ANIMATION CAN HAPPEN! Forces of Nature Summon the forces of nature with the new Rain, Fog, Snow, Hail, Volcano and Cloud effects Make the ground tremble with the new Shake effect Soften the edges and create an illusion of depth with the new Blur effect Powerful, yet simple to use • Create a dramatic atmosphere by casting shadows • Mask, cut and shave anything out using the Clipping effect • Make the sun rise or set, plus animate any colour transition using the Colour Transform effect
Multi-Technique Animation Software Make it happen with Toon Boom Studio, a simple-to-use animation software that is ideal for animation fans, students, teachers and hobbyists.
The ultimate, most enhanced multi-technique animation software yet is just a click away. We mean it! Summoning the forces of nature and animating characters should be that easy!
Robo-Skeleton Templates and Bone Animation Enhanced, yet simple, bone animation tools Easy-to-use Robo-Skeleton templates; just connect your character and watch it move! Draw your bones directly on your drawings, with no layer dragging! More accurate zone of influence, now with adjustable handles Bone animation tools • Animate a Skeleton with ease using the enhanced, simple-to-use bone animation tools • Connect a character into a Robo-Skeleton template and then watch it move
Detailed Features Make it happen with Toon Boom Studio, an easy-to-use animation software that is ideal for animation fans, students, teachers and hobbyists.
Content Creation • Supports all animation styles: • Traditional animation with scanner support (TWAIN) • Digital animation • Bone animation • Bone layer in the timeline • Bone animation curves in Function Editor • Bone animation keyframes in the timeline • Transformation of vector shapes • Transformation of bitmap textures • QuickTime export of Bone effect • Smart reuse of Bone templates on several characters • SWF export of Bone effect (Vector shapes only) • Cut-out animation • Live-action cartooning • Photograph animation • Rotoscoping • Stop-motion animation: • Time-lapse Imagery • Live View image capture • Chroma Key Screens (Green/blue screen) • Onion skinning in Stop-motion preview window • Rotoscoping ability in Stop-motion preview window • Feather edges • Line styles • Pressure sensitivity for variable width lines • Digital light table • Contour Editor tool • Free Transform tool • Skew tool • Sketching and cleaning tools • Convert lines to brush strokes • Scene Manager • Drop Shadows effect • Different pen settings for Pen and Eraser tools • Scissor tool • Text tool • Cutter tool • Standard drawing and shape tools • Onion skinning • Outline onion skinning • Alpha onion skinning • Rotary light table • Standard field chart for cartoon animation • Bitmap vectorization • Drawing in 3D scene planning • Erasing with graphic tablet and digital pen • OpenGL anti-aliasing • Nature effects
Import Files • • • • • • • • •
Import QuickTime videos with sound Support for Photoshop layers Support for Illustrator layers Import and vectorize with textures Import and vectorize preview Import Flip Boom and Animation-ish projects Animation: Adobe Flash SWF Vector: AI (Adobe Illustrator), PDF Bitmap: BMP, TGA, GIF, JPEG, PICT, SGI, PSD and more • Sound: WAV, AIFF, MP3
Palettes and Colour • • • • • • • • • • • •
Unlimited colour palettes Unlimited number of colours per palette Ability to name and organize colour swatches Import and export palettes Automatic update of painted zones with palette changes Colour Transform tool (Flatten option) Palette styles Template colour management Copy paste texture and gradients mapping Global palette tinting Auto gap closing tools Painting with bitmap textures
Lip-sync • • • • • •
Automatic lip chart generation from voice tracks Automatic mapping of lip charts to drawings Sound Synchronization Support for multiple soundtracks Fade envelopes Precision synchronization of sound to frame and time • Master volume control • Sound streaming • Sound scrubbing from the timeline
3D Layout and Camera • 3D layout and motion paths for animated elements • Animated elements • Animation peg system • Advanced motion paths • Multiplane camera moves and effects • 3D velocity profiles • Colour transformation and clipping effects • Copy frame properties to any key frame • Visualization and manipulation of key frames from the timeline
Reuse • Bone rigging system reusable in the library • Global and local templates for reuse in any animation • Cell-swapping • Support for all major multimedia files as templates • Template preview and editing • Export movie clips as media links for smaller file size
Publishing • Easy upload directly to YouTube and Facebook • Print drawings to create flipbooks or use as a reference • Export directly to iTunes and YouTube • Export snapshot • Flash pre-loaders • HTML embedding • Adobe Flash SWF • QuickTime with alpha, sound • PDF • Color palette export in Flash files • DV Stream • AVI • Image sequences
General User Interface • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Colourful, sleek icons Annotation layers Easy drag and drop capability Improved bitmap optimization during playback Accessible export window Clear dialog windows Flexible docking user interface Powerful workspace management Fast actions combo box Welcome screen wizard Explicit timeline Unified user interface Velocity Editor button in properties window Guide for straight actions Project dialog window with presets Tablet user-friendly buttons Undo/redo buttons Minimize application when rendering File import menu option Double-click actions Real-time playback Animation-standard exposure sheet, with support for cycle creation • Multi-layered timeline • Multiple undos
Peripheral Support • Windows Tablet PC (XP & Vista) • Wacom compatible tablet • Any device (scanner, digital camera) with TWAIN support
System Requirements MAC: • • • •
Intel® processor Mac OS® 10.6 or 10.7 4 GB RAM (Minimum 2 GB) Monitor supporting 1280x1024 resolution • Video card with 256 MB RAM (Minimum 128 MB RAM) • Wacom® Digital Drawing Tablet (optional)
PC: • Dual Core Intel® or AMD® processor (minimum Pentium 4 or AMD 64 processor) • Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista, XP or Tablet PC (certified for 32 bits) • 4 GB RAM (Minimum 2 GB) • Monitor supporting 1280x1024 resolution • Video card supporting Direct3D or Open GL with 256 MB RAM (Minimum 128 MB RAM) • Wacom® Digital Drawing Tablet (optional) • Free QuickTime® Player • Free Adobe® Reader
Specifications are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information on Toon Boom Studio or any other Toon Boom product, please contact: sales@toonboom.com .......................................................................................................................................................................................................
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