Ask HN: Does it still make sense to learn Flash? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Does it still make sense to learn Flash?

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Post by tangue » Sun, Jul 07, 2013, 7:28 AM UTC

courier wrote: post #6

tangue wrote: post #4

He should try Edge animate, clearly Flash Successor. The UI looks more like After FX which could be a bonus if your brother later jumps into video. (and Edge animate is free)

Are you SURE it's free? Here's a link, and all I see is an offer for a 30 day trial: http://html.adobe.com/edge/animate/ The word "trial" is not something I associate with "free". And before you mention Adobe's Creative Cloud product, let's try to be pragmatic about what "the cloud" really is. It's not something you ever really own, because nothing in "the cloud" is ever really "yours". You never honestly have contro…

I did'nt plan to mention creative cloud. It was free with CS6. I didn't follow the CC update.

Re: Ask HN: Does it still make sense to learn Flash?

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Post by fractallyte » Sun, Jul 07, 2013, 10:44 AM UTC

benologist wrote: post #5

I think it still makes sense for two reasons: 1) As a platform Flash may yet survive the web, Adobe has real potential transforming it into a publishing tool rather than publishing + consumption. 2) Adobe themselves are likely to keep their throne in the tools scenario and they probably won't deviate far from the methods they and Macromedia have spent 2 decades discovering / implementing / selling / training people t…

While it's probably correct to say that Flash will hang on a while longer (especially in corporate settings, in the form of Flex), Adobe itself can't be relied upon for anything Flash-related.

Their 'open-sourced' tools haven't been updated for the last few years. The most recent Flash 'roadmap' doesn't actually lead anywhere. Finally, Adobe's Thibault Imbert admits that Adobe is now focused on javascript and HTML5: http://www.bytearray.org/?p=5197#comments

Basically, Adobe has quietly abandoned Flash, leaving behind a bunch of bitter developers.

Re: Ask HN: Does it still make sense to learn Flash?

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Post by michaelbuddy » Mon, Jul 08, 2013, 4:07 AM UTC

I'd consider not learning Flash and looking at Toonboom Animate or Manga / Anime Studio.

There are also a few inexpensive Html5 animation tools such as Sencha Animator, A5 and there are a couple others you can search for. I tried Adobe Edge animate and I didn't like the folder structure it generated, but that's just me probably.

My view is the Creative Cloud subscription model is a mistake and I don't plan on buying into it.