Hey I am a old timer getting back in the game. The last animation software I used was Flash CS6. I am going to be working on a project that needs to use live action elements and I was curious what everyone is using these days?
At work I tried Adobe Animate but it just crashes non-stop. Its abysmal....
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For me, I use Adobe Animate CC. I used to use Moho back when it known as Anime Studio and based on my own experience, Animate is superior but that was nearly 10 years ago but despite my Moho experience wasn’t the best, they’ve been many great shows made using Moho.
If Animate crashes for you, it maybe because your PC isn’t compatible with Animate. For the live action part, I use Premiere Pro so I can mix the live action elements with the animated ones but what I would recommend is using a green (or blue) background for the animated parts so you can use a chroma key to make the background transparent.
I use Flash MX for my work (which i still haven't posted anything animation related here), and I think it does a pretty good job on what it does and it's surprisingly stable on my pc.
At 8/9/25 09:52 PM, MundaneMassacre wrote:Hey I am a old timer getting back in the game. The last animation software I used was Flash CS6. I am going to be working on a project that needs to use live action elements and I was curious what everyone is using these days?
At work I tried Adobe Animate but it just crashes non-stop. Its abysmal....
OpenToonz is good, like a free version of Adobe Animate. It is used by a big studio, Studio Ghibli. Although, it is known to crash a lot on some hardware.
I'd say Toon Boon Harmony, but considering what they were doing to it lately, I'm not certain you'll accept my choice.
I don't really use Adobe. We tried it once in class back in 2023, but my professor pretty much ignored it. I usually use Aseprite for animation and art... It's mostly for pixel art, but it's a really nice program. You can even customize it and add extensions to it, which is great.
Hi, nice to meet you! I'm Yosos Pumpkin, and I do pixel art.
At 8/21/25 05:35 AM, HandsomeJohnny wrote:I use Flash MX for my work (which i still haven't posted anything animation related here), and I think it does a pretty good job on what it does and it's surprisingly stable on my pc.
Ohhh wow! I haven't used that program in 20 years!
At 8/23/25 07:58 PM, Dmitry-Insight wrote:At 8/9/25 09:52 PM, MundaneMassacre wrote:Hey I am a old timer getting back in the game. The last animation software I used was Flash CS6. I am going to be working on a project that needs to use live action elements and I was curious what everyone is using these days?
At work I tried Adobe Animate but it just crashes non-stop. Its abysmal....
OpenToonz is good, like a free version of Adobe Animate. It is used by a big studio, Studio Ghibli. Although, it is known to crash a lot on some hardware.
I will have to check that out thank you!
At 8/25/25 10:32 AM, YuukanVulture wrote:I'd say Toon Boon Harmony, but considering what they were doing to it lately, I'm not certain you'll accept my choice.
I have heard of those I will have to check them out thanks!
At 8/9/25 09:52 PM, MundaneMassacre wrote:Hey I am a old timer getting back in the game. The last animation software I used was Flash CS6. I am going to be working on a project that needs to use live action elements and I was curious what everyone is using these days?
At work I tried Adobe Animate but it just crashes non-stop. Its abysmal....
I'm a screw-up. So I use RoughAnimation, which is the one I recommend most for mobile animations for those who are tired of Flipaclip.
Tido
I use Krita. Open source and great for traditional animation, but has very limited vector capabilities. Has never crashed on me in the 10 years I've used it. I use Davinci Resolve to compile.
(F)=Free (P)=one time purchase (S)=Subscription
For 2d animation I also know people who use:
Clip studio-(S/P), TV paint-(P), OpenToonz-(F), Toon Boom-(S/P), and Blender-(F)
At 8/9/25 09:52 PM, MundaneMassacre wrote:Hey I am a old timer getting back in the game. The last animation software I used was Flash CS6. I am going to be working on a project that needs to use live action elements and I was curious what everyone is using these days?
At work I tried Adobe Animate but it just crashes non-stop. Its abysmal....
Not sure if I can help with that, I'm still on Macromedia Flash 4...
At 9/3/25 03:11 PM, YinYangDragonfly wrote:I use Krita. Open source and great for traditional animation, but has very limited vector capabilities. Has never crashed on me in the 10 years I've used it. I use Davinci Resolve to compile.
(F)=Free (P)=one time purchase (S)=Subscription
For 2d animation I also know people who use:
Clip studio-(S/P), TV paint-(P), OpenToonz-(F), Toon Boom-(S/P), and Blender-(F)
Toon Boom isn't a (S/P) anymore, but rather just (S).
your not old for using CS6. Animate probably have specific requirement your missing from your "work" machine ?
Industry wise there is something called TV ????. Toonboom is another one, usually can compile as flash, as that is it's core.
TV paint animate is another. You could also animate within photoshop. A couple of others. But again if you can do in flash it makes no difference
I use krita for animation, its pretty good :D
Hi, I’ve never animated before in my life and I’ve always wanted to dip my toes in the water. I’m not unrealistic in my expectations, I know it takes time and I can’t expect a masterpiece on the first try. In terms of hardware, I only own an old iPad, so in terms of software I’m probably looking at Toon Squid. I’d love to hear your thoughts, advice or suggested beginners exercises!
At 9/28/25 03:01 AM, TheHistoryNUT wrote:Hi, I’ve never animated before in my life and I’ve always wanted to dip my toes in the water. I’m not unrealistic in my expectations, I know it takes time and I can’t expect a masterpiece on the first try. In terms of hardware, I only own an old iPad, so in terms of software I’m probably looking at Toon Squid. I’d love to hear your thoughts, advice or suggested beginners exercises!
start small and simple like a wink, wave or a walk animation by watching tutorials and practice
At 8/9/25 09:52 PM, MundaneMassacre wrote:Hey I am a old timer getting back in the game. The last animation software I used was Flash CS6. I am going to be working on a project that needs to use live action elements and I was curious what everyone is using these days?
At work I tried Adobe Animate but it just crashes non-stop. Its abysmal....
I use Pivot Animator, it's a stick figure program but now you could design your stick figures to look better and how better they get depends on how better you design them, all my animations and comics are made in pivot animator
At 8/9/25 09:52 PM, MundaneMassacre wrote:Hey I am a old timer getting back in the game. The last animation software I used was Flash CS6. I am going to be working on a project that needs to use live action elements and I was curious what everyone is using these days?
At work I tried Adobe Animate but it just crashes non-stop. Its abysmal....
RoughAnimator. Available for mobile and PC. It's inexpensive and inexpensive. It works well for most things. It's good for beginners who want to work with more complex programs.
Tido
I use Blender 3D to model, animate, and texture. I use Gimp to edit textures. :)
I use animate, and various older flash versions (4,5,MX,MX 2004 and 8)
I personally use an app called Pencil2D. Its a free animation software with a simple interface, simple tools, simple everything. Might not be what you're looking for but its worth a try ;)
Affinity, Clip Studio, Davinci, for Animation and Editng
FL Studio, Clip Studio, and Davinci for Sounds
Affinity for Illustration and Character designs
i use Animate, and various flash versions from 4 to CS4, from that range, the only one that i haven't used is cs3
remember, i have 3 pcs, one of them has mac (in that one i use animate), in my 2 windows pcs that i use every 2 weeks, i have various old flash versions
