Today's release sees key updates to Adobe's Flash replacement, a responsive makeover for web tool Muse CC, and more.
Adobe has revealed some huge updates to key Creative Cloud apps
Adobe has announced major updates to Creative Cloud; specifically Animate CC (formerly Flash Professional), Muse CC, and Bridge CC. Here's what's going down.
Animate CC – the Flash Professional replacement receives one of the tool's biggest releases ever with a slew of new features being added.
Muse CC – gets responsive design capabilities, making it easier than ever to create custom, responsive sites that look great on any browser or device – without coding.
Bridge CC – receives a tonne of updates including automated cache management, photo downloader support on OS X 10.11x (El Capitan) and auto-stack panoramic and HDR images.
Let's focus on Animate CC and Muse CC.
Animate CC
Flash Pro became Animate CC recently – now comes the extra features
Last November, Adobe renamed Flash Professional, which became Animate CC. Today it receives a huge list of updates – these are the highlights.
Creative Cloud Libraries
Adobe Stock integration for high-quality images, illustrations, and graphics
TypeKit support for HTML5 Canvas document type
New vector art brushes
Improvements to pencil and art brushes
Brush Library panel
Tagged Swatches
Custom templates for HTML5 Canvas documents
OAM publishing support for AS3, WebGL, and HTML5 Canvas documents
Publish text as outlines in HTML5 Canvas documents
Projector support
Stage scaling
Rotate your stage
Import SVG files
Enhanced drawing object bounding box
Video export to multiple resolutions
Contents scale proportionately to stage size
Enhanced Onion Skinning
HTML5 Canvas improvements
Head to Adobe's site to find out more information.
In the previous versions of Adobe Muse, you could only create adaptive sites – i.e. websites that adapted to the browser widths of different devices. The page and the page elements were not fluid, or did not scale for each browser width. The page layout was fixed for specific browser widths.
You can now create unique, responsive websites for different screen sizes without any coding. Adobe Muse provides a blank canvas without restrictive templates or grids for designing responsive websites.
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Also in today's update:
Starter files for responsive web design
Creative Cloud Libraries
Adobe Stock integration for high-quality images, illustrations, and graphics
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