Good free animation software?

As a college student, getting the money to buy expensive software is not an easy task. Along with graphic design, I'm interested in pursuing animation as a hobby, but Id like to have a quality but cheap, or better yet free, animation program. Would anybody here have some good suggestions? Also, if any of you are also into animation and have tips for a beginner, I'd love to hear some.

Hi Lisha, my friend use Animaker to do some light 2D Animation. It is free and easy.

It's great source, thank you!

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