New Features in Story Planner 3.4 ML


Multi-language support Customize the GUI and let it be more friendly chosing the appropriate language (available languages are: English, French, Italian and Japanese).
Windows 64-bit OS Support Use a 64-bit-capable computer with a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 to dramatically improve the software performace.
Timeline Sketch View Display the sketch area of the current panel together with the timeline tracks.
Final Draft Import Import Final Draft files automatically defining the story flow with scenes and panels, and filling the caption areas with the related content.
Panels Merging and Splitting Selected panels can be merged in a single panel, or it is possible to split one panel in two, automatically rearranging the caption information.
Captions Style Global Formatting Modify the captions text style globally by defining selectively font, size, style, alignment and color properties.
Temporary Tool Switch Keep a tool keyboard shortcut pressed to perform a temporary tool selection; release the key to return to the previously selected tool.
Selection Tool Rotation Center Set the center used when rotating or scaling a drawing selection.
Sketch Area Rotation Rotate the sketch area of any panel at will, in full screen mode as well, to draw in a more natural way.
Transition Duration Tooltips Check in a tooltip the exact duration of the transition while you are defining it in the timeline.
Episode Code Define an episode code that can be used in the printed storyboards and exposure sheets.
Printing Resolution Choose the printing quality for sketches when printing out storyboards and exposure sheets.
Exposure Sheet Generation Generate exposure sheets with storyboard information, panel sketches, and camera movements, that can be printed and compiled by animators for planning a 2D animation production.
Timecode Offset Set a value that is added to the timecode displayed in the timeline views and in the exported animatics.
Episode Code in Animatic Include the storyboard episode code in the exported QuickTime or AVI animatic.
Scene Timecode in Animatic Include the scene timecode in the exported QuickTime or AVI animatic.
Animatic Label Position Choose if the timecode, episode code and scene numbering display has to be placed at the top or at the bottom of the animatic.
Faster Animatic Export Exporting an animatic is up to 40% faster if compared with previous releases.
AVI Animatic Export Export the animatic in the AVI file format, choosing the compression codec and the related settings.

New Features in Story Planner 3.3

Photoshop Documents Import Import PSD files as sketches taking into account the layers the document is made of, and their layering order.
Final Cut XML Interchange Format Export Export an XML file containing the animatic information, together with a folder containing the QuickTime clips the XML files refers to, one for each scene.
Camera Link Create seamless camera movements spreading on several panels by linking camera positions in subsequent panels, preserving the camera label.
Camera Motion Path Define a motion path for the camera animation.
Layers Motion Path Define a motion path for the layers animation.
Optimized Camera Visualization Improved interface performance when defining the camera position and animation.
Camera Box Color Define default colors for the start and end camera boxes to visually distinguish them.
Multiple Panels Camera Fit Fit the sketch area view to the camera in all the selected panels.
Multiple Panels Canvas Fit Fit the sketch area view to the canvas in all the selected panels.
Improved Camera Fit Fit the sketch area view to both the camera boxes, or to the selected camera box only.
Scene Duration Tooltip Check the duration of the whole scene hovering the cursor over the duration information of any panel.
Current Panel Duration Displayed information about the storyboard duration up to the current panel.
Wipe Transitions Add a transition that gradually replaces the first sketch with the second one, with a distinct vertical edge moving from one side to the other.
Optimized Audio Management Improved memory usage when managing very long audio clips in the timeline.
Improved Page Layout Add in the page template information about the partial and totoal storyboard duration.

New Features in Story Planner 3.2

Optimized Saving Operations Saving operations involves only new or modified sketches to dramatically speed up the process when saving very long storyboards.
Optimized Loading Operations Loading operations incrementally involves only sketches that are visible in the interface to dramatically speed up the process when loading very long storyboards.
Optimized Sketch Visualization Improved drawing, zooming and panning performance on high-resolution sketches.
Optimized Interface Visualization Improved interface performance in thumbnails and timeline views.
Automatic Backup A backup file of the storyboard is automatically created every time the work is saved.
Link Audio Tracks Option In the timeline audio tracks can be linked to the panel track in order to move them along when editing panel durations.
Improved Audio Files Selection Audio files can be selected in different tracks and up to the end of the storyboard for easier audio editing.
Shrink Value QuickTime animatics can be exported with a shrink value to have a smaller camera resolution.
Include Scene Numbering Option Scene numbering can be included when exporting QuickTime animatics to retrieve the scene number a section refers to.
CelAction 2D Scene Support Storyboard scenes can be exported as C2D files to start the production in CelAction 2D.
Bug Fixing Dozens of small fixings and improvements available in this version.

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