Download Adobe Animate as a free trial or with Creative Cloud

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Want to download Adobe Animate? You've come to the right place. In this handy guide, we'll explain everything you need to know, from how to download and start using the 2D animation software, to how to bag a free trial.

Adobe Animate lets you create interactive animations for games, TV shows and the web. And despite being relatively simple to use, Adobe Animate has a lot to offer animators. The interface is clean and recognisable, especially if you're already familiar with other Adobe products. And the ability to quickly share and publish your work to social media sites like YouTube and Twitter makes it easy to get your animations online. For more info check out our roundup of the best animation software. Meanwhile, if you're looking for that other famous piece of Adobe software, check out our guide on how to download Photoshop.

Download a free Adobe Animate trial for PC or Mac now

Download a free Adobe Animate trial for PC or Mac now This seven-day trial offer enables you to try the Adobe Creative Cloud, which includes the latest version of Adobe Animate, for free. Download Adobe Animate to your Mac or PC and if you like it, you can convert your trial to a Creative Cloud All Apps membership.

Buy Adobe Animate for $20.99 / £19.97 per month

Buy Adobe Animate for $20.99 / £19.97 per month Adobe Animate lets you create vector graphics and animation for TV shows, commercial, online animations, websites, apps, videogames, commercials, and other interactive projects. With a Creative Cloud subscription, you can download Adobe Animate to either your PC or Mac, as well as more than 50 other creative apps.

Download a free Adobe Character Animator trial for PC or Mac now

Download a free Adobe Character Animator trial for PC or Mac now This seven-day trial offer enables you to try the Adobe Creative Cloud, which includes the latest version of Adobe Character Animator, for free. Download Adobe Animate to your Mac or PC and if you like it, you can convert your trial to a Creative Cloud All Apps membership.

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Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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