After owning Animate for years, I’m finally getting into it, and… WOW, this program is amazing! This is like having Macromedia Director back – except it works on any machine, and without plugins!
I’m nervous about how long it’s been since the program’s been updated, but I hope it isn’t going to be abandoned, because getting good at it feels like the most promising skill I can develop right now, and I don’t understand why everybody isn’t using this capability. (Okay, beside the fact that it takes a lot of work to build a scene, animate everything, and make all the adjustments so the project is responsive.)
I remember when I got my first computer and it came with a bunch of fun, informative CD-ROMs. What a bright future that seemed like! And Saola Animate would be the perfect tool to create and share endless amounts of content like that. But here we are in 2025 with social media filled with algorithms designed to make us hate each other.
Sorry… my point: Do I need to optimize my images before importing them into Animate, or will it optimize them on export?
It’s wonderful to hear that you’re enjoying Saola Animate, and we appreciate your thoughtful reflections.
Your comparison is meaningful to us, and we’re glad Saola Animate can give you that same sense of creative possibility.
Regarding your concern, Saola Animate is not abandoned. The software is working stably with its current feature set. It remains reliable for production use, and our team continues to assist whenever users need.
As for your question about image optimization.
Yes, it’s best to optimize your images before importing them into Saola Animate. This will give you better performance, smaller project size, and faster loading times. Also, this ensures your final exported project is as efficient and lightweight as possible.
Thanks for your reply, and for your reassurance that I can rely on Animate.
I also just realized that the resources aren’t embedded but referenced externally. Sure enough, when I compressed the external image, it was simply updated in the project. Easy!
