(Montreal, May 1, 2003) - USAnimation OPUS is now shipping. Toon Boom designed USAnimation OPUS to increase productivity and streamline workflow, while adding to its already extensive set of creativity tools, injecting even more life and energy into traditional animation. USAnimation OPUS is the smartest technology solution available on the 2D animation software market.

This USAnimation release is a major accomplishment and a wonderful achievement in the 2D animation technology history. This is why we have decided to name this 6th version: OPUS.

USAnimation OPUS is a symphony of pure technological delight. Far ahead of everything that's been done in 2D animation software, this mind-blowing production system will let you blast through production stages, heat up the scene and ignite your own creative renaissance.

Take a glimpse at the USAnimation OPUS Stage Module and you will find multiple View windows for building animations and visualizing scene data. You can easily arrange View windows to suit your workflow, tasks, and preferences. Each user can even create multiple layouts to suit the different tasks they perform. All views of scene data are interconnected so that any change is instantly updated in all other View windows.

With this release of USAnimation OPUS, Toon Boom has also revolutionized the vector model to provide increased support for line textures so you can enjoy the benefits of vector technology (resolution independence and small file size) while maintaining the distinct qualities of your lines and drawings. Toon Boom has also added the ability to paint with bitmap images and gradients in this release. Finally, USAnimation OPUS supports text-based scene data, which you can manually edit or automatically build, and expressions, which allow you to simply modify and reuse exposure sheet data to build complex effects or movements.

This USAnimation release is available for Linux RH 7.3 and Windows 2000.

About Toon Boom Technologies Inc.
Based in Montreal, Canada, Toon Boom Technologies Inc. is the world-leading supplier of 2D animation software for studios and individuals. With a presence in more than 50 countries, Toon Boom Technologies provides a complete suite of high-performance, web-enabled animation tools and services to creators and producers of 2D animation, including USAnimation and Toon Boom Studio. Founded in 1994, Toon Boom Technologies offers 100% vector-based, resolution independent and 3D multi-layer software system with multi-format output to HDTV, Film, DVD, Imax and Macromedia Flash. Toon Boom Technologies' products supply the 2D animation market with digital production tools for market-leader studios such as Klasky Csupo, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Paramount, Universal, Sunwoo, Cuckoo's Nest and Wang Films. For additional information, visit Toon Boom on the Web at www.toonboom.com

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