The worthy 2D Cartoon Animator 5 has been released (formerly CrazyTalk Animator), and there’s now an official Cartoon Animator 5 Demo Video released today.
* SVG support, templates, import. Round-trip to CorelDraw, InkScape etc.
* Spring dynamics and free-form deformation grid.
* Better library, integrated download of the free bits (scripts etc) that you could only get from the site.
* No cheap “Pro” version any more [the former division was Pro (i.e. Standard) and Pipeline (i.e. proper Pro, expensive)] and it appears there is now just one version. Currently a reasonable $129. This appears to include the After Effects scripts that were in Pipeline. So if you can now effectively get Pipeline for $129 that’s quite a bargain. Though, as always, beware that the paid add-on packs and plug-ins will ramp up the overall price considerably over time.
That said, there’s backwards compatibility for those with old character and prop libraries. You can still use characters back to G1, in Cartoon Animator 5, it’s said.
Not sure if it still supports conversion from .SWF to prop. It used to, because it had its own Flash module under the hood.