Toon Boom Storyboard Pro Upgrade from Student to Commercial Annual Term License with Gold Support (Download)
Eligibility: Students Only
Used by storytellers, directors, and creatives globally, Storyboard Pro empowers you to get your ideas down, structure the sequence and elaborate the story so it can be shared, pitched and promoted on your terms. This all-in-one storyboard software combines drawing, scripting, camera controls, animatic creation capabilities and sound. Seamlessly integrating with Harmony, Storyboard Pro is the way to get your content pitched and green lit quickly and easily.
Whether you started your project with a script or you chose to write the script as you draw your boards, Storyboard Pro has your back! Import your full script from any source and always stay in line with the most important part of any production: the Story. Add captions to your panels by simply dragging and dropping sections from your script.
Used Final Draft to create your script and manage your scenes, shots or panels? Storyboard Pro can automatically generate a storyboard from a .fdx import with scene breakdowns, naming and captions.
NEW! features include:
Symmetry Drawing Guides
Three symmetry drawing guides have been added to Storyboard 24. Vertical Symmetry, Horizontal Symmetry and Dual Axis. When active, the symmetry guides mirror the strokes drawn by the artist by duplicating it on the other side of the guide. For example, using the Vertical Symmetry guide allows artists to quickly draw characters without having to draw both sides.
Pencil Lines with Opacity
The Pencil tool has been improved to support opacity variations on lines as they are drawn. Artists can control the amount of transparency on lines by applying more or less pressure on their stylus, giving them more control over the artistic look of their drawings. The resulting pencil lines have a more natural look, while still retaining the ability to be easily reshaped using the contour editor.
New Brush Properties for Even More Natural Look
New properties have been added to the Brush tool to randomize the position of the brush tip when generating textured strokes. These properties will help improve the natural look of textured brushes and will open new artistic possibilities. Brushes that mimic soft brushes, sponges and air brushes will now be easier to create, as well as replicating brushes in from other drawing softwares.
Faster Loading, Display and Manipulation of 3D Models
The technology used to load and display 3D models was completely overhauled to provide faster loading, display and manipulation of 3D models within Storyboard Pro. Large models that used to make Storyboard Pro crawl, can now be visualized and manipulated without any performance issues.
Drawing on Rotated Layers
Posing Characters Built with Deformation Rigs
Characters built with bone armatures can now be posed in Storyboard Pro by manipulating their bones. Posing characters can be used as is in the final render or as reference for the artist to draw over more expressive poses. Drawing over 3D references is a common technique as it allows the artist more freedom in the acting, while keeping the drawings on models and with the proper proportions.
Improved Snapshot Workflow
3D models can now be imported in 2D scenes allowing artists to position the models, move or hide parts of the model while being in the context of the scene, before converting the model to a flat image. Using flat renders of 3D sets makes the storyboarding process simpler for artists as they don’t need to take into account the complexity of moving layers and cameras in 3D space. This makes the storyboard lighter as well, as once rendered to a flat image, Storyboard Pro does not have to display the 3D model.
Attach Drawing Layers to 3D Models
Drawing layers can now be attached to 3D models in order to have them follow as the models move in 3D space. Whether this is a character drawn on a 3D vehicle or a prop drawn on a 3D character, attaching the layer ensures that the drawing stays aligned with the model and does not appear to slide on it. The artist does not have to animate each object individually anymore.
Toon Shader
A simple Toon Shader effect is now available to produce cartoonish renders of 3D models that blends in with the style commonly used when drawing storyboards. Artists can control the width of the line and the amount of color levels used in the render.
Preview and Instert Audio
Audio files can now be played from the Library view, where new functionalities allow users to select in and out points in the audio file before inserting in the Timeline. Selecting a portion of an audio file before inserting is especially useful when working with sound banks as audio files typically have multiple variations of the same sounds in the same file. Editors can now quickly select the portion they need from the audio file before inserting it in the Timeline.
Keyframable Audio Effects
The effect stack now allows editors to set keyframes on audio effects to vary the effect parameters over time. This will allow panning sound from one side to the other or increase the amount of echo over time.
PDF Export
The editing and creation of layouts for PDF export is now simpler and easier. The size and positions of panels on the page can easily be modified. A live preview is displayed as changes are made to immediately see the result immediately without having to export and open the generated PDF.
The included Gold Support features:
- Installation an Configuration Assistance
- Access to online Knowledge Base
- Access to Online Forums
- Access to online Documentation
- Access to online Tutorials and Demos
- Multilingual support (whenever possible)
- Access to release update which includes critical corrections
- Unlimited Support Tickets Per Year (Upgrade from Silver)
- Phone support
- Email support
- Respopnse time within 24 hours (Upgrade from Silver)
- Access to new releases
As well as the following support items not included in Silver Support:
- Scripting guidance
- Participate in Beta programs
- Access to in-between fixes
- Access to previous versions
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