These paragraphs, pages or chapters refer to advanced features available only in those programs. From time to time you’ll see specific mention of ‘Pro only features’ or ‘Harmony only features indicated by the icons in Figure 0.2. Throughout this book then, we’ll start with the tools and techniques at the Animate level, most of which serves as a foundation for the other two. This means that if you’re familiar with one of them, you pretty much know your way around them all.Īs of this writing, the current versions are Animate 3, Animate Pro 3 and Harmony 10.3.

Which one is right for you? There are significant differences between Animate at the low end, Animate Pro in the middle and Harmony at the top, but across all three, the interface is almost identical. The three Toon Boom programs we cover are Animate, Animate Pro and Harmony. N this book I’ll teach you how to use Toon Boom software to create your own 2D animation. Animate to harmony : the independent animator’s guide to Toon boom / Adam Phillips. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Phillips, Adam. Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. As new research and experience broaden our understanding, changes in research methods, professional practices, or medical treatment may become necessary.

Noticcs Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Animate to Harmony The Independent Animator’s Guide to Toon Boomįirst published 2015 by Focal Press 70 Blanchard Road, Suite 402, Burlington, MA 01803 and by Focal Press 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Focal Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Taylor & Francis The right of Adam Phillips to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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