Toon Boom logo used from 2001 to 2017. In 1996, Toon Boom purchased the software development business of studio. Its animation production services were to be merged into CST Entertainment according to a premature press release from CST. That merger never took place, and USAnimation's studio changed its name to VirtualMagic Animation in 1996 and operated independently.
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Toon Boom Animation continued the development of USAnimation software which became Toon Boom Opus. It has since become Toon Boom Harmony.
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer Jacques Bilodeau left the company in May 2003, and the company's board of directors appointed Chief Operating Officer Joan Vogelesang to take his place. In 2006, Toon Boom acquired French company, developer of the 2D bitmap animation software called Pegs. Since the acquisition, the software has not been updated and can no longer be purchased. In 2009, Toon Boom acquired the British company, developer of Animo. Since the acquisition, the software has not been updated and can no longer be purchased. In 2012, Toon Boom was acquired.
On March 9, 2016, Toon Boom acquired all the related IP for the TACTIC Studio product, an asset management, production tracking and review tool from Toronto-based Southpaw Technology Inc. And planned to re-launch the product as Toon Boom Producer. Chief Executive Officer and President Joan Vogelesang stepped down in September 2014 after over 16 years at Toon Boom, and Paul Gardner was appointed as interim CEO. On June 13, 2017, Toon Boom re-branded and launched Producer.
Historical products. Toon Boom Opus (1996-2008) - formerly, it was used in the traditional film/TV animation industry. Tic Tac Toon (1996-2001) - succeeded by Toon Boom Studio. Toon Boom Studio (2001-2015) - aimed at home users and individuals. Succeeded by Toon Boom Harmony Essentials. Toon Boom Concerto (2004-2005).
Toon Boom Solo (2005-2007) - aimed at small studios. Succeeded by Toon Boom Digital Pro. Toon Boom Digital Pro (2007-2009) - succeeded by Toon Boom Animate Pro. Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro (2008-2014) - a line testing software product. Toon Boom Animate (2008-2015) - aimed at professional animators, boutique studios, students, and educators. Succeeded by Toon Boom Harmony Advanced. Toon Boom Manager (2009-2014) - a production tracking system for the entertainment industry.
Toon Boom Animate Pro (2009-2015) - aimed at animation studios and freelancers. Flip Boom product line (discontinued in 2014) - entry-level animation software. Garfield's Comic Boom (discontinued in 2014) - a comic strip or album creation software product developed with cartoonist. The application included built-in video tutorials by the cartoonist. This section contains content that is written like. Please help by removing and inappropriate, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a.
( November 2011) Harmony Harmony contains the tools required to handle (puppet), paperless frame-by-frame and workflows from scanning to compositing and 2D/3D integration. Its toolset includes pencil lines with textures, deformation tools, morphing, inverse kinematics, particles, built-in compositor, 3D camera and 2D-3D integration.
When used as a paperless animation, users can draw animation directly into the software, using a. Harmony has been in continuous development since 2005 and has been used on productions like, and, among others. Harmony Server This software provides additional capabilities for teams of animators using Harmony who want to share files and manage assets from a central database that is located on a server. Its centralized database system allows the sharing of assets between scenes and enables the workload to be shared across a studio or between studios. It also includes production controls for managing rendering jobs and coordinating batch scanning of paper drawings. Harmony Server is available as an add-on for users of Harmony Advanced and Harmony Premium. Storyboard Pro This software is used in pre-production to create storyboards for a wide variety of project types including 2D and 3D animation, stop motion, and live action productions.
Storyboard Pro contains all the tools required to create storyboards and animatics. Its toolset includes vector and bitmap drawing tools, pencils and textured brushes, a built-in camera, audio tools, a timeline for timing control, and a 3D toolset to integrate imported 3D models. Producer Producer is a web-based production tracking and digital asset management tool. See also. References.
Toon Boom Animation Inc. Today announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Studio 4.5 and Flip Boom Classic.
The enhanced products offer new features designed to streamline the animation process for both professional users and animators just getting their start. The latest version of Studio offers better integration with Photoshop files, extended ease of use and more export options to iTunes and YouTube. Toon Boom is promoting it as the perfect upgrade for Flip Boom and Animation-ish, which are geared more to novice animators. Users can employ Studio 4.5 to add animation over videos, print drawings to create flipbooks or use as a reference and import multi-layer Photoshop files and create more impressive multiplane effects. The release also offers enhanced drag-and-drop capability and allows animators to import Flip Boom and Animation-ish projects for enhanced animation.
Toon Boom Studio 4.5 can be purchased at the special pre-launch price of $329.99 in the U.S. The offer is valid until July 31, 2008. All new clients will receive a Toon Boom Studio 4.0 key. Their Studio 4.5 license key will be automatically registered and emailed to them upon product release this August.
More information is available online at www.toonboom.com/products/toonBoomStudio. Flip Boom Classic is a new and improved version of Flip Boom, an animation solution for kids which won a Parent’s Choice Gold Award and was a finalist for the Canadian New Media Awards. The software allows youngsters to print flip books of their drawings. The new version features a resizable, user-friendly interface and gives users the ability to set up animation within the new camera frame, lay out drawings on top of each other and publish animation directly to an iPod.
Available in electronic format only, Flip Boom Classic runs on Windows XP, Vista and Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The software can be purchased for $39.99, and current Flip Boom customers can upgrade for $9.99. For more information, go to www.toonboom.com/products/flipboom.