Editing Adobe Flash (section)

=={{vanchor|Alternatives}} on the web==
For a list of non-web alternative players, see {{section link||Open Source}}.

===OpenFL===
{{Main|OpenFL}}
OpenFL is an open-source software framework that mirrors the Adobe Flash API. It allows developers to build a single application against the OpenFL APIs, and simultaneously target multiple platforms including iOS, Android, HTML5 (choice of Canvas, WebGL, SVG or DOM), Windows, macOS, Linux, WebAssembly, Flash, AIR, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Wii U, TiVo, Raspberry Pi, and Node.js.<ref name="platforms">{{cite web|title=OpenFL ReadMe|url=https://github.com/openfl/openfl/blob/4c19781500e71d26f1ec9c3fdaf6214809cab385/README-haxelib.md|website=OpenFL on Github|date=July 10, 2019|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427125807/https://github.com/openfl/openfl/blob/4c19781500e71d26f1ec9c3fdaf6214809cab385/README-haxelib.md|url-status=live}}</ref> OpenFL mirrors the Flash API for graphical operations. OpenFL applications can be written in [[Haxe]], JavaScript (EcmaScript 5 or 6+), or TypeScript.<ref name="languages">{{cite web|title=OpenFL ReadMe|url=https://github.com/openfl/openfl/blob/4c19781500e71d26f1ec9c3fdaf6214809cab385/README.md|website=OpenFL on Github|date=July 10, 2019|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427125807/https://github.com/openfl/openfl/blob/4c19781500e71d26f1ec9c3fdaf6214809cab385/README.md|url-status=live}}</ref>

More than 500 video games have been developed with OpenFL,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.openfl.org/showcase/flash/ |title=OpenFL Showcase |access-date=December 26, 2017 |archive-date=December 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130509/http://www.openfl.org/showcase/flash/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including the [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA-award]]-winning game ''[[Papers, Please]]'', [[Rymdkapsel]], [[Lightbot]], and [[Madden NFL Mobile]].

===HTML5===
{{Main|Comparison of HTML5 and Flash}}
HTML5 is often cited as an alternative to Adobe Flash technology usage on web pages. Adobe released a tool that converts Flash to HTML5,<ref>{{cite web|website=Adobe.com|url=https://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flash-to-html5.html |title=Flash to HTML5: Learn more about the CreateJS toolkit}}</ref> and in June 2011, Google released an experimental tool that does the same.<ref>{{cite web|website=Google Labs|url=http://swiffy.googlelabs.com/|title=Google Swiffy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904140637/http://swiffy.googlelabs.com/|archive-date=September 4, 2011|df=mdy-all|access-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=L., Maxime |title=Google just announced a SWF to HTML5 converter |url=https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Google-just-announced-SWF-HTML5-2868882.S.59811646 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150128192703/https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Google-just-announced-SWF-HTML5-2868882.S.59811646 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |website=Linked In Groups: HTML5 Technologies}}</ref> In January 2015, [[YouTube]] defaulted to HTML5 players to better support more devices.<ref>{{cite news |title=YouTube now defaults to HTML5 <video> |url=http://youtube-eng.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/youtube-now-defaults-to-html5_27.html |url-status=dead |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423035617/http://youtube-eng.blogspot.com/2015/01/youtube-now-defaults-to-html5_27.html |archive-date=23 April 2015 }}</ref>

===Flash to HTML5===
The following tools allow converting Flash content to HTML5:
* [[Adobe Edge Animate]] was designed to produce HTML5 animations directly.<ref name="OwenStevens2013">{{cite book|first1=RJ|last1=Owen|first2=Luke|last2=Stevens|title=The Truth About HTML5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3c50AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|year=2013|publisher=Apress|isbn=978-1-4302-6415-6|page=83}}</ref>
* [[Adobe Animate]] now allows Flash animations to be published into HTML5 content directly.
* [[Google Swiffy]] was a web-based tool developed by [[Google]] that converts [[SWF]] files into [[HTML5]], using [[Scalable vector graphics|SVG]] for graphics and [[JavaScript]] for animation.
*[[Adobe Wallaby]] was a converter developed by Adobe.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|first=Gary|last=Marshall|date=March 8, 2011|title=Flash is coming to the iPad, iPad 2 and iPhone|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/flash-is-coming-to-the-ipad-ipad-2-and-iphone-934133|access-date=March 8, 2011|publisher=techradar.com|archive-date=March 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309213633/http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/flash-is-coming-to-the-ipad-ipad-2-and-iphone-934133|url-status=live}}</ref>
* CreateJS is a library that while available separately was also adopted by Adobe as a replacement for Wallaby in [[CS6]]. Unlike Wallaby, which was a standalone program, the "Toolkit for CreateJS" only works as a plug-in inside [[Flash Professional]]; it generates output for the [[HTML5 canvas]], animated with JavaScript.<ref>Alberti, Sandro: [http://data.fen-om.com/siggraph/sd/tutorials/html_css_animation/html_css_animation.pdf HTML - CSS Animation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041520/http://data.fen-om.com/siggraph/sd/tutorials/html_css_animation/html_css_animation.pdf |date=August 8, 2014 }}. Accessed on 21 August 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/flash/pdfs/html_extension_faq_ue.pdf |title=Adobe Flash Professional Toolkit for CreateJS FAQ |access-date=2014-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021345/http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/flash/pdfs/html_extension_faq_ue.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Around December 2013, the toolkit was integrated directly into Flash Professional CC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raymondcamden.com/2013/12/3/Flash-Professional-CC-adds-HTML5-Canvas-Support |title=Flash Professional CC adds HTML5 Canvas Support |access-date=2014-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042038/http://www.raymondcamden.com/2013/12/3/Flash-Professional-CC-adds-HTML5-Canvas-Support |archive-date=2014-08-08 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.adobe.com/inspire/2014/02/flash-html5-canvas.html | title=Inspire is now Adobe Create Magazine &#124; Create | access-date=December 27, 2017 | archive-date=November 19, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119042133/http://www.adobe.com/inspire/2014/02/flash-html5-canvas.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

The following tools run Flash content in an HTML5-enabled browser, but do not convert to a HTML5 webpage:
* [[Shumway (software)|Shumway]], developed by [[Mozilla]], was an open source Flash [[virtual machine]] written in JavaScript.
* Web Flash Player, developed by GraphOGL Risorse, is a free and on-line Flash Player (Flash [[virtual machine]]) written in JavaScript.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://graphoglrisorse.altervista.org/WebApp/Programmi/WebFlashPlayer-1.0/swfplayer.html|title=Web Flash Player - ShockWaveFlash - SWF|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007174000/http://graphoglrisorse.altervista.org/WebApp/Programmi/WebFlashPlayer-1.0/swfplayer.html|url-status=live}}</ref>