Understanding HTML5 Canvas Documents

If you want to target the native web using Animate, the most popular option is to use the HTML5 Canvas document type. This is a native document type that is deeply integrated within Animate and produces animated and interactive content that will run in any modern web browser on desktop or mobile.

The HTML5 Canvas document type includes nearly all the capabilities and features that are available in older formats such as Flash, without the need for a separate plugin, extension, or runtime.

Figure 2.7 – The HTML5 Canvas document type

This is a native document type that is deeply integrated within Animate and produces animated and interactive content that will run in any modern web browser on desktop or mobile.

Note

HTML5 Canvas does not support the Scenes feature in Adobe Animate. Just about every other document type does though – including the native web (beta) WebGL and VR document types.

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