Tag "Toon Boom"

Garfield Creator Teams Up With Toon Boom

August 8, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Garfield creator Jim Davis has joined forces with Montreal-based animation software house Toon Boom to introduce a new release titled Garfield’s Comic Boom. “Back in my day we had only pencils and paper,” notes Davis. “This new software is like adding a jet pack to creativity. Kids can craft characters [...]

Toon Boom Nixes MIFA, Launches Harmony Tour

May 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Montreal-based animation software company Toon Boom announced yesterday that it won’t be attending Annecy’s MIFA market this year due to a “fundamental disagreement with the organizers.” Since Toon Boom was planning to officially announce Harmony 9 at MIFA, the executive team will now be embarking on a Harmony Launch Tour [...]

HSBC Names Toon Boom Biz of the Year

May 11, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Canadian animation software company Toon Boom Animation Inc. has won the inaugural HSBC International Business of the Year – Small and Medium Enterprise Award. The Award is part of the Business without Borders program and honors Canadian companies that have successfully reached out into the international market. “Canada is home [...]

Toon Boom Shows New Harmony Solution

April 13, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Toon Boom Animation has unveiled its new Harmony solution at MIP-TV. The company, which was demonstrating the software at its booth at the trade show, described the new solution as follows: Draw the Line Between Flash and a True Animation Pipeline: Harmony delivers capabilities that simply did not exist before. Starting [...]

Women in Animation, Toon Boom Set Feb. 18 NYC Party

February 4, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Women in Animation International and Toon Boom are set to pour you a drink — all you have to do is stop by. The hosts will be serving wine at the event, set for 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Hilton’s Bridges Bar in New York City. This is the [...]

William Shatner Talks ‘The Zenoids,’ MyOuterSpace.com

January 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Having won the contest to animate William Shatner, Jeremy Appleman is set to help contribute to a new animation project called The Zenoids that is being launched on the sci-fi social networking website MyOuterSpace.com. The site is an interested project in itself. More than just being a hub for sci-fi [...]

Appleman’s Animated Shatner Wins MyOuterSpace-Toon Boom Contest

January 22, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

In the booming world of animation, there are multiple paths to success for each link in the chain — producers, technology companies and talent. All three of which have come together in a recent animation talent contest run by the website MyOuterSpace.com in conjunction with Toon Boom Animation and the Academy [...]