Improvements to the timeline made managing layers and frame-by-frame animation more intuitive.
“People say 2018 is too buggy but in my opinion the worst versions are 2019 and 2020. 2018 does have crashing/freezing issues but you can still do tasks compared to newer versions that added more bloat.” Reddit · r/adobeanimate · 4 years ago adobe-animate-cc-2018-v18-0-2-full-version-final-2022
Long-time users often cite this version as having fewer "bloat" features that can slow down the timeline compared to 2019 and 2020 releases. Improvements to the timeline made managing layers and