Toon Boom Studio

Toon Boom Studio is the best 2D animation software to learn and create animation with. Ideal for students and hobbyists looking for an easy-to-use animation program, excellent for teachers and educational institutions, Studio makes all animation techniques accessible to users, offering them the most creative and rewarding experience.

• Create content in multiple ways: draw digitally, scan-in paper drawings, capture live images or import existing artwork
• Apply colours
• Set camera moves
• Animate using bones, pegs and animated elements
• Add audio tracks and lip-sync your animation
• Publish your animation projects for print, TV, HDTV, the Web, Facebook, YouTube and iPod/iPod touch/iPhone/iPad

Animation techniques

• Bone animation
• Cut-out animation
• Traditional paper animation
• Traditional digital animation
• Stop-motion animation
• Rotoscoping

User Profiles

• Ideal for students
• Perfect for teachers and educational institutions
• A must for creative hobbyists

Key Benefits

• Easy-to-learn and use with illustrated user guide
• Develop your talent communicating your ideas
• Add creative animation to home videos and school projects

Education

• Excellent tools to develop creativity and self-expression
• Perfect use of animation to communicate and learn all subjects
• Art and Cross-Discipline Curriculum suitable for all school levels

What's new

Bone up on your animation with Studio 6

Studio 6 is the ultimate version for aspiring animators and hobbyists. Studio 6 now offers leading edge features to create bone animation:

• Convenient Skeleton Effect Layer in the timeline
• Useful Bone Level for segmenting and animating the character
• Easy setting of rotation, length and position of the bones
• Practical manipulation of the bones in the timeline
• Fast transformation of vector shapes
• Impressive transformation of pixmap textures
• More accurate region of influence to move objects
• Smart reuse of Bone templates on several characters
• Real-time preview of Bone Effect
• Full QuickTime export of Bone Effect
• Fast SWF export of Bone effect (Vector shapes only)
• Several software improvements and bug fixes

Key Software Features

Detailed Features List | 

• Draw, scan, capture or import artwork and video
• Paint artwork using advanced tools
• Lip-sync mouth movement to voice tracks
• Animate using bones, pegs and animated elements
• Access libraries to use and reuse content
• Create multi-plane camera movements
• Apply Feather Edge and Drop Shadow effects
• View animation in real-time
• Publish to print, web (Facebook, YouTube, SWF, QT), TV, video, and iPod/iPod touch/iPhone/iPad

Animation Styles

BONE ANIMATION
Apply a skeletal bone structure to your drawing, picture or puppet character and animate them with ease. Bend body parts to create gestures and walk cycles much faster, while preserving proportion and volume.

TRADITIONAL ANIMATION
If your talent translates best on paper, then Studio is for you. Scan-in drawings with no loss of quality using any TWAIN supported device, then use Studio's proven technology to take your illustrations into the digital world!

STOP-MOTION ANIMATION
Create remarkable stop-motion animation using any object you'd like to bring to life. Insert fun backgrounds using Chroma Key, or use time-lapse imagery to generate unique visuals. Add audio and easily export to the web!

CUT-OUT ANIMATION
Draw, create or import elements to build characters and store them all in your personal library, then apply Studio's powerful transform tool and motion paths to set timing and create movement.

TRADIGITAL ANIMATION
Developed by animators for animators, Toon Boom Studio offers all the traditional animation features at the tip of your digital pen. A 100% paperless workflow with no sacrifices in features!

ROTOSCOPING ANIMATION
Animating has never been easier, or as much fun! Studio allows you to import live-action video to then trace and colour in your characters. Rotoscoping assists you in developing smooth, realistic movements.

System Requirements:

• Dual Core Intel® or AMD® processor (minimum Pentium 4 or AMD 64 processor)
• Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista, XP or Tablet PC (certified for 32 bits)
• 2 GB RAM (Minimum 1 GB)
• Monitor supporting 1280x1024 resolution
• Video card supporting Direct3D or Open GL with 256 MB RAM (Minimum 128 MB RAM)
• Wacom® Digital Drawing Tablet (optional)
• Free QuickTime® Player
• Free Adobe® Reader