The price of a gallon of gas keeps going up this summer, but at least animation is getting cheaper for some. Emmy award-winning software company Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced that it has reduced prices on several of its most popular animation software solutions just for the summer. Valid until July 17, the promotions offer savings of as much as $100 on Toon Boom Studio, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro, Toon Boom Digital Pro. In addition, the company is offering summer specials on academic versions of its products.
Toon Boom Studio, an all-in-one animation software package, can currently be had $299.99. Toon Boom Storyboard Pro has been knocked down to $799.99, and Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro to $299.99. Content creators can also snag Toon Boom Digital Pro at $2,499.99 or $1,999 for a Studio cross-grade.
Toon Boom Studio 4 offers greater flexibility to customize convenient workspaces. Its 30-plus new features and improvements include the ability to animate bitmap images like any other vector drawing, extended line styles for creating a multitude of styles including calligraphy, feather edges to creating vector blur or glow effects, more peg functionalities for easily creating improved motion effects and advanced web publishing options for seamless playback on the internet. Studio 4 also offers support for Adobe Illustrator layers, the Vectorize Preview window, improved drawing tools, Alpha Onion Skinning and support of Tablet PC OS (for Windows XP and Vista).
Key features of Storyboard Pro include a true WYSIWYG, multi-layer drawing engine that mimics the traditional storyboarding process using a graphic tablet and pen compatible with Tablet PC for Windows and Vista, as well as Mac Intel. The release also offers simultaneous animatic creation (complete with complex camera moves), pre-production management functions and total pipeline integration with AAF, CSV, PSD and PDF file format support.
Pencil Check Pro supports a full range of devices from scanners to DV/HDV cameras, webcams and digital cameras. The software performs all capture operations from a unique interface and has a real-time preview for devices equipped with live video stream. Users can sketch key poses directly in the software, playback instantly and use the audio track capabilities while filling the exposure sheet.
A complete paperless animation software designed for professionals and freelancers, Toon Boom Digital Pro comes with kick-start programs designed to ensure successful and seamless studio integration, extensive training material and reliable customer support. Productivity tools include a state-of-the-art vector engine, palette management, lip-sync, true 3D space, morphing and inverse kinematics. Other key features include an asset library for storing animated cycles, sounds, effects, characters, backgrounds, props, and templates for reuse; advanced palette management for creating and altering color models with independent palettes; more than over 50 special effects to chose from and apply in any combination instantly at anytime during production; and integrated, non-linear workflow that covers all the production steps from storyboarding to final rendering.
Learn more about Toon Boom’s summer specials at www.toonboom.com/promo. All prices for the academic versions are listed at
www.toonboom.com/edu/talp_stepA.php.
