Rome-based Digital Video, developers of Toonz 2D animation software announced the release of Story Planner and Story Planner Pro. The new application is a tool for creating storyboards with graphical and textual information, and generating animatics with soundtrack and animations. Sample videos and a trial version are available from Toonz.com. Read on for more.
Story Planner allows a streamlined creation of a storyboard with
sketches and notes laid out in an unlimited number of panels describing
the flow of the story. Sketches can be created with a full
set of raster-based drawing tools, or any image can be imported;
captions and notes can be added and formatted. The story flow can be
quickly organized in panels and scenes; camera movements and other
graphical elements can be used to define actions in the scenes.
Storyboards can be printed out, or exported as PDF files, according to
a custom page layout.
Story Planner PRO adds to the standard features the possibility to
compose complex animatics in a timeline editor. Moreover, the timeline
controls the animation of the camera and of graphical elements placed
in sketch layers. Audio tracks can be added and edited to create a
sound track in sync with the animatic, and fade and dissolve
transitions can be used. After a real-time preview, the animatic can be
generated with a single-click command.
Both versions are available for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X
running on both PowerPC and Intel processors.
For additional information about Story Planner, visit Toonz.com.
