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Toonz goes Open Source!
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March 18, 2016
TOONZ GOES OPEN SOURCE
Digital Video, the makers of TOONZ, and DWANGO, a Japanese publisher, announced today they have signed an agreement for the acquisition by Dwango of Toonz, an animation software which was independently developed by Digital Video (Rome, Italy).
Digital Video and Dwango agreed to close the deal under the condition Dwango will publish and develop an Open Source platform based on Toonz (OpenToonz). Effective Saturday March 26, the TOONZ Studio Ghibli Version will be made available to the animation community as a free download.
OpenToonz will include features developed by Studio Ghibli (*Toonz Ghibli Edition) which has been a long time Toonz user. Through OpenToonz, Dwango will create a platform that will aim to have research labs and the animated film industry actively cooperating with each other.
With this agreement in place, Digital Video will move to the open source business model, offering to the industry commissioning, installation & configuration, training, support and customization services while allowing the animators’ community to use a state of the art technology at no cost.
Digital Video will also continue to develop and market a Toonz Premium version at a very competitive price for those companies willing to invest in the customization of Toonz for their projects. A comprehensive list of the new services available can be found at www.toonzpremium.com.
Commenting on this exciting announcement, Mr. Atsushi Okui, Executive Imaging Director at Studio Ghibli said “ During the production of ‘Princess Mononoke’ in 1995, we needed a software enabling us to create a certain section of the animation digitally. We checked for what was available at that time and chose ‘Toonz’. Our requirement was that in order to continue producing theatre-quality animation without additional stress, the software must have the ability to combine the hand-drawn animation with the digitally painted ones seamlessly. From then onwards we continued to use the software while going through major updates to make it easier for us to use. We are happy to hear that this open source version contains the Ghibli Edition. We hope that many people inside and outside of the animation industry will utilize this software for their work. We would like to extend our gratitude to the staff of Digital Video.”
Claudio Mattei, Managing Director at Digital Video, the makers of TOONZ, said:
“ The contract with Dwango, which offers the Toonz open source platform to the animation community, has enabled Digital Video to realize one of its strategies, i.e. to make of Toonz a world standard for 2D animation. This deal will be also the starting point of a new exciting plan to endorse the Open Source business model, by supporting training and customizing Toonz for the old and new users. We are proud to share this path with Dwango and with Studio Ghibli, the renowned Toonz user since 1995.”
Mr Nobuo Kawakami, Chairman and CTO at Dwango, added:
"It is a great honour for us to be able to release OpenToonz as open source software.
We’d like to express our deepest appreciation to Digital Video and Studio Ghibli for their help and support We hope the high-quality software that meets the demands of animation professionals will contribute to revitalizing the animation industry. Dwango will also utilize OpenToonz in order to present its research and development results."
The open source version of TOONZ will be officially presented in Tokyo at Anime Japan (March 26 and 27)
About Digital Video
Digital Video is an R&D company with a widely proven talent in defining and developing innovative and visionary products and bringing them to market. The company has its main offices in Rome (Italy) and specializes in high-end computer graphics for professional applications as well as for broadcast and cinema. More information at www.digitalvideo.eu.com
Contact: mailto:company@toonz.com
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2016年のアカデミー賞長編アニメーション映画部門賞にノミネートを果たされたスタジオジブリの皆さま、おめでとうございます！
Congratulations to Studio Ghibli for the nomination,
as best Animated Feature Film, at the Academy Awards 2016!
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C’est en 1999 que Folimage et Toonz ont débuté leur collaboration, sur les courts et les longs-métrages du studio.
Pour Phantom Boy, nouveau long-métrage de Jean-Loup Felicioli et Alain Gagnol, le choix de travailler une nouvelle fois avec TOONZ 7 s’est imposé naturellement.
En effet ce logiciel est adapté à notre mode de fabrication « fait main » et permet d’obtenir un rendu de très grande qualité.
In 1999 Folimage and Toonz began their collaboration on short and feature films produced by the studio. For Phantom Boy, new feature film by Jean-Loup and Alain Gagnol Felicioli, the choice of working with Toonz was natural. Indeed this software is well suited for our way of making "handmade" cartoons and provides a very high quality rendering.
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Unleash the artist inside you and challenge your friends by sharing your animations!
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