Emmy-winning animation software creator Toon Boom Animation Inc. announced today that its Toon Boom Digital Pro. was adopted by Full Circle Studio, a Trinidad-based design company focused on becoming a major animation
provider in the Caribbean. Full Circle plans to cater its professional animation
services to leading North American and European production outfits.
Full Circle Studio was founded in 2002 by Camille Selvon Abrahams, who launched the Animae Caribe Animation and New Media Festival as a way of providing a platform for the art and raising awareness of the potential for animation produced in the Caribbean. The company is also one of the first animation and multimedia technology outfits to provide training services in the Caribbean. Through the Ministry of Tertiary Education in Trinidad and Tobago, the studio offers animation instruction to ten students for a twelve-week period twice a year.
“We are so pleased to welcome Full Circle in the Toon Boom family,’ says Toon Boom president and CEO Joan Vogelesang. ‘We feel optimistic to see such a dynamic and talented team dedicated to making the Caribbean a new animation destination for larger studios. It is a privilege to have Toon Boom technology serve as a stepping stone for Full Circle to become a player in the global animation industry.”
Toon Boom provides entry level and high-end animation software solutions for film, television, the internet, video games, mobile devices and training applications. The company’s client base includes Nelvana, Warner Bros., Mercury Filmworks, China Central Television, Toonz Animation India, eMation, Rough Draft Korea, Alphanim, Cosgrove Hall, Cromosoma and Enarmonia. Top tier productions created with Toon Boom’s technology include Les Triplettes de Belleville, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Rugrats, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Curious George, Go West: A New Lucky Luke Adventure and The Simpsons Movie. For additional information, go to toonboom.com.
