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Adobe Edge Animate Changelog

What's new in Adobe Edge Animate CC 2015.2

Jun 21, 2016
  • Exciting new features such as:
  • Pattern brushes
  • Frame picker
  • Layer transparency
  • Improved web publishing options
  • Merging JSON/JS code
  • Embed JavaScript into HTML
  • Support for transparent canvas background
  • HiDPI compatible HTML5 canvas output
  • Responsive scaling
  • Transparent and responsive OAMs
  • Author-time bitmap snapping
  • Preloader
  • HTML5 canvas publish template improvements
  • JSAPI support to import and export HTML templates for canvas documents
  • Publish canvas assets to root folder
  • Center stage
  • Other enhancements:
  • User-defined colored onion skinning
  • Pinscript
  • Advanced PSD import options
  • Advanced AI import options
  • Turbo charged performance on windows platform
  • Improved paint brush interactions
  • Latest flash player and AIR SDK integration
  • Pattern brushes:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Learn how to use Pattern brushes to paint a vector pattern along the path or stretch to its entire length. Use the integrated global library within Animate to use Art and Pattern brushes. In addition to the default brush presets, you can import new Pattern Brushes to your Animate document using the CC Libraries.
  • Pattern Brushes:
  • For more information on this new feature, see the Pattern brushes.
  • Frame picker:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Use frame picker to visually preview and choose the first frame for a graphic symbol. In previous releases, you could not preview the frames without getting within the symbol. This feature enhances the user experience for animation workflows such as Lip Sync.
  • Frame Picker:
  • For more information on this new feature, see Frame picker.
  • Layer transparency:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Animate introduces the capability to set the visibility of the layer to transparent. To do so, Shift+Click on the eye column in the timeline to set the visibility to transparent.
  • Layer transparency:
  • For more information, see Layer transparency.
  • Improved web publishing options
  • Merging JSON/JS code:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Animate embeds JSON file into JS. When you create a Spritesheet during canvas publishing, no external Json file is created and is included within the JS instead by default.
  • With this change, you can even preview the published files locally without hosting them on a server (as before).
  • For more information on this new feature, see Merging JSON/JS code.
  • Embed JavaScript into HTML:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Animate introduces the capability to include JS file within the HTML file during canvas publishing.
  • Embed JavaScript into HTML:
  • For more information on this new feature, see Embed JavaScript into HTML.
  • Support for transparent canvas background:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Want to create a transparent canvas during publishing to view the underlying HTML content? You can now set the canvas background to transparent. To do so, use the Alpha % to set the transparency level and the No Color swatch option to completely set the canvas stage to transparent.
  • Canvas Transparency:
  • For more information on this new feature, see Support for transparent background.
  • HiDPI compatible HTML5 canvas output:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Animate generated output is now HiDPI compliant and delivers a sharper output on high resolution displays.
  • For more information on this new feature, see HiDPI compatible HTML5 canvas output.
  • Responsive scaling:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Want to create a responsive animation? Learn how Animate resizes the published output based on various form factors to deliver a responsive, sharper, and a crisper HiDPI compliant output.
  • Responsive Scaling:
  • For more information on this new feature, see Responsive scaling.
  • Transparent and responsive OAMs
  • You can now generate transparent and responsive OAMs from Animate and directly embed them within Muse, Captivate, and Dreamweaver.
  • For more information, see OAM publishing.
  • Author-time bitmap snapping:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Learn how to snap the bitmaps to the nearest pixels during author-time so that they look sharper on canvas. In previous releases, the bitmaps blurred on the canvas and did not provide an optimum user experience. From this release onwards, when publishing an HTML canvas document, Animate ensures that the bitmaps are snapped to the nearest pixels so that they look sharper on the canvas.
  • For more information on this new feature, see Author-time bitmap snapping.
  • Preloader in HTML5 canvas:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Preloader is an animated GIF which is displayed when the scripts and assets required to render an animation is loading. Once the assets are loaded, the preloader is hidden and the actual animation is displayed.
  • Animated GIF:
  • For more information on this new feature, see Preloader in HTML5 canvas.
  • HTML5 canvas publish template improvements:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Learn how Animate has modularized the HTML 5 canvas template for better customizations and provides more control over published outputs.
  • For more information on this new feature, see HTML 5 canvas template improvements.
  • JSAPI support to import and export HTML templates for canvas documents:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Use new JSAPIs that support import and export of HTML templates for canvas documents.
  • For more information on this new feature, see JSAPI support.
  • Publish canvas assets to root folder:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Use this feature to publish canvas assets to the root folder instead of the sub folders.
  • Published canvas assets:
  • For more information on this new feature, see Publish canvas assets to root folder.
  • Center stage:
  • New in Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Improve your user experience by using the various alignment options to display the canvas in the center of the browser window. Select options to center the stage horizontally, vertically or both.
  • Center Stage:
  • For more information on this new feature, see Center stage.
  • Other enhancements:
  • User-defined colored onion skinning:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Use customized onion skinning color coding to help you distinguish between the past, present, and future frames. Onion skin frames that move away from active frame appear with progressively decreasing transparency.
  • For more information on this enhanced feature, refer User-defined colored onion skinning.
  • Customizing onion skin options
  • Pinscript:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Use the Pin Script feature to pin tabs of individual scripts in the Actionscript pane and move them accordingly. This feature is useful if you have not organized the code within your FLA file into one central location or if you are using multiple scripts. You can pin a script to retain the open location of the code in the Actions panel and toggle between the open scripts.
  • For more information on this enhanced feature, refer Pin script.
  • Advanced PSD import options:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Animate can import still images in many formats, but you usually use the native Photoshop PSD format when importing still images from Photoshop into Animate. When importing a PSD file, Animate preserves many of the attributes that were applied in Photoshop and provides options to maintain the visual fidelity of the image.
  • Advanced PSD Import:
  • For more information on this enhanced feature, see Advanced PSD import options.
  • Advanced AI import options:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Animate lets you import Adobe® Illustrator® AI files and preserve most of the editability and visual fidelity of your artwork. Enhanced AI Importer also provides you with a great degree of control in determining how your Illustrator artwork is imported into Animate and lets you specify how to import specific objects into an AI file.
  • Advanced AI Import Options:
  • For more information on this enhanced feature, see Advanced AI import options.
  • Turbo charged performance on windows platform:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Experience turbo charged performance improvements for all your everyday workflows such as Timeline Playback, Timeline scrubbing, Drawing, Panning, Zooming, Transforms, and watch your animations come alive!
  • Improved paint brush interactions:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Animate CC 2015.2| June 2016
  • Animate introduces enhanced performance and experience when using paint brush strokes. Paint brush performance enhancements are applicable for transform operations on paint brush strokes such as scale/translate/rotate in addition to zoom/pan of stage.
  • Latest Flash player and AIR SDK integration:
  • Enhanced in Adobe Animate CC 2015.2 | June 2016
  • Animate supports the latest version of Flash Player (version 21) and integrates AI SDK version 21.0.

New in Adobe Edge Animate CC 2015 (Jun 16, 2015)

  • On-Stage Text Editing:
  • We have heard your requests and have implemented on-stage text editing. This means that you can style and edit text directly on the stage, instead of making edits out of context in a pop-window.
  • Faster Performance with 64-bit Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Support:
  • On-stage rendering is now faster than ever thanks to 64-bit CEF support. Performance directly on the stage within Animate now has similar performance to browsers that use the Chromium engine, such as Google Chrome.

New in Adobe Edge Animate CC 4.0.0 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Support for HTML5 video
  • Import sprite sheets from Flash Pro, Photoshop or other design tools
  • Linking support for DPS Articles
  • Updated actions editor
  • Copy and paste SVG artwork from Illustrator
  • Hand and Zoom tools

New in Adobe Edge Animate CC 3.0.0.322.27519 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • AUDIO SUPPORT:
  • Make some noise with your Edge Animate projects with the new ability to add audio to your projects. Using the native HTML5 audio APIs available in all modern browsers, you can bind audio events to the timeline, add audio actions to your elements, and create audio transitions for unique sound effects.
  • RESPONSIVE SCALING:
  • Making responsive Animate projects is now as simple as clicking a button. When enabled, this option allows you to scale your Animate stage up and down while maintaining its aspect ratio. Use Responsive Scaling for stand-alone Animate content, or when embedding Edge Animate compositions inside a responsive website.
  • Responsive scaling can also be used when embedding an OAM inside supported Adobe applications. Resize the content frame for the placed OAM and preview to see the results.
  • You can set Responsive Scaling in the Stage properties to "width", "height", or "both" to scale the whole composition proportionally. Aspect ratio is maintained and is determined by the ratio of stage width to stage height.
  • SCRIPT LOADING:
  • Bring in external JavaScript libraries to extend Animate with your favorite scripts.
  • Add JS File from Disk:
  • Import JS files from your local file system. These files are included in a “js” folder on saving.
  • Add JS File from URL:
  • Link to an online hosted version of your script file. All local scripts and script references are included on save, publish, and templates.
  • MOTION PATH IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Enhancements have been made to motion path editing, allowing you to easily modify motion paths applied to objects.
  • When you hover over a motion path, you see the new tool tip overlays that provide information on the keyboard commands available for motion path controls.
  • To toggle display of this overlay, press “H”:
  • Option (Mac); Alt (Windows) + click-drag: Rotates the motion path.
  • Cmd/Ctrl + Option (Mac); Ctrl + Alt (Windows) + click-drag: Scales the motion path.
  • NEW DISTRIBUTE COMMANDS:
  • New distribute commands are available from the align menu to help with aligning and positioning elements on the stage. Select three or more objects and select Modify > Distribute from the menu to access various distribute options.
  • To evenly space objects of different sizes horizontally or vertically, select Distribute > Horizontal Space or Vertical Space.
  • STAGE CENTERING:
  • Center your Animate stage within the browser window or whatever parent container it’s placed in.
  • Choose from three different options:
  • Vertical – Centers the stage based on the width of the viewport
  • Horizontal – Centers the stage based on the height of the viewport
  • Both – Centers the stage based on both the width and height of the viewport
  • TRANSPARENT POSTER IMAGE FOR OAM:
  • You now have the option when publishing an OAM file to save the poster image as a transparent PNG. This option is especially helpful when embedding Animate content inside Adobe InDesign or Adobe Muse if you want a transparent stage to overlay the design contents of your document.
  • Note: When this option is selected, the OAM appears as an empty frame when placed inside other Adobe applications. Always preview a live sample of your project to see the playback results.
  • Also be sure to set the stage color to transparent before publishing.
  • This feature currently is not compatible with PDF Folio types when publishing to DPS. To use a transparent poster image, choose Automatic, PNG or JPG Folio types.
  • CDN OPTION FOR OAM:
  • Hosting the runtime files is now available as a publish setting for OAM. If you are creating Animate content with the intent of online use (Adobe Muse or Adobe Dreamweaver) you may want to benefit from CDN hosting for the Animate runtime and jQuery. When you enable this option, your files download faster with cached hosting.
  • NEW LESSONS:
  • Two new lessons (Responsive Layout and Audio) are available for you to get started with some of the features available in this release. Check out “Getting Started” on the Welcome Screen, or Window > Lessons to view the Lessons panel.
  • JQUERY UPDATE:
  • Edge Animate now uses jQuery version 2.0.3.