Sarah Dungan

@sarahwithtea.bsky.social

Animator, Illustrator, and Potter, with a strange sense of humor. (they, them) Streaming art twice a week at twitch.tv/sarahwithtea patreon.com/sarahwithtea sarahwithtea.com

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.

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.

Oh good Adobe is now not just charging me more every month but apparently they are removing Animate, my primary software. Any other animators have suggestions for new software suites? My whole workflow is drawing in the program as I animate!

Opening the online pottery shop for a few days with some frog mugs and bowls, some geckos and a very few special bird things. Only keeping the shop open for a few days so I can get everything off in the mail before taking a break for the holidays - shop till Friday Dec 12! sarahwithtea.com/shop