Toon Boom Animation Inc. has released Toon Boom Animate, a new creative animation software package promising greater productivity, better quality and faster delivery of animation than ever before. The complete solution allows users to create cut-out and digital animation for publishing to all media ranging from the web to HDTV..
Animate is designed to adapt to any creative habit, whether users are trained in traditional or digital animation. It also supports standard formats for seamless asset transfer and multi-channel digital output. Users can create ‘tradigital’ and bitmap animation, or combine both styles. The software also offers advanced lip-sync and cell swapping tools; multiple brush tools, textures and gradients; vector art; morphing; advanced inverse kinematics; library building; intelligent color ID; and a multiplane camera.
Toon Boom Animate for MAC OS X on Intel-based systems and for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms is ready to ship now with availability through the Toon Boom Store at www.toonboom.com/buy/onlinestore/customer. The package is available at the special launch price of $699 until Dec. 25, 2008, at which time the price will go up to approximately $999. Toon Boom Animate comes with a Personal Learning Edition and more than two hours of video training. For more detailed information, go to www.toonboom.com/animate.
