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24 Hour Film Race 2012 – and free Storyboard software

In the latest installment of our Tip of the Week series of Animation tutorials our resident expert and Professional Product Manager, Lilly Vogelesang, will walk you through how to Export Images & Movies in Multiple Output Formats. 

The 10 minute video explains about multiple output formats from Animate Pro or Harmony.

Lilly begins by talking about Exporting images from Toon Boom Animate; she then discusses Exporting in Animate Pro and Harmony; Exporting 4-channel images with alpha; Using multiple write nodes: Exporting a QuickTime movie with alpha. 

Lilly continues by talking about Exporting multiple formats and using the Scale-Output option; Adding a Crop module is also explained and when you would need to do this. Finally, modifying filenames  for the write modules and using multiple write nodes for different drawing layers are discussed.

So get comfortable, watch the video and learn how to experience a better way to more efficient and satisfying animation, with our Tip of the Week.

More Animation Resources from Toon Boom

When you have watched our latest Tips of the Week we have  much more for you to learn about. Make use of these great animation resources to become the very best.

Visit our Toon Boom Tips Channel on YouTube and watch all of the Tips of the Week.

Become a better animator by visiting our Toon Boom Professional Animating Resources:

• Producing a 3DStereoscopic Project  – Turn your project into a 3D Stereoscopic animation. Instructions and material.
• Templates – Professional-quality templates for Animate, Animate Pro and Harmony, everything from Sunrises to Particle Effects.
• Video Tutorials – Expert animation tutorials to help you begin and then progress to the highest level of animation expertise.
• Community Video Tutorials -  These in-depth animation tutorials are created by some of Toom Boom’s industry power users.
• Visit our User Forums -  We answer your questions. Work with other users and our experts to get answers to your animation and storyboarding questions.

The CIBC 401 Bike Challenge is a 580 km extreme endurance bike ride from the Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids to the Montreal Children’s Hospital over 2.5 days.
Toon Boom Animation is a very close friend to 20 year-old Sarah Cook, who has been battling cancer for 12 years. Dr. David Mitchell was Sarah’s primary pediatric oncologist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. He decided to participate in this year’s CIBC 401 Bike Challenge in support of the Sarah Cook Fund of the Cedars Cancer Institute. We need your help to ensure that Dr. Mitchell is successful in his 401 Bike Challenge fundraising efforts for pediatric oncology which will benefit Sarah and many other children like her.
To make a donation directly to the CIBC 401 Bike Challenge and to support Dr. Mitchell’s ride, please click here.

Toon Boom took part in Hoop fest 2012 on Sunday, 6 May at Lower Canada College in Montreal. A fun time was had by all. The coaching was great and the team really pulled together to win and we won both of the games which we were scheduled to play. Congratulations! Check out the video below.

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Here are some photos on our Facebook page

Toon Boom has always maintained a connection to sport and social causes.  Our latest connection helps kids by our taking  part in a fundraising basketball tournament for the Trevor Williams Kids Foundation (TWKF).

The Trevor Williams Kids Foundation is a non- profit organization dedicated to teaching life skills to youth; helping them stay in school, keeping them off the streets, and encouraging them to become contributing members of their community.

l-r, Trevor Williams, president of TWKF and David Berger, director and board member of TWKF during their visit to Toon Boom.

Earlier in April, we invited  Trevor Williams, President of the Trevor Williams Kids Foundation and former Olympian to come to our offices here in Montreal.  He arrived along with David Berger, former Canadian delegate to Israel and now a director of  TWKF.

Mr. Williams spoke about how he and his team are organizing, for the 8th year, a fundraising basketball tournament Hoop Fest 2012. The proceeds of which will be used to support the Foundation’s programs including learning through sports, basketball, anger management, social skills, reading/math and afterschool tutoring programs. He also mentioned the  use of P.L.U.S. Zone –Positive Learning Using Sports  to get kids actively involved in physical exercise and the benefits that has on life skills.  P.L.U.S. Zone is aimed at improving physical health and athletic ability, as well as teaching the values of teamwork, respect and perseverance.

Trevor Williams  grew up in Little Burgundy, an inner-city Montreal neighborhood.  His perseverance and basketball skills landed him the opportunity of a lifetime – a basketball scholarship to an American university and a chance to play for the Canadian 1992 and 1993 Olympic Basketball Teams.