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| Animate CC (formerly Flash Professional) | CS6 | CS5.5 | CS5 | CS4 | CS3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Cloud Libraries and in-app integration with Adobe Stock | ✓ | |||||
| Vector and custom art brushes with scaling on zoom | ✓ | |||||
| Typekit integration | ✓ | |||||
| HTML5 wrapper templates | ✓ | |||||
| 4K+ video export, custom resolution and FPS | ✓ | |||||
| Tagged colors and colored onion skinning | ✓ | |||||
| 360° rotatable canvas | ✓ | |||||
| .OAM file packaging | ✓ | |||||
| SVG import onto stage | ✓ | |||||
| Updated Bone tool | ✓ | |||||
| H.264 video import, audio looping and splitting on timeline | ✓ | |||||
| Sprite sheet export | ✓ | |||||
| Native HTML5 Canvas and WebGL support | ✓ | |||||
| Custom platform support | ✓ | |||||
| New Motion Editor | ✓ | |||||
| HTML5 publishing optimization | ✓ | |||||
| Improved brushes and pencils | ✓ | |||||
| Variable-width strokes with tweening | ✓ | |||||
| Save enhancements | ✓ | |||||
| iOS 64-bit support | ✓ | |||||
| Animation guides | ✓ | |||||
| 64-bit architecture | ✓ | |||||
| Real-time drawing | ✓ | |||||
| Unlimited pasteboard size | ✓ | |||||
| Testing and debugging via USB | ✓ | |||||
| Custom metadata APIs | ✓ | |||||
| Object-level undo | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Projector support | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Wide platform and device support | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Prepackaged Adobe AIR application creation | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Adobe AIR mobile simulation | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Stage 3D targeting | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Efficient workflows for mobile development | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Content scaling when resizing images | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Enhanced layer control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Symbol rasterization and better performance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Enhanced code snippets handling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Auto-save and file recovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Incremental compilation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Flash Builder integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| ActionScript editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| XML-based FLA source files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Improved integration with Adobe creative tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Wide content distribution | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Object-based animation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3D transformation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Motion presets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| H.264 support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| XFL support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| SWF import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photoshop and Illustrator import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animation conversion to ActionScript | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ActionScript 3.0 development | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rich drawing capabilities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sophisticated video tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |