From the course: Migrating from Flash to Edge Animate
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A history and comparison of Flash and Edge Animate - Edge Animate Tutorial
From the course: Migrating from Flash to Edge Animate
A history and comparison of Flash and Edge Animate
While the animated GIF certainly pioneered simple animations on the Web, it wasn't too long before Flash became a preferred alternative offering more options and techniques for animating on the Web. Being able to add vector and raster imagery while adding sound to animations was a dream come true for beginners and pros alike, who wanted to express their ideas within this relatively new medium. Creative output accelerated in sites dedicated to short-form animation began to proliferate while influencing an ever-expanding Internet culture. Flash was originally called FutureSplash, which was developed by a company called FutureWave. In 1996, Macromedia purchased FutureWave and renamed it Flash 1.0. By the time it had reached version 5.0 in 2000, Macromedia had added programming abilities with ActionScript, which added object-oriented programming influenced by JavaScript and the ECMAScript. This feature prompted a high adoption rate for developers. Between ActionScript and high adoption…
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