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What's New in Storyboard Pro 2

Click here to download the latest release notes for Service Pack 2.

Content Creation Tools

Extended set of Tools and Tool Properties
Fast creation and reuse of brushes with specific settings
Easy creation of custom brushes using a stroke or a series of strokes
Practical setting of separate colours for Brush, Pencil and Paint tools
Convenient selection of strokes based on the selected stroke colour
Extended rich text support for captions
Convenient addition of sketch captions on a panel-by-panel basis

Input/Output Capabilities

Final Draft 8 support
Practical customization of the PDF export on a panel-by-panel basis
Improved PDF Export with Analyze functionality
Extended export to Final Cut Pro through XML
*not supported with Final Cut Pro X
Final Cut Pro Conformation (Import / Export)
*not supported with Final Cut Pro X
Easy assembling of scanned images based on new naming convention

Storyboarding Capabilities

Quick creation of new panels using all or only specific layers of currently selected panels
Practical tracking of changes made to panels
Naming convention improvements
Safe locking of panel names

Animatic Capabilities

Impressive camera movements across panels
Optimized playback
Real-time transitions
Convenient Thumbnails playback option

User Interface Improvements

Full scene antialiasing support (smoother drawing)
Enhanced support of both horizontal and vertical layer displays
Layer Transparency
Practical customizable workspaces
Save As and Auto-Save capabilities

Key Features

Built-in Animatics

Independent motion per layer
Impressive Camera motion across panels
Unlimited soundtracks
Smooth playback
Real-time transitions

Smart Sketching

Superior drawing tools with multiple brush options
Comfortable drawing position with the rotating canvas and onion skin
Rich text capability
Convenient template library

No need to draw

Easy import of digital images of scouted locations, props and actors
Practical drag and drop of templates from the Library
Over 75 Library templates

Fluid Story Flow

Fast reordering of the panels
Add review fields
Record audio comments
Faster Revision process

Impressive Camera Motion

Convenient start and end camera position setting
Stunning camera movements, including zoom and roll, within and across panels
Useful display of safety area (4:3 and widescreen)

Full integration

Support of Final Draft 8
Import of leading bitmap, vector and audio formats
Export as still images, layered panels to Photoshop, and Movies
Export to Avid, Premiere and Final Cut Pro via AAF, EDL and XML
*not supported with Final Cut Pro X
Empowered PDF Export

Ease of use

Practical traditional and overview layouts
Convenient Drag and Drop Interface
Customizable workspaces
Fast ramp-up

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System Requirements

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
2 GHz Intel® Core Duo processor
1GB of RAM (Minimum), 2 GB (Recommended)
500 MB of available hard disk space for the software
Video card fully supporting OpenGL with 128 MB of RAM
Monitor supporting 1280 x1024 resolution
Wacom tablets for drawing (Optional)
Internet connection required for activation

Microsoft Windows 7 (32 and 64 bits), Vista or XP, Tablet PC
2GHz Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor
1GB of RAM (Minimum), 2 GB (Recommended)
500 MB of available hard disk space for the software
NVIDIA® or ATI® Video card fully supporting OpenGL with 128 MB of RAM
Monitor supporting 1280 x1024 resolution
Wacom tablets for drawing (Optional)
Internet connection required for activation
Free Apple QuickTime® Player

Support

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