March 13th 2009 | Jens C Brynildsen

ToonBoom Studio for half the price? (This weekend only)

We don't usually publish deals like this, but 50% off one of our favorite animation tools is too good not to tell others. ToonBoom Studio is a brilliant tool for animators that offers a lot of features not found in Flash such as multi-plane camera moves, automated Lip Synching, high quality video export and a better workflow for animators.

If you do a lot of animation, ToonBoom Studio (TBS) is a great alternative to Flash. Especially if you have a traditional animation background, TBS will suit you much better since the software has full support for traditional workflows with scanning paper drawings, tracing and multi-plane movements that just isn't possible in Flash. Read more about TBS here or check out our former review of ToonBoom Studio here for the full details. Since our review, TBS have gotten even easier to use and improved import/export of video. To read more about how TBS works for animators, make sure you check out the new ToonBoom-Bastic blog.

This weekend (Saturday/Sunday) only, MacUpdate has a promo where you can get TBS for only $199, half the usual $399 price. The offer will go live at midnight tonight eastern time (GMT -5), so click this link during this weekend to get the special price. Note: this deal is now gone.

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