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Favorite version of adobe flash/animate?

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xeiavica
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Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-01-20 07:13:52

What is to you, your favorite version of flash/adobe animate? Most popular one seem to be macromedia flash 8 for nostalgia reasons, but I really am starting to love CS5.5/CS6 because no subscription attached to it. I think I may outright refuse to use the creative cloud version of flash just because I have contempt for subscriptions for software rather than a service such as video streaming or something like that. What about you?

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-01-20 15:06:34 (edited 2024-01-20 15:11:01)

At 1/20/24 07:13 AM, xeiavica wrote:What is to you, your favorite version of flash/adobe animate?


Flash Pro CS6 + EDAP Tools is the best in terms of features, performance and stability.

Just make sure to always use an AS2.0 document as this is almost entirely bug free.


CS5.5 and CS3 come second and third. Flash 8 is usable, but cannot compete with the above and has many serious bugs and limitations.

Animate (all versions) is not even beta-stage software. It is plagued with hundreds of bugs, unreliable, prone to corrupting its own files, and quite unpleasant to use.

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xeiavica
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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-01-20 16:51:02

At 1/20/24 03:06 PM, ntilcheff wrote:
At 1/20/24 07:13 AM, xeiavica wrote:What is to you, your favorite version of flash/adobe animate?

Flash Pro CS6 + EDAP Tools is the best in terms of features, performance and stability.
Just make sure to always use an AS2.0 document as this is almost entirely bug free.

CS5.5 and CS3 come second and third. Flash 8 is usable, but cannot compete with the above and has many serious bugs and limitations.
Animate (all versions) is not even beta-stage software. It is plagued with hundreds of bugs, unreliable, prone to corrupting its own files, and quite unpleasant to use.

What really sucks the most about CS1-6 is how adobe took down the activation servers. So even if you bought a legal copy, you can't use it anymore. I can still use the trial period, but can I reset that as adobe doesn't want me to at all pay for a legal key to it.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-01-20 22:36:29

Flash MX aka Flash 5 has the cleanest brush tool but I'd say that the rest of its capabilities aged poorly by now and it's a bit too clunky to use on its own in a modern context. I think Animate CC, though still not perfect is probably the best version feature-wise, generally speaking.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-02-01 04:42:15

CS3 and CS5 were really good

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-02-03 06:05:19

At 1/20/24 07:13 AM, xeiavica wrote:What is to you, your favorite version of flash/adobe animate? Most popular one seem to be macromedia flash 8 for nostalgia reasons, but I really am starting to love CS5.5/CS6 because no subscription attached to it. I think I may outright refuse to use the creative cloud version of flash just because I have contempt for subscriptions for software rather than a service such as video streaming or something like that. What about you?

flash8

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-02-29 00:35:13

At 1/20/24 07:13 AM, xeiavica wrote:What is to you, your favorite version of flash/adobe animate? Most popular one seem to be macromedia flash 8 for nostalgia reasons, but I really am starting to love CS5.5/CS6 because no subscription attached to it. I think I may outright refuse to use the creative cloud version of flash just because I have contempt for subscriptions for software rather than a service such as video streaming or something like that. What about you?


macromedia flash 8

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BoiledMilkz
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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-02 12:17:22

I like using Adobe Flash CS4.

Not working on Nightmare Cops.

Also last post.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-02 18:40:59

I like using macromedia flash 8, I want mx from 2004, I recently got 8, its cool!

if your computer isnt computering, than its not a computer.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-02 18:41:23

At 3/1/24 06:40 AM, mottobanana24 wrote:I prefer Flash versions made under Macromedia. Why? Because registration is not necessarily required,
I don't know why but a lot of animators on YouTube give out serial keys & leaks. But yeah.

I currently use Macromedia Flash 8. The eighth version of Flash made in 2005.


I also prefer macromedia, I recently got 8!


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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-04 06:43:50

Flash 8 quite easily, especially with shurikens vcam on a small 16:9 canvas (768 by 432), it has the advantage of rarely crashing, though detailing is kind of tough when you need to keep a 100% zoom level

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-05 21:31:38

Flash 8 and CS5.5

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-11 12:53:54

Macromedia Flash 8/Adobe Flash CS6, but i use CS6 more.

i like the simplicity of flash 8 and the layout of CS6.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-11 14:01:26

Flash 8 foreva

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-13 07:46:35 (edited 2024-03-13 07:46:43)

My favourites are Flash MX 2004 and 8.

The CS versions are okay, but I don't use about 99% of the features flash added after 8, so I don't bother with them.

Animate has some good tools, but it's too pricey.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-13 11:14:48

Well, I used Flash CS4 for most of my animations. Though, I tried some other versions before like Flash 8 and CS3.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-03-13 19:37:54

flash cs5.5 and macromedia flash 8!

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-09-28 20:38:56 (edited 2024-09-28 20:39:29)

At 1/20/24 07:13 AM, xeiavica wrote:What is to you, your favorite version of flash/adobe animate? Most popular one seem to be macromedia flash 8 for nostalgia reasons, but I really am starting to love CS5.5/CS6 because no subscription attached to it. I think I may outright refuse to use the creative cloud version of flash just because I have contempt for subscriptions for software rather than a service such as video streaming or something like that. What about you? Flash 8 because I can edit fla files to make parodies on it
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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-09-28 20:39:37

At 9/28/24 08:38 PM, Minecraftplayer2937 wrote:
At 1/20/24 07:13 AM, xeiavica wrote:What is to you, your favorite version of flash/adobe animate? Most popular one seem to be macromedia flash 8 for nostalgia reasons, but I really am starting to love CS5.5/CS6 because no subscription attached to it. I think I may outright refuse to use the creative cloud version of flash just because I have contempt for subscriptions for software rather than a service such as video streaming or something like that. What about you? Flash 8 because I can edit fla files to make parodies on it


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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-09-28 20:40:23

flash 8 because I can edit fla files to make parodies on it


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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-09-29 04:34:32 (edited 2024-09-29 04:43:52)

Mine is MX 2004. The creative choices on the tools feel way better than animate and it takes less space from my PC's storage. It's much more pratical for me than Animate. I would like to try CS3 just to see what I can do.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-09-29 16:19:17

flash 8

i havent even used any other verson of adobe flash/animate anyway lmfao

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2024-12-29 18:46:54 (edited 2024-12-29 18:47:18)

Idk only one so really have installed on my computer is flash 8 and adobe animate 2022.

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2025-08-08 17:18:17

At 12/29/24 06:46 PM, TheBrainHellScape13 wrote:Idk only one so really have installed on my computer is flash 8 and adobe animate 2022.


funny thing is that i now have adobe animate 2022

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2025-12-27 08:33:32

Flash CC15 is suddenly very laggy for me, not really useable for larger projects any more. I wonder if Windows 10 updated something over Christmas? I've been using it for roughly 10 years lol.


Anyway, I may need to switch to a more modern version of Animate - any suggestions on which version has the best performance and least crashes?

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2025-12-27 11:10:44

I recently use Adobe Animate but my favorite version is Flash CS6

Not that Adobe Animate is bad, but it has it's problems...

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xeiavica
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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2025-12-27 11:40:09

At 12/27/25 08:33 AM, matt-likes-swords wrote:Flash CC15 is suddenly very laggy for me, not really useable for larger projects any more. I wonder if Windows 10 updated something over Christmas? I've been using it for roughly 10 years lol.

Anyway, I may need to switch to a more modern version of Animate - any suggestions on which version has the best performance and least crashes?

You can still use Flash CC15? I thought they moved to a "fuck you, you're updating now" pipeline since 2013.

"I don't want excuses. I want results."

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Response to Favorite version of adobe flash/animate? 2025-12-27 17:53:36

You can still use Flash CC15? I thought they moved to a "fuck you, you're updating now" pipeline since 2013.


Adobe only distributes the latest 2 versions I think, but I have a subscription and the other versions still work with the subscription if I find them on the seven seas.


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