>>268020
>new to animation?
Been animating for the last 10 years
>Adobe An
Never tried it since I despise Flash. I use AfterEffects and ToonBoom (which can both be easily torrented).
>free alternatives
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/toonz-software-used-studio-ghibli-futurama-made-free-open-source-138111.html

>>268066
Do you think its worth it to pay for the creative suite?

>>268120
only if you cash out while doing so. for example if you use the entire suite and not just ps/ai and/or if your clients and potential clients have a way of noticing that you are using the best and update software package for gd.

>>268120
You can get the student edition of the creative suite (all apps) for $20/m for the first year.

>>268066
Flash is fantastic if you know how to use it. Check out some of the shit Terkoiz made entirely on Flash.

>>268190
Doesn't really mean anything, software is never the limitation, unless it is literally too retarded to let you draw frame-by-frame. A good artist/animator can make amazing stuff by using charcoal on paper, doesn't mean it is the preferred tool.

Also, Terkoiz is intermediate-tier at best. What I see on his youtube is the kind of stuff I would expect from the finals project of an average or maybe below-average animation student.

>>268120
>Do you think its worth it to pay for the creative suite?
Not really, just pirate a chigliu version of it.
Unless what this anon said >>268136
If you get paranoid about pirating stuff, just learn Toonz or other free software.

>>268190
I'm not implying that you can't do good stuff with it. I just dislike it and find below average in terms of what you can do with it compared with other software. ToonBoom has pretty sweet stuff like automating lip-sync and you can do pretty much anything in Ae.

>>268020
>>268066
>>268120
>>268136
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>>268203
OP here, thanks for the info.