Flash authoring tools

[Pete Smith]

On 30 Jun 2011, at 06:31, David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk> wrote:

> I need to produce a simple animation.  What is the Flash authoring tool
> du jour that won't require me handing over a pound of flesh to Adobe?  I
> don't need any scripting, sound, video etc.

Perhaps download the trial of flash? It used to be fully functional when I last looked. Or did you mean *ethically* not handing over your flesh? :)

Cheers,
Pete