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Watching Black Indie Cartoons YouTube video by Mann of 1000 Thoughts

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'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that…

Mainstream media and the Trump administration praised Alpha School, an "AI-powered private school" that can cost up to $65,000 a year. 404 Media has learned that the school is AI-generating faulty lesson plans.
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Most of Warners Brothers' animated catalog will be available to watch for free on Tubi on March 1st. This will include shows from the Kids WB, The DC Animated Universe, and Cartoon Network originals.

YouTube video by redminus Marvel Rivals / Lythero Moments

They may have killed Animate but they can't kill Flash CS3 (I have not paid my adobe fees in 6 months)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sCq...

Screencap of Titmouse careers page today listing Flash (Adobe Animate) animator and builds artist job postings

The Adooby Animate (Flash) news is really something, non-animators already farting 'just switch to a different software' or 'you knew it was a goner, you had time to retrain' -- meanwhile Titmouse careers page:

Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI | TechCrunch Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.

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

YouTube video by Crowne Prince Adobe Just Killed My Career

In 2027 Adobe Animate will be obliterated from existence and all projects ever made in it become unable to be opened. youtu.be/RmRdVFhW_pU

The People With Money are so far divorced from The People Who Actually Make The Goddamn Thing in the entertainment industry it's not even funny

a major reason why adobe is killing animate is almost surely because AI is seen as a major threat to art software on wall street, and execs at adobe probably saw animate as dead weight because they couldn't stick AI into a 25 year old codebase made for animated banner ads

Adobe Animate is shutting down next month Many creators still use Adobe Animate.

Adobe Animate is shutting down next month

text from an adobe email which reads: We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027. Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG, and MP4 files before this date. Customers with a Creative Cloud Pro plan can use other apps to replace some Animate functionality, including Adobe Express Premium for quick creation of animated videos and graphics and Adobe After Effects for more complex keyframe animation using the Puppet tool. All Creative Cloud members can also use free animation presets in Adobe Express to animate text, images, and design elements.

Wait, WHAT?!! How come I didn't hear about this???!!!

adobe Animate EOL email

Adobe is evil.
I use Animate to build AIR apps. nothing else does this. so now there’s no way for me to access my OWN WORK after they pull the plug?
this should be illegal.

yikes good thing I didn't use Adobe Animate to create the entire body of work spanning my whole career as a cartoonist- oh wait that is exactly what i did

All made at least partially with Adobe Animate, the program that adobe doesn't think deserves to exist anymore

I remember howling about subscription-based software when they first pulled this Creative Cloud shit and here we are.

It needs to be made illegal.

To be able to say, "Oh, you never really owned your access to things you built." is the peak of corporate greed. Enough is enough!

Continued Use of Animate Projects Existing installations remain functional: If you already have Animate installed, you can keep using it after March 1, 2026. Adobe isn’t disabling the software; they’re just stopping new sales and eventually ending support. Your files remain accessible: Animate projects (.fla files) and exported animations will continue to open and run in the software you already own. Support timeline: Until March 1, 2027, individual customers will still receive support. Enterprise customers get extended support until March 1, 2029. No new updates: After discontinuation, there won’t be bug fixes, security patches, or compatibility updates. Over time, this could make Animate harder to run on newer operating systems. What You Can Do With Your Work Export before deadlines: Convert your Animate projects into widely supported formats (like MP4, GIF, or HTML5 Canvas) so they remain usable in other tools. Migrate to other Adobe apps: After Effects can import SWF/FLA exports for advanced editing. Adobe Express is suitable for quick, lightweight animations. Backup your files: Keep copies of your Animate installer and project files in case you need to reinstall or revisit old work.

Here's a much more clarified statement from support.

Blender itself should buy it and fold it into grease pencil hahah

Someone has a year to buy the code for Adobe Animate, make it open source like Blender, and really do something worthwhile in this world.

This was made fully in ToonSquid btw if yall are looking for an Adobe Animate replacement

Called and spoke with Adobe customer support and the guy told me Adobe is discontinuing Animate because apparently the company can't think of any new features to add to the program and they feel it's gotten stale.

So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???

adobe killing animate and saying "just use after effects" is the most fundamental misunderstanding of your customers ever, lol

lol Adobe is just killing Animate/Flash for no particular reason, completely upending the animation industry. just your average monday

Adobe Animate will discontinue on March 1st.

Announcing the end of life for Adobe Animate. Thanks for bringing your ideas to life with Animate. Starting March 1, 2026, the app will no longer be available for purchase. Existing Animate customers may continue to use the app. Support will continue for enterprise customers for three years, through March 1, 2029. For all other customers, support will continue for one year, through March 1, 2027. In the future, check out Adobe After Effects for complex keyframe animations and Adobe Express for one-click animation effects that you can easily apply to photos, videos, text, shapes, and other design elements.

I AM FURIOUS.

Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.

And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.

email from adobe, Dear Keith, We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027. Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG, and MP4 files before this date. Customers with a Creative Cloud Pro plan can use other apps to replace some Animate functionality, including Adobe Express Premium for quick creation of animated videos and graphics and Adobe After Effects for more complex keyframe animation using the Puppet tool. All Creative Cloud members can also use free animation presets in Adobe Express to animate text, images, and design elements. For more information about the discontinuation of Adobe Animate, review this Adobe Help Center article. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Adobe Support. We thank you for being an Animate user and a valued Creative Cloud member, The Creative Cloud Team

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RIP Adobe Animate :-\
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Built a little AT Protocol playground - a single HTML file that lets you watch the firehose, create records, and browse any repo with a dynamic form UI. Changes sync directly back to your PDS. #atproto

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Holy shit

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