Toon Boom Animation will release OPUS and Concerto for Mac OS X in September. OPUS and Concerto are advanced solutions for the production of traditional and digital animation, providing customers with an integrated production workflow, powerful 3D scene planning, sophisticated effects, compositing tools and seamless 2D/3D integration.
"Bringing our high-end products to Mac OS X was a natural and significant move for Toon Boom," states Joan Vogelesang, Toon Boom president/ceo. "Mac OS X is the operating system of choice for creative professionals developing high-quality visual content, which makes it the ideal platform for Toon Boom to develop solutions that serve the needs of creative minds in the animation community."
"The combination of Mac OS X and the Power Mac G5 offers the most advanced graphics architecture and performance for digital animation production on a personal computer," says Ron Okamoto, Apple's vp of Worldwide Developer Relations. "Toon Boom provides high-quality, innovative solutions to animation producers and we are happy to have OPUS and Concerto on Mac OS X."
Toon Boom Animation Inc. (www.toonboom.com) carries several leading animation products, including USAnimation OPUS and Toon Boom Studio. Toon Boom also offers consulting and training services dedicated to increasing animation production efficiency and quality. Concerto, a new solution designed to meet digital and paperless animation production needs, is implemented in prestigious animation studios worldwide.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
