General

• Windows and Mac
Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X native version running on both PowerPC and Intel processors.
• Improved User Interface
Clean interface and powerful customizable working environment based on a new technology.
• Improved Browser
Window List view with sortable detail columns; detailed file info box; embedded converter tool to convert files from one format to another.

Cleanup

• Improved Cleanup Process
New tools and options to control the cleanup and monitor each drawing while being processed.
• Camera Test
Check and edit how the drawings to-be-processed will be shot by the camera.
• Cleanup Settings Dialog
Define cleanup-related camera information and use the embedded cleanup palette.
• Cleanup Settings Configuration File
Save and retrieve cleanup settings configuration files from one scene to another, and assign them to specific animation levels.
• Cleaned-up Drawings Backup
Automatic backup the unpainted version of each Toonz raster animation level.

Drawing

• Improved Brush Tool
With pencil mode for more precise editing on raster animation levels.
• Improved Matchline Management
Set matchline styles and the way they are merged with the drawings.
• Convert-to-vector Tool
Use the new converter engine to turn raster-based drawings to vector-based ones; copy and paste selections from raster drawings to vector ones, and vice versa, automatically converting them.
• Strokes Grouping Management
Quickly enter and exit groups to isolate them visually from the rest of the drawing.
• Merge and Paste Into Commands
Edit animation levels by merging and pasting frames from different levels.
• Visual Checks
Control the ink & paint process by checking if all the drawings areas were properly painted, or where a certain style was used to paint lines or areas.

Palette

• Studio Palette Window
Check and edit any palette saved in the studio palette in the embedded palette viewer.
• Multiple Palette Display
Display multiple palettes of different animation levels at the same time.
• Save and Load Palette
Save animation level palettes and load them in the xsheet for special FX purposes.

Xsheet

• Interactive Xsheet Editing
Choose whether to copy, insert or overwrite xsheet content when moving a cell selection.
• Xsheet Timing Stretching
Change the timing of a selection of cells, a selected frame range, or the whole xsheet.
• New Visibility Options
Hide or show scene elements directly in the viewer, and choose to make them partially visible.
• Improved Edit Tool
Possibility to customize the displayed parameters and to lock them selectively.
• Edit Tool Scale Parameter
Set the uniform scale, in addition to the horizontal and vertical ones, for object transformations.
• Improved Skeleton Tool
Streamlined skeleton display, with and options to visualize only active sections.
• Skeleton Inverse Kinematics
Set fixed centers that stay still while the skeleton animation is defined when using inverse kinematics.
• Improved Hook Tool
Define hooks for any clip, sequence or level loaded in the scene.
• Tracking Tool
Track the position of specific features any clip, sequence or level loaded in the scene.
• Audio Scrubbing
Scrub audio files by moving the current frame cursor.

FX and Stage Schematic

• Schematic Window
Tidier visualizations of objects, nodes, links and labels both for the FX and Stage Schematic.
• Schematic Features
Create links in an easier way thanks to the links selection and snap features.
• FX Nodes Insertion
Choose to insert, add or replace FX nodes by selecting them from a drop-down menu available in the schematic.
• FX Nodes and Links Editing
Copy and paste selected links, and insert or extract nodes from links to edit the FX schematic.
• Curves FX
Adjusts the tonal range of animation levels and images according to a tonal curve for each channel separately.
• Improved Particles FX
Use multiple animation levels as particles or as control images.
• Improved Tile FX
Repeat in each frame horizontally or vertically any animation level, image or clip.
• Improved Adjust Levels FX
Adjust the highlights and shadows of any animation level, image or clip according to the input and output levels values for each channel separately.

Function Editor

• Function Editor Window
New objects/FX tree to detect if an item is animated from its icon, and new area to assign different type of interpolations to different segments of the curve.
• Segment Interpolations
Control interpolations affecting the way the value changes from one key to another, by choosing among Linear, Speed In / Speed Out, Ease In / Ease Out, Exponential, Expression-based, File-based and Constant.
• Improved Expressions
Use in expressions references to any object or effect transformation in order to create some relations between different objects and FX transformations.

Viewer & Flipbook

• Full-Screen Mode
Display the viewer and the flipbook images full-screen (Windows only).
• Custom Flipbook Buttons Bar
Customize the flipbook buttons bar to display only specific commands.
• Snapshot Comparison Mode
Grab different preview or flipbook images and compare them interactively.
• Multiple Histograms & Color Channels Buttons
Control the composition of the preview and flipbook frames by checking the images histograms and color channels.
• Linked Flipbooks
Link all opened flipbook windows to play them back simultaneously.
• Improved 3D Camera View
Tidier view of the camera cone and drawings position when working in the 3D environment.

Batch Processing

• Task Lists
Save and load task lists from one session to another.
• Interactive Task Configuration
Edit task parameter after it is added to the list.

Preview & Render

• Preview Window
Run previews with specific settings different from the rendering ones.
• Save Previewed Frames
Save previewed images and sequences.
• FX Schematic Quick Preview
Open a preview from any node of the FX schematic to check the result up to that node.
• Preview and Rendering in Flipbook Window
Use any flipbook tool to check previewed and rendered frames.