able to launch. Giving an error that does not give much information. Receiving the latest updates for Windows 10, to resolve this issue. (Windows Updates December 2015)