On top of that I just don't think it's very good for character animation. Objects within objects, all having independent time lines (unless you use instances), no binding of objects to bones. It's just a series of fiddly workarounds that make animation more difficult than it already is.
From my experience, cut-out style animation is much easier to do with Anime Studio Pro., which is a quarter of the price. Flash is good for frame by frame animation, but then so is Toon Boom Animate which is specifically designed for frame by frame, and a third of the cost!
Flash has great interactive features for websites and games development but I don't need any of that stuff. There's also the possibility that HTML5 is going to overtake Flash in this area over the next couple of years anyway.
If there had been an animators version of Flash for about £200, with certain features disabled such as Actionscript then there's a good chance I might have bought it. But as it stands I can't see any reason to persevere with Flash and I think I'm going to spend my money with the Toon Boom company.
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