I’m a professional illustrator and I’ve done some limited animation in flash. I work in Illustrator every day and can create nice vector characters. I’ve spent the last 2 days reviewing the toon boom site trying to determine what program I should buy.
I’m a serious professional and want to create my own unique characters - but I’m new to creating skeletons/puppets, etc. I have no desire to use provided backgrounds or effects. I’m thinking Animate is what I should get, but would appreciate your advice. Also - once you buy the program, how is the best way to learn it?
http://www.toonboom.com/support/kb/questions/97/What-is-the-difference-between-Toon-Boom-Studio-and-Toon-Boom-Animate%3F?267
http://www.toonboom.com/support/forums/animate/index.php?board=15;action=display;threadid=710
http://beta.toonboom.com/professionals/animating/resources/video-tutorials
http://beta.toonboom.com/professionals/animating/resources/community-video-tutorials
http://beta.toonboom.com/professionals/animate