Product Review: Toon Boom Animation Software
Flip Boom Classic is easy enough to be used by younger students, yet it provides all the tools you need to make a very simple animated film. Instructions are
clear and concise, and the large, improved and more colorful buttons are identified with a quick mouse-over. It has very basic controls and simplified layout,
similar to that of a children's drawing kit; a large workspace is flanked on the left by three sets of tools that can be hidden or brought forward for use and a
color palette, on top is a toolbar, the drawing sequence of frames is on the bottom, and tools to record, play, and save the work are on the right. Drawing tools
simply include a brush, fill-tool, and eraser. Version 5.0 now includes over 75 new templates and a library of over 100 sounds, each organized into themed sets.
Students simply draw frames, using the previous frame as a guide, add sound effects from the sound library or record original sounds, run them together to form
a cartoon, then save finished work or export it with one click to an iPod, to YouTube, or FaceBook, as a Quick Time or Flash video, or to a printer as a flip
book.
