There are a just a couple of hours remaining on the final day of the special $299 sale of Toon Boom Studio 4. This is just a reminder in case you were planning on purchasing it, the sale ends at midnight tonight!

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Toon Boom announced this weekend that they’re having a brief sale of Toon Boom Studio 4. The cost is the lowest I’ve seen it, at only $299.

It’s pretty much all I use to make cartoons, so if you’ve considered purchasing Toon Boom Studio before, now is a great time to give it a look. You can download it as a free trial if you’re not sure if it’s for you.

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For some time now Toon Boom animators have been crying out for a proper blur effect to add to their arsenal. If similar vector-based applications like Flash can manage to create bitmapped blur effects certainly Toon Boom can emulate that success?

Toon Boom Studio 4 sought to bridge this missing feature with a feathering tool. Unfortunately, the limitations of this new tool were quickly uncovered.

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All new users of Toon Boom invariably run across the well-maintained forums at ToonBoom.com. Likewise, all visitors to the forum will have a conversation with JK. He is the wise Yoda-esque voice of reason and knowledge on the forums, and is the true definition of a power user of Toon Boom.

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In honor of Episode 3 being released on cable this week (as if I needed a reason), let’s spend some time using Toon Boom Studio to recreate some of the most interesting special effects from the Star Wars saga. Of course, you can’t talk about Star Wars special effects without starting with the lightsaber.

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Flash has become a popular animation tool in its own right, as anybody that follows Aaron Simpson’s blog Cold Hard Flash can tell you. Even with this surge in popularity the question remains — how does Flash compare with a more formal animation program such as Toon Boom?

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I know what you’re thinking. Why would I want to know how to make an animated gif? Didn’t that stop being cool in 1998? Absolutely. However, when used properly an animated gif can be a useful and entertaining tool in your Toon Boom arsenal. In addition, animated gifs are actually recognized by Google and Yahoo. Links inside SWF files continue to elude the search engines.

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Toon Boom has issued their biggest Studio release yet with the announcement of Toon Boom Studio 4. Let’s take a look at the new features and improvements in this release of Toon Boom’s most popular animation application.

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Toon Boom today announced that they have a new animation program in time for the holidays this year. The program is called Flip Boom, and it’s clearly targeted at a young audience.

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Toon Boom is a very powerful animation program, and like many programs it is not always as user-friendly as it should be. This is a very basic Toon Boom tutorial, and will show you how to create your own cartoon of a nice looping walk cycle, shown here. We’ll also cover the basics of creating parent/child relationships and adjusting pivot points.

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