Toon Boom Announces Animate 2

Today, Toon Boom announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Animate 2, a new version that provides professional animators with more power and flexibility for creating traditional, digital, cut-out and Flash-style animation.
Toon Boom has listened to the animation community and is now delivering a new Animate version that reflects its requests. Animate is [...]

Toon Boom Makes Harmony Available for Pilot Production

Toon Boom Animation Inc. announced the launch of its unique Pilot Production Program. This program is ideal for anyone who has a concept and wants to pitch it to broadcasters, producers, investors at industry gatherings such as Kidscreen, Cartoon Forum, MIPTV or any others.
With the Pilot Production Program, Toon Boom offers professional animators a [...]

A nice post on The Princess and the Frog

Toon Boom is so thrilled by the theatrical release of The Princess and the Frog and encourages all animation fans to go see the movie this week-end!
Here is an excerpt from a post explaining how the project started and mentioning Toon Boom Harmony:
“The film promises to return to the Broadway-style musical in the style of [...]

A Paperless Pipeline for a Green Show Works Perfectly for Inspidea

Inspidea is a group of imaginative and colorful people – in more ways than one – who come together to create entertaining and inventive shows that tell compelling and unforgettable stories.
Inspidea is currently wrapping up the final weeks of Boo & Me. A co-production between Inspidea and KidsCo, the 13×2 minutes series is produced completely [...]

Compatible with Snow Leopard and Windows 7

In case you missed our announcements, we are pleased to let you know that Toon Boom’s professional line of products is compatible with both Snow Leopard and Windows 7, keeping all your OS options open.

The Art of Traditional Animation at its Best using Animate Pro

Based in Glendale, California, Picnic Productions is a unique independent animation studio recognized for its high quality standards and for its passion for traditional animation. Considering their studio size, they are the masters at the virtual studio concept. Indeed, they have the ability to expand or contract with the needs of the production by using [...]

Fast Ramp-up to Learn Toon Boom Professional products

Born in 1985 in Benoni South Africa, Michael Robertson is currently running toon53productions cc an animation and advertising company. His aims for the future are to further the animation industry in South Africa and produce world-class animated content. Using Animate Pro, Michael animated The Cavalier’s music video, which reached the TOP10 chart show on MK [...]

Text in Animate

As animators, most of us want to get our names out there so we can gain some fans, popularity and ideally a bit of paying work. Therefore titles, subtitles and credits are an integral part of making any film, not to mention that in our everyday lives we’re surrounded by text, whether street signs, brand [...]

Easier to create cut-out animation in Toon Boom

Gregory Hargis is a Sr. Video Editor/Animator for Awana® Clubs International. He has been working in video for the last 5 years and has a degree in Visual Communications and Film Studies. He owns a small business focusing on photography as well as freelance visual communications including animation. Gregory uses Toon Boom Storyboard [...]

Animate “More for Less” Event in NY and DC

The Toon Boom Team will be in New York and Washington DC on October 27 and 28 to continue the Animate “More for Less” tour. If you are in the neighborhood, make sure to drop by. Register now!