Smith Micro ships Anime Studio 6
updated 04:15 pm EDT, Tue June 9, 2009
Anime Studio 6 released
Smith Micro has released the sixth editions of Anime Studio Debut and Anime Studio Pro. The former creates cartoons and animations, in the style of South Park and JibJab, and shares them online. The program includes a variety of stock props, characters, videos and sound effects, as well as lip-syncing and motion-tracking abilities.
Pro 6 includes all of the features of Debut, but adds others like HD video support, and scripting with LUA 5.1 for producing tools and plug-ins. An Auto Shading tool handles stylistic 3D effects, and a Scatter Brush tool is meant for painting vector shapes such as grass, bubbles or stars. Another enhancement is Morph Targets, which help to blend character states.
Debut and Pro 6 are available for $50 and $200, respectively. Mac OS X 10.4 is required.
