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== Development history ==

''Animator'' originates back to its author's [[Jim Kent]] earlier program ''Cyber Paint'' for the [[Atari ST]].<ref name="asterius">[http://www.asterius.com/atari/cyberpaint.html The Antic Cyber Graphics Software and the Pre-History of Autodesk 3D Studio and Discreet 3ds max]. Asterius.com. Retrieved on 2013-04-22.</ref> [[Jim Kent]] evolved in 1989 his software into ''Animator'' for [[Gary Yost]]'s "Yost Group" for [[80286]] [[Personal computer|PC]]s with [[MS-DOS]].<ref>[http://www.randelshofer.ch/animations/anims_atari/jim_kent/Tesla.anim.html jim_kent/Tesla] on randelshofer.ch</ref><ref name="mussy">[https://drmussey.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/the-first-pioneer-in-pc-animation-autodesk-animator/ the-first-pioneer-The First Pioneer in-pc-animation-autodesk-animator PC Animation: Autodesk Animator] by Dr. Mussy ''"October – November, marks an interesting anniversary for animation: 21 years ago, animation became available for the PC platform."'' (November 8, 2010)</ref> ''Animator'' was then licensed to [[Autodesk]], who published the software as ''Autodesk Animator''.

=== Releases ===

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=== Abandonment and legacy ===

Eventually [[End-of-life (product)|development of the product ended]] and it [[Abandonware|became no longer supported]] by Autodesk. Filed on December 18, 1989, the [[trademark]] for "Autodesk Animator" expired on July 21, 1997.<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:eanu2z.2.1 |title=Autodesk animator] onAnimator |publisher=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] (accessed|accessdate=2017-02-17 February|quote=''"Word Mark AUTODESK ANIMATOR [...] Serial Number 74011626, Filing Date December 18, 2017)1989 [...] Live/Dead Indicator DEAD, Cancellation Date July 21, 1997"''}}</ref>

[[DOSBox]] [[emulation]] allowed later to run Animator Pro on current hardware,<ref>[http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=13875 Wacom Tablet+Dosbox+Autodesk Animator Pro] by ZenPsycho on vogons.org (2006-11-23)</ref> despite missing official support.