Toon Boom Animation has released Opus II Service Pack 1 and Harmony Service Pack 1. As Harmony incorporates all Opus capabilities, all added features and enhancements apply to both products. Service pack highights include:
* Support of news scanners, namely Fujitsu fi-5750c and Epson GT 15000
* New shortcuts, optimized memory management and workflow enhancements in the Scanning module
* Optimization of templates management
* Batch rendering improvements
* Several other bug fixes
Toom Boom will cease end support for USAnimation that has reached the end of its life cycle. A notice regarding expiration of support for this product has been sent to customers to allow the time to upgrade to a replacement or enhanced product, such as Toon Boom Harmony. In implementing this policy, Toon Boom's goals are to redirect resources to support current and future products and technology and to provide up-to-date support on the latest versions of its products.
Winner of the 2005 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award, Montreal-based Toon Boom Animation Inc. (www.toonboom.com) is a worldwide leader of animation software solutions. Toon Boom carries several leading animation products, including Harmony, Opus, Solo and Studio, to answers its clients needs for animation styles and formats. Toon Boom's client base ranges from major studios creating Hollywood blockbuster animated films to individual animators creating their first masterpieces.