US/Canadian Multimedia Partners FableVision & Toon Boom Expand

Montreal (September 15, 2008) – Emmy Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. and Boston-based educational media developer FableVision today announced the expansion and enhancement of its newly released Animation-ish software, the award-winning program that allows people of all ages to unleash their creativity through easy, “do-it-yourself” animation. Along with functional updates, Animation-ish Service Pack 1 also expands the firms’ eLearning offerings to support its growing base of international users.

Key to the success of Animation-ish, which has received three prestigious awards from renown Parenting and Educational publications, is the software’s unique “Inspire Me” feature—online animation lessons hosted by New York Times Best-Selling Children’s Book Author/Illustrator Peter H. Reynolds (The Dot, Ish, Judy Moody,Someday), along with others artists and animators at FableVision.

One of the newest lessons demonstrates how to animate a bouncing ball, which combined with the program’s “Ish-Starters” help even the most reluctant and creatively-challenged learners. FableVision’s EVP and Director of Production Gary Goldberger notes, “We didn’t just create an animation tool – we’re committed to developing a mentoring relationship with our users – young, old and in between – especially with people who think they can’t draw.” He adds, “Toon Boom and FableVision plan to deliver hundreds of lessons over the next decade to support our user community.”