Toon Boom Studio Is the Best 2D Animation Software to Learn And
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BONE ANIMATION Toon Boom Studio is the best 2D animation software to learn and Apply a skeletal bone structure to your draw- ing, picture or puppet character and animate create animation with. them with ease. Bend body parts to create gestures and walk cycles much faster, while preserving proportion and volume. Ideal for students and hobbyists looking for an easy-to-use animation program, excellent for teachers and educational TRADITIONAL ANIMATION institutions, Studio makes all animation techniques accessible to If your talent translates best on paper, then Studio is for you. Scan-in drawings with no loss users, offering them the most creative and rewarding experience. of quality using any TWAIN supported device, then use Studio's proven technology to take your illustrations into the digital world! STOP-MOTION ANIMATION Create remarkable stop-motion animation using any object you'd like to bring to life. Insert fun backgrounds using Chroma Key, or use time- lapse imagery to generate unique visuals. Add audio and easily export to the web! CUT-OUT ANIMATION Draw, create or import elements to build characters and store them all in your personal library, then apply Studio's powerful transform tool and motion paths to set timing and create movement. TRADIGITAL ANIMATION Developed by animators for animators, Toon Boom Studio offers all the traditional anima- tion features at the tip of your digital pen. A 100% paperless workflow with no sacrifices in features! ROTOSCOPING ANIMATION Animating has never been easier, or as much fun! Studio allows you to import live-action video to then trace and colour in your char- Studio 6 now offers leading edge features to acters. Rotoscoping assists you in developing create bone animation, making it the most smooth, realistic movements. complete animation software ever! User Profiles • Ideal for students • Perfect for teachers and educational institutions • A must for creative hobbyists Key Benefits • Easy-to-learn and use with illustrated user guide • Develop your talent communicating your ideas • Add creative animation to home videos and school projects Education • Excellent tools to develop creativity and self-expression • Perfect use of animation to communicate and learn all subjects • Art and Cross-Discipline Curriculum suitable for all school levels Detailed Features Features listed in orange are new to Studio 6 • Colour transformation and clipping effects • Export snapshot Content Creation Palettes and Colour • Copy frame properties to any key frame • Flash pre-loaders • Supports all animation styles: • Unlimited colour palettes • Visualization and manipulation of key frames • HTML embedding o Traditional animation with scanner support • Unlimited number of colours per palette from the Timeline • Adobe Flash SWF (TWAIN) • Ability to name and organize colour swatches • QuickTime with alpha, sound o Digital animation • Import and export palettes • PDF o Bone animation • Automatic update of painted zones with Reuse • Color palette export in Flash files o Cut-out animation palette changes • Bone rigging system reusable in Library • DV Stream o Live-action cartooning • Colour Tranform tool (Flatten option) • Global and local templates for reuse in any • AVI o Photographs animation • Palette styles animation • Image sequences o Rotoscoping • Templates colour management • Cell-swapping o Stop-motion animation: • Copy paste texture and gradients mapping • Support for all major multimedia files as + Time-lapse Imagery • Global palette tinting templates General User Interface + Live View Image Capture • Auto gap closing tools • Template preview and editing • Colourful sleek icons + Chroma Key Screens (Green/Blue • Painting with bitmap textures • Export movie clips as media links for smaller • Annotation Layers Screen) file size • Easy drag and drop capability + Onion Skinning in Stop-motion Lip-sync • Improved Bitmap Optimization during preview window Playback + Rotoscoping ability in Stop-motion • Automatic lip chart generation from voice Sound Synchronization • Accessible export window • Support for multiple soundtracks preview window tracks • Clear dialog windows • Fade envelopes • Feather Edges • Automatic mapping of lip charts to drawings • Flexible docking user interface • Precision synchronization of sound to frame • Line Styles • Powerful workspace management and time • Alpha Onion Skinning • Fast actions combo box 3D Layout and Camera • Master volume control • Pressure sensitivity for variable width lines • Welcome screen wizard • Bone animation capabilities: • Sound streaming • Digital light table • Explicit timeline o Skeleton Effect Level in the timeline • Sound scrubbing from the timeline • Contour editor tool o Bone Level in the timeline • Unified user interface • Free Transform tool o Bone animation curves in Function Editor • Velocity Editor button in properties window • Skew tool o Bone animation keyframes in the Import Files • Guide for straight actions • Sketching and cleaning tools timeline • Import QuickTime videos with sound • Project dialog window with presets • Convert lines to brush o Transformation of Vector shapes • Support for Photoshop layers • Tablet user friendly buttons • Select Scene Manager o Transformation of Bitmap textures • Support for Illustrator layers • Undo/redo buttons • Drop Shadows o More accurate region of influence to • Import and vectorize with textures • Minimize application when rendering • Different pen settings for Pen and Eraser move objects • Import and vectorize preview • File import menu option • Scissors tool o Smart reuse of Bone templates on • Import Flip Boom and Animation-ish projects • Double-click actions • Text tool several characters • Animation: Adobe Flash SWF • Real-time playback • Cutter tool o QuickTime export of bone effect • Vector: AI (Adobe Illustrator), PDF • Animation-standard exposure sheet, with • Standard drawing and shape tools o SWF export of bone effect (Vector • Bitmap: BMP, TGA, GIF, JPEG, PICT, SGI, support for cycle creation • Onion skinning shapes only) PSD... • Multi-layered timeline • Outline onion skinning • 3D layout and motion paths for animation • Sound: WAV, AIFF, MP3 • Multiple undos • Rotary light table elements • Standard field chart for cartoon animation • Animated elements Publishing Peripheral Support • Bitmap vectorization • Animation peg System • Drawing in 3D scene planning • Easy upload directly to YouTube & Facebook • Windows Tablet PC (XP & Vista) • Advanced Motion Paths • Print drawings to create flipbooks or use as a • WACOM compatible tablet • Erasing with graphic tablet and digital pen • Multiplane camera moves and effects • OpenGL anti-aliasing reference • Any device (scanner, digital camera) with • 3D velocity profiles • Export directly to iTunes and YouTube TWAIN support SySTEM REQUIREMEnTS An internet connection is required to activate the software MAC PC • Intel® processor • Dual Core Intel® or AMD® processor (minimum Pentium 4 or AMD 64 processor) • Mac OS® 10.5 or 10.6 • Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista, XP or Tablet PC (certified for 32 bits) • 2 GB RAM (Minimum 1 GB) • 2 GB RAM (Minimum 1 GB) • Monitor supporting 1280x1024 resolution • Monitor supporting 1280x1024 resolution • Video card with 256 MB RAM (Minimum 128 MB RAM) • Video card supporting Direct3D or Open GL with 256 MB RAM (Minimum 128 MB RAM) ABoUT Toon BooM Animation InC. toonboom.com Toon Boom Animation Inc. is the worldwide leader of animation software solutions. Winner of the 2005 Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award, Toon Boom Animation is committed to delivering quality, efficiency and reliability to the animation community - for all animation styles, formats and users. Specifications are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information on Toon Boom products, please contact: [email protected]. © 2010 Toon Boom Animation Inc. 7 Laurier Avenue East Montreal (Quebec) Canada H2T 1E4 / Printed in Canada / PFAC101TBS60EN.