animation

In a recent discussion, we bandied about speculation about internet media, animation - and whether Adobe Flash is still the tool of choice for publishing animation to the web. My argument was that Flash is still the vehicle of publication; we use SWFs and FLVs to publish content to the web, but don't necessarily produce that content in Flash. Instead animators, especially freelancers and hobbyists, are starting to seek less complicated animation programs that not only cater more to the traditional animator, but also cost less, have more flexibility in style and drawing options, and don't release so many pricey upgrades so often. Most professional studios don't even use Flash. Others posit that Flash is still the way to go, and still the top choice of the average animator. It's definitely still a large part of the market, and for good reason; Flash makes it easy for anyone to create and share animated content without painstakingly drawing every last frame. What do you think?