It’s not that bigt a deal. Flash is improving with every release, and other programs like Toonboom are evolving as well. They are always going to hate flash, so you might as well just ignore them and continue improving.

I really can’t understand why someone can be so negative about a piece of software. I admit, I bit and commented on Cartoon Brew’s original post, but I guess it’s a waste of time. These guys are passed it, or they never were in the first place.

And there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with cut-out style animation. Some of us (me) actually like it, and make it for love, not because of financial constraints.

Gasp.

i had a conversastion [well an online one] with mr. k about that a while back. ever since i was little the outsourcing and devaluing of the process of animation has made me really really angry. flash IS awesome and is helping to save animation. animation isn’t pure story, it’s an art in and of itself. not factory labor.

the writers strike has brought up the topic of animation unions again amongst my friends and i and how they’re totally nonexistent today. we have virtually no power to protect ourselves or our work or art. flash helps to put things back in our own hands, even if we’re often overextended because employers don’t know the program’s or OUR limitations.

the problem isn’t flash. it’s poor planning. which can happen in any medium.