Hand-Drawn: Documentary

What does the world of hand-drawn animation look like today? Official account for indie doc (coming soon!), directed by @FelicityMorland.

[Jorge R. Gutierrez @mexopolis]

I have decided to drop out of the AI program at Amazon. I will not be making a Punky Duck series. Actions speak louder than words.

My intent was to showcase artists, both new and seasoned, both inside and outside the studios, driving this new tech.

My sincerest apology to those I upset. I promise to do better moving forward. Thank you for your patience with me. I will try harder.

[Nick Cross @ncrossanimation]

I’m working on a new indy film project where I’m animating without a plan, script or storyboard one scene at a time and posting my progress as I go. You can follow my progress on Instagram and Tiktok…
IG—> nicodemuscross
TikTok—-> nickcross45

[PsychoGoldfish @Psycho_Goldfish]

Spread the word, an ACTUAL replacement for Flash is on the horizon! Go support this project NOW!!!!!!!! (link in reply)

[Animation Obsessive @ani_obsessive]

This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.

Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age:
─➤https://t.co/W9ZJ7MDHU5

[Ole @OleLoken]

If you guys wanna animate on a website, i think anishare is pretty fun! its simple in a way and reminds me of when i was a teenager and discovered EZ toon, which im sure most people have no idea what is haha.

the creator of anishare is very friendly as well!

[Trong/常敛 @trongcl]

去年在课上画的，一直没时间画完有点可惜

[inamura*takeshi @altamontagna170]

制作過程です

「ブレークダウン」という言葉は、
日本の制作現場ではあまり聞かないかもしれませんが、
この言葉と概念を知っておくと、育成や現場において、
アニメーション制作時の説明や議論する際には、
とても便利だと思います。

https://t.co/0jw8sz6qtA

#callipeg

[アニメねずみ @Anime_Nezumi]

はかるくんバージョンアップしました！
音声でACTを打てる「Voice Trigger」機能を追加してみました！
セリフ読むだけで尺が取れます！お試しを！
https://t.co/JA597sWJQd

[Mike Chambers @mesh]

I just shared an update on Adobe Animate over on reddit (/r/adobeanimate), and given the conversations on X, wanted to also share here. Its a bit long, as there is a lot of info, so I also included a screenshot of the core info on Animate.

TLDR: We have made some changes to to our plans for Adobe Animate, and it will continue to be available for both new and existing users

Hey everyone, my name is Mike Chambers, and I work on the community team at Adobe (and am a long time Flash / Animate user). Yesterday, Adobe shared an email with Adobe Animate customers on the future of Animate. What we shared did not meet our standards and caused a lot of confusion and angst within the community. On behalf of Adobe, I want to apologize.

While an email to all Animate customers will go out shortly, I wanted to quickly share a few things: 1) our standard approach for applications in maintenance mode, 2) changes to our plans for Adobe Animate and its status, and 3) our commitments to ensuring that you always have access to your content, regardless of the state of development of an application.

Standard Approach for Applications in Maintenance Mode

If we deprioritize active development of an application, our approach is to move that application into maintenance mode with continued support. Under maintenance mode, the application will continue to be available, will continue to receive security and bug fixes, but will not get new features.

If we decide to go a step further and discontinue a product, we will work closely with the community to ensure they have adequate time to plan in order to minimize disruption and will take steps so that the community continues to have long-term access to their content.

Current State of Adobe Animate

Adobe Animate is in maintenance mode. While we are no longer adding new features to Animate, we will continue to support it and provide ongoing security and bug fixes. More importantly, Animate will continue to be available for both new and existing users. This is a change from what we communicated in the email yesterday for the status of Adobe Animate, its time-frame, and availability.

To be clear, we are not discontinuing or removing access to Adobe Animate and it will continue to be available to both existing and new customers.

Commitments for long-term content/file Access

For Adobe Animate, our commitment is to work with the community to ensure users continue to have long term access to their content, regardless of the state of development of the application.

On a personal note, as someone who started their career with Macromedia Flash 3 and Macromedia Generator, Adobe Animate has a special place in my heart. I know how frustrating and stressful this has been and we clearly could have handled and communicated this better. I might not have answers to everything, but I will try to answer any questions you might have.

[IvanAlmighty @IvanA1mighty]

ALSO, the adobe animate camera system gets lost in the conversion.

That's right, you're goin back to the oldschool actionscript VCAMS, here's a copy of AS2/AS3 vcams courtesy of Draw With Jazza https://t.co/FQuidQ1AS0

[IvanAlmighty @IvanA1mighty]

btw, if you downsave from Adobe Animate to Flash CS6, be sure to convert your pencil strokes to fills.

Tapered line settings for the pencil tool DON'T get carried over, so it'd be a good idea to preserve that by converting to fills under 'Modify-> Shape--> Convert Lines to Fill

[Freddie @freddieelsom]

There are active and planned TV productions built around an Adobe Animate pipeline. Seems like an attempt from Adobe to limit options for animators and studios to encourage them to use the AI products they've been pushing so heavily.

[em @emilyzulllo]

Adobe animate being shuttered next year is devastating on an internet historical level & on a professional level. There simply isn’t another software that works as a realistic replacement currently

[Toniko Pantoja @tonikopantoja]

Bruh what an end of an era. I guess I'll have to try and salvage animation experiments I did back in highschool days because flash/animate is how I got into animation

[secret guy @k50pMD]

2. A lecture I gave last year on specific innovations from the internet flash "scene" : https://t.co/K70iM0F7BR

[secret guy @k50pMD]

Since flash/animate is officially getting the axe, here are two things I made celebrating its contribution to internet culture and animation as an art form.
1. Artifacts, a meditation on Flash's aesthetics and legacy:

[secret guy @k50pMD]

Artifacts, my tribute to the unique aesthetics of Adobe Flash, is now on YouTube. This version differs from the original flash version in a few ways, the most obvious of which is the addition of a new super-flashy intro!

https://t.co/XTsOiPXpz5

[Aaron Long @aalong64]

Sublo and Tangy Mustard season 3 episode 5 CATERING is now online! The Subpar gang caters an office party and runs into a certain superfan...

Full episode in the tweet below

[Cartoon Saloon @CartoonSaloon]

Not an Oscar nom, but making the Academy shortlist from 100+ shorts with our small Kilkenny team? We’ll take that 🔥We're so proud of Éiru and the love she’s getting worldwide. Congrats to all the nominees, especially Retirement Plan & our fellow Irish filmmakers.

[RubberRoss @RubberNinja]

If you don't mind me being a lil sappy for a sec. over a decade ago I was pushed by my good friend Monty Oum to make this show after telling him everything about it. After his passing I was filled with determination to make good on that, even if it felt impossible. You'll be happy to know I'm dedicating this pilot to him.