Italy’s Digital Video S.r.l., developers of the 2D animation package Toonz, has started shipping the new 4.5 release for the Windows NT/2000, Irix and Linux operating systems. The new version of Toonz provides a number of new features, including Flash support, a new palette extraction tool, native support for new scanners, DDR to VCR control, new effects, a new “wizard” button to make batches more efficient and others. “We felt it was the time to put emphasis on features, so we’ve developed this new version keeping in mind the feedback of our installed base, which numbers more that 2,000 seats installed in 55 different countries” said Claudio Mattei, managing director of digital video. For more information visit www.toonz.com.