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Toon Boom Studio 4.5 released

toonboom 20080815 195342 Toon Boom Studio 4.5 releasedI have a short list of applications I would really like to learn and one of them is the Emmy Award-winning Toon Boom. Today marks the launch of Toon Boom Studio 4.5 along with its Toon Boom Studio Importer to Flash (TBSi). This latest version improves upon the previous by enabling artists to create photo animation and live-action cartooning. Additional new features include a better integration with Photoshop (PSD) files, extended ease of use, the ability to print, more export options to iTunes and YouTube as well as the import of Flip Boom and Animation-ish projects. TBSi lets users import Toon Boom Studio projects directly into Adobe Flash CS2 and CS3, resulting in a streamlined workflow for adding interactivity to their projects.

Buy Toon Boom Studio 4.5 now for USD$399.99. Current customers owning Studio 3.5 and 4 can upgrade for USD$99.99. Please leave your comments and experiences using Toom Boom in the comments, I would love to know what you think.

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Toon Boom wins restraining order against Bauhaus

Emmy-award winning, Toon Boom Animation has obtained a temporary restraining order in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against Bauhaus Software. The temporary restraining order prevents Bauhaus from continuing to advertise product promotions that prominently feature the Toon Boom name. Toon Boom has no business relationship with Bauhaus, and has no plans to form such an alliance. Bauhaus’ use of Toon Boom’s name was not authorized by Toon Boom, and Bauhaus products are not endorsed, supported, approved or otherwise sponsored by Toon Boom.

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Primetime, Cable, Late-Night & Classic TV Shows on iTMS…and Knight Rider too

70848249 5367f34143 m Primetime, Cable, Late Night & Classic TV Shows on iTMS...and Knight Rider tooNBC Universal and Apple today announced new primetime, cable, late-night and classic TV shows, including primetime hits such as “Law & Order” and late-night favorites such as sketches from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on the iTunes Music Store. iTunes now offers more than 300 episodes of 16 popular TV shows for viewing on a computer or iPod. The word is that people have purchased and downloaded more than three million videos since the video side of the service debuted on October 12, already making the iTunes Music Store the world’s most popular video download store.

NBC Universal programming now available on the iTunes Music Store spans from the 1950s to the present, including NBC’s “Law & Order,” “The Office,” “Surface,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” the USA Network’s Emmy Award-winning “Monk” and Sci-Fi Channel’s “Battlestar Galactica” as well as classic TV shows including “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Dragnet,” and “Adam-12″, on the iTunes Music Store beginning today. ….Oh and there’s also “Knight Rider.”

Television shows are available in the US only, and video availability varies by country. Television shows are USD$1.99 per episode, and music videos and short films are also USD$1.99 each.

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