AE cs5 and 2d animation workflow?

I have been searching for how to add AE cs5 to an classical 2d animation workflow and I have found only one vid tut. Are there any AE cs5 forums that talks about this on the internet? Have yopu seen some cool vids working with this workflow (AE cs5 and classsical 2d animation) please post their links?
Any links, videos, books, courses would be appricated.
John

> Do you have any links of videos showing any of these proceses.
This is a difficult way to get help. If I may use a metaphor...
On this forum, we are good at teaching you how to use the steering wheel, gear shift, pedals, and so on in your car. Some of us have driven enough or know enough about the car to be able to tell you how best to use a combination of accelerator, emergency brake, and steering to perform a drifitng turn around a hairpin curve or best get the car up a steep grade. But asking if we know of any specifically written out turn-by-turn directions to get from the east coast of North America to the west coast of North America is a bit out of our scope---and still a very vague request. I can tell you certainly that you can do it by car, but I can't and won't write out the directions.
To leave the metaphor behind: Yes, After Effects can be and is used in making 2D animations. Many of them.
It seems that if you were familiar with the basic features of After Effects, you would be better able to ask questions that would help us to help you to get where you are going.
We want to help. In that spirit, I ask that you start here, and learn enough to know what After Effects can do and what you still have specific questions about:
http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

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