The document discusses JavaFX and its animation capabilities. It provides an overview of fields of animation and open source options like Flash, Blender, and GIMP. It then focuses on JavaFX, highlighting its ability to run on browsers, mobile and desktop, its extensive animation support through timelines and transitions, and its bind operators. It provides examples of data binding and concludes with a brief demo and new features in JavaFX 1.2 around persistence, web services, and support.