Toon Boom has announced the release of Animate 2, designed to give Flash users more power and flexibility in creating animation.
The new version enhances Animate’s tailor-made approach to Flash animation that makes the process more straight-forward and efficient.
Animate 2 delivers the following key benefits:
‘ All-In-One
o Superior drawing tools with brushes
o Convenient text capability
o Added TWAIN support for scanning
o Advanced animation tools
o Smart combination of pegs and symbols
o Easy access to the top 15 FX
o Flexible export options as image sequence, SWF, FLV and MOV
‘ True space
o Integrated real-time camera
o Impressive depth movement on Z-axis
o Powerful motion path settings
o Efficient ease and velocity settings
‘ Smart Puppet
o Smooth character motion using forward and inverse kinematics
o Sophisticated morphing
o Flexible rigging and hierarchy options
o Reusable library structure
o Automated lip-sync
‘ Color Tune
o Fast coloring using palettes
o Fine-tune color ambiance using cloning
o Well-established paint tools
o Smart color effects with invisible lines
o Advanced textures and gradient painting
Animate 2 is available through April 14 at a special launch prices of $600. It is regularly priced at $700.
More information and specs about Toon Boom Animate 2 can be found online at www.toonboom.com/animate.
