This rise to prominence has been powered by the success of their Studio program, which I would say is the best and most affordable 2d animation software on the market today. Over the last decade Toon Boom has become arguably the leading 2d animation software company. To find out more, read our in-depth review of Harmony 12 here

We recommend their Harmony Essentials version. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to ĮDITORIAL NOTE: As of October 16th 2015 Toon Boom will be discontinuing their Toon Boom Studio software, and replacing it with their flagship Harmony program. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these. Toon Boom Studio is a powerful and flexible professional animation packages that should make your creations come to life.Disclosure: Some links may be affiliate links.

The other big advantage that Toon Boom Studio offers is that you don't need to learn how to animate in Flash to use it. Export formats are fairly flexible too including Flash (SWF), QuickTime, DV Stream and AVI. There are also zoom in and out features, the ability to create 3D spaces and to scale and rotate your creations until they're exactly right. To make things look more realistic, there's a lip sync analyzer to make sure your characters lip-sync in time.

You can bring life to your animations with sound (in WAV, AIFF, MP3 format). The aim of the studio is to make animation on your PC as natural as drawing with pen and paper. Toon Boom Studio allows you to import media such as templates, movies and photos in SWF, AI, PSD, JPEG, TGA and GIF format.

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