Cheap or free alternatives to Adobe Flash CS3?

Question

I want to make a flash animation, but Adobe flash costs $700, and I don't want to have to pay that much for a flash animator.

If anyone knows of programs that are similar to Adobe Flash that are cheap (under $500, PLEASE!) or virtually free, please let me know.

Opinions on Adobe Flash CS3 would be nice too.

Thanks. :)

Answer 1

You can find Flash cracked online if you look hard enough. Or, you can try Creatoon or Synfig, which are free. They're not Flash, but they also do vector based symbol oriented animation.

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

http://www.synfig.org/

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.animationarchive.org/2006/05/...

http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/...

http://www.karmatoons.com/drawing/1a.htm

http://www.animationarena.com/principles...

http://www.animationmeat.com/notes/notes...

Answer 2

try GIMP