Toon Boom Studio for Mac

Overview of the Animation Suite

Toon Boom Studio is a professional-grade animation package designed for producing high-quality animations for video, websites, TV, film, games, mobile apps, and e-learning. It targets experienced animators (a simpler edition exists for novices) and aims to make frame-by-frame work feel as intuitive as sketching with pen and paper. A trial version is available for evaluation.

Supported Input Formats and Media

• Accepts vector and raster files such as SWF, AI, PSD, JPEG, TGA, and GIF for easy import.
• Audio import supports WAV, AIFF and MP3 so you can synchronize soundtracks and effects.
• You can bring in templates, footage, and still images to build scenes or use as reference layers.

Animation Tools and Workflow

• Built-in lip-sync analysis helps match character mouth movements to spoken audio automatically.
• A zoomable canvas and 3D space tools let you fine-tune composition, scale, rotation and perspective.
• The interface is designed to avoid requiring prior Flash expertise — you can animate without learning Flash timelines or tools.

Export Options and Compatibility

• Flexible export targets include Flash (SWF), QuickTime, DV stream and AVI for different delivery needs.
• Real-time previews help check motion and timing before producing final renders.

Recent Enhancements and Fixes

• Improved SWF export performance for vector-only bone animations.
• Added full QuickTime rendering support for animations that use bone effects.
• Live preview of bone-based deformations directly in the workspace.
• Bone templates can now be reused across multiple characters to speed rigging.
• Enhanced precision for regions of influence when moving and deforming elements.
• More capable handling and transformation of pixmap/raster textures.
• Faster and more reliable vector shape transformations.
• Better in-timeline control and direct manipulation of bone segments.
• Simplified controls for setting bone rotation, length and placement.
• Additional bone-level options to segment and animate complex characters.
• A dedicated skeleton/effect layer that integrates with the timeline.
• Numerous under-the-hood improvements and bug resolutions to improve stability and performance.