What will be the new 'Flash' Animation in web design?

Question

Back int he early 2000's I learned to design with Flash - I liked the idea of having an extremely animated website with buttons than did things when you clicked them, interactive layouts, movement and random animations throughout - But now that Apple has refused to support flash on their devices and flash was declared 'dead' a month ago, what is the new program to learn in order to do things like Flash did? I have a client that wants me to design them a site like my old site with all of the cool animations and such, but Im hesitant to do so because Flash is 'dead' - One of my designer friends suggested html 5 but after looking through a few tutorials online, its simply not as 'artistic' as flash was - Is there another option out there that I can consider?

Answer 1

You don't have to learn anything since Adobe, the owners of Flash, have already modified their animation design software, that people used to make Flash animations, to output the code for HTML5 animations on the Canvas.



The only reason the tutorials are not as 'artistic' as Flash is because they are for beginners. You can do anything with the Canvas that you can do with Flash.



Also the "new" big thing is WebGL. This is for 3D graphics. I have already seen advertisements using this. With a 3D graphic of a Samsung Phone that could be rotated and seen from any angle, and a 3D graphic of an iWatch. Again designers will uses software to design 3D objects. Then at the press of a button the app will output the JavaScript for WebGL.

Answer 2

HTML5 and Javascript. The combination of the two provide the near same abilities an flexibility as flash, but it quicker, less resource intensive, more secure, and compatible across most modern platforms.



If by "artistic" you mean not having a stage to draw on, then yeah, you're probably right. But with some practice you'll find you can do a lot. Shoot, you can make entire games with just HTML5 and Javascript.

Answer 3

CSS3 + JavaScript.

CSS3 supports transitions, animations, shadows, 3D distortions and other stuff. If you need total freedom, you can always use a and do whatever you like.



You also may want to look at http://cssdeck.com where people use CSS and JS to create awesome effects.

Answer 4

Easy 3D Animation Software : http://3dAnimationCartoons.com/?zzMG

Answer 5

The answer is still HTML5.