What is a good 2d animator, like flash but way cheaper?

Question: What is a good 2d animator, like flash but way cheaper!?

i can't find one anywhereWww@QuestionHome@Com

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If you're doing old school drawn on paper frame by frame stuff or stop-motion or 2D, I'd suggest MonkeyJam!. It's free!.

http://www!.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys!.co!.!.!.

If you're on a Mac, use Pencil(there's PC and Linux versions as well)!.

http://www!.les-stooges!.org/pascal/pencil!.!.!.

If you want to do Flash animation like the stuff on Newgrounds!.com, either break down and buy Adobe Flash or you can try Creatoon or Synfig, which are free!. They're not Flash, but they also do vector based symbol oriented animation with tweening!.

http://www!.synfig!.org/

http://www!.creatoon!.com/index!.php

Here are some online resources about the basic principles of animation!.

http://www!.idleworm!.com/how/index!.shtml
http://www!.awn!.com/tooninstitute/lessonp!.!.!.
http://www!.animationarena!.com/principles!.!.!.
http://www!.animationmeat!.com/notes/notes!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

anime studio, $50
It's vector like flash, but has more character animation focus, and is obviously cheaperWww@QuestionHome@Com