Digital Video | Toonz 5.1 Harlequin

Toonz 5.1 Harlequin New Features

Mac OS X version
Toonz is available for Macintosh with PowerPC and Intel processors.

Skeleton Tool
Character models can be easily defined and animated in cutout-like animation with the Skeleton tool.

Inverse Kinematics
Models defined with the Skeleton tool can be animated in a natural way by using inverse kinematics.

Control Point Editor
Vectors can be edited by manipulating, adding and deleting control points and related handles.

Control Point-based Motion Paths
Motion paths can be edited by manipulating control points.

TLV special FX
New special FX that can be applied to Toonz raster drawings: Art Contour to create patterns along drawings line; Calligraphic Line to calibrate and the thickness of the line; Colour Blending to smoothly blend coloured lines and areas.

Thickness Control on Selection Tool
Global increase or decrease of the thickness. Works on selected vectors, on all vectors in one frame and also on the entire PLI level.

Camera Stand and Render Toggles
It is possible to quickly show or hide any xsheet column respectively in the work area and in the rendering by using xsheet column toggles.

Browser Button
Paths for production files and folders can be set by opening a Toonz browser.

FX and Scene Setting Colors Interactive Editing
Scene settings and special FX colors can be edited by using the style editor or picking a color from any image with the RGB Picker tool.

Multiple Output Nodes
In the FX schematic it is possible to limit the rendering to specific nodes by adding custom output nodes.

Multiframe Color Model
It is possible to create and use color models made with several images.

Quicker Level Exposure
Autoexpose and Repeat command to quickly expose animation levels in xsheet respectively according to the level frames numbering and by repeating the selection.

Cells Cloning
Command to create a new level starting from an exposed one.

Improved Preview Speed
Faster preview for the currently loaded scene.

Improved Schematics
In the Stage and FX schematics the current object connections are put in evidence for better node management.

Improved Work Area
Zoom factor, camera box, viewer and camera background colours are available.

Improved Flipbook
Frame bar, frame rate, RGBA channel buttons, and soundtrack button available when viewing animation levels and rendered sequences.

Custom Safe Area
It is possible to customize the safe area by defining the size of two different reference boxes.

Flip-through Tool
Tool to flip through the drawings of an animation level, for instance for an easier lip synching.

Eraser Options
Eraser options to erase drawing areas by defining a box, an irregular or regular outline.

Z-Transformation Option
Option to correct animation level size in multiplane animation.

Increased Hook Sets
Hook sets are increased to 20 for each animation level.

Bug Fixing and Improvements
Bugs fixed and improvements implemented concerning function editor, convert-to-vector tool, shortcuts, keyframe management, loading level policy.