Toon Boom Launches Animate 2

Montreal (April 1, 2010) – Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the release of Toon Boom Animate 2, a new version that provides Flash animators with more power and flexibility for creating animation. Considering the tailor-made features Animate 2 provides, now is the time for Flash animators to rely on a technology specifically designed to make their animation creation process a more straightforward and efficient one.

Adam Phillips, publisher of Bitey Castle (www.bitey.com), creator of the Brackenwood series and all-time top scoring on Newgrounds had this to say about Animate 2: “Version 2 of Animate is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. Having had the honour of testing some of the new features ahead of the release, I cannot recommend it highly enough. To those who are thinking of upgrading, my answer is yes. This upgrade is worth it. If you are a Flash user and are tired of animation software that fights you every step of the way, you only need an afternoon to get acquainted with Animate and you’ll never go back. Mark my words. With a big fat red marker.”

Animate 2 delivers the following key benefits:

All-In-One
Superior drawing tools with brushes
Convenient text capability
Added TWAIN support for scanning
Advanced animation tools
Smart combination of pegs and symbols
Easy access to the top 15 FX
Flexible export options as image sequence, SWF, FLV and MOV

True space
Integrated real-time camera
Impressive depth movement on Z-axis
Powerful motion path settings
Efficient ease and velocity settings

Smart Puppet
Smooth character motion using forward and inverse kinematics
Sophisticated morphing
Flexible rigging and hierarchy options
Reusable library structure
Automated lip-sync

Colour Tune
Fast colouring using palettes
Fine-tune colour ambiance using cloning
Well-established paint tools
Smart colour effects with invisible lines
Advanced textures and gradient painting

Buy Toon Boom Animate 2 now at the special launch price of $599.99 US (regular price: $699.99 US), valid until April 14, 2010. All customers who took advantage of the pre-order campaign which started on March 8, 2010, will receive their Product Code electronically along with instructions on how to install and activate the product.

Information about Toon Boom Animate 2, including new tips, is now available online at www.toonboom.com/animate/

About Toon Boom Animation Inc.
Toon Boom Animation Inc. (toonboom.com) is the worldwide leader in animation software solutions. Toon Boom carries user-friendly animation applications for all and develops new geographies to make the animation community as global as can be. In that market segment, Toon Boom caters to the needs of children, home users, creative professionals as well as students, educators and schools.