Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Static websites and boring screens full of text have been obsolete for some time
now. Clients now expect their websites to have an attractive interface packed
with impressive effects, including simple transitions and complex animations.
Thanks to Adobe Flash technology, this past decade, web designers were able to
pull out all the stops in the field of web animation design. With the introduction
of new features, such as the canvas element or CSS3 transitions, HTML5 and
CSS3 now offer easy ways to create interactive animations. While the creative
coding community is already diligently experimenting with animation libraries
and frameworks and producing impressive results, visual-based web designers
and animators are still in the starting blocks for lack of professional tools. Creative
giant Adobe wants to change this with the new tool, Edge Animate, which ex-
clusively outputs code based on open web standards, for interactive animations.
As is the usual practice for Adobe, the creative community was involved in the
development process from a very early point. This enabled Adobe to make sure
that Edge Animate was tailored to the needs of its target user group as much
as possible. Such involvement also gave users the chance to integrate the tool
in their work at an early stage and notify Adobe about bugs or feature requests.
It was a complete win-win situation, thanks to Adobe's conscious efforts to es-
tablish a very agile development strategy. In seven public previews, Adobe gave
users an in-depth look at the application. While the first previews were limited to
simple animations, the final version allowed for complex and nested animations
using symbols, numerous interactivity features and even the integration of web
fonts. The time has come to take a closer look at this promising authoring tool.
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Adobe Says Thanks
Adobe would like to thank the
community for providing important
feedback. Adobe has made the first
version of Edge Animate free of
charge. License fees will be charged
starting with the second version.
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A Note From the Publisher
This topic was originally published
in German. Because some of the
screenshots were made using Ger-
man programs, certain images may
still contain some German language.
However, anything that is pertinent
to explaining the information being
presented has been translated into
English.
