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Draw with a complete set of WYSIWYG vector-based tools to create resolution-independent drawings, including:

• Brush tool for freehand drawing, using solid color, gradient or textured pen styles
• Basic shape tools (Line, Rectangle, Ellipse)
• Text tool with essential wording feature and independent attributes for each character (Font, Size, Bold, Italic) with automatic or user-defined kerning for multiple lines of text, with independent alignment modes, indentation and spacing, Unicode with Input Method Editor support for typing foreign languages
• Eraser tool for correction and removal
• Cutter tools, ideal for rectangular image cropping and freehand for custom cut selections
• Use Draw Behind mode to quickly paint behind lines without adding new layer
• Close Gap tool for closing a shape so that it can be filled with a color, without adding a visible line
• Modify, transform or recolor drawing object brushstrokes and color fills
• Create brush textures to recreate the look of natural media tools, such as graphite, charcoal or pencil
• Manage color palettes using a color picker that supports solid colors, gradients and textures, as well as an independent transparency value for each color
• Flip horizontally or vertically selected objects or layer content
• Flatten strokes inside a layer to optimize and reduce overlapped objects
• Merge layers to group them together
• Switch on Light Table to see through layers and clean drawings
• Support screen rotation on Windows Tablet PC

• Add an unlimited number of panels per scene for complex scene descriptions
• Duplicate, re-order, join or detach panels from a scene easily
• Create and manage an unlimited number of layers in a panel, using the transparent layering architecture
• Enjoy easy layer manipulation using drag-and-drop to rearrange layer order, swap layers between panels and merge layers together
• Customize layer display (Hide or Visible, Rename)

• Include captions for each panel with information such as notes, dialogue, slug lines, costume
• Use the Global Captions field for overall comments, production notes, story boarder contact information
• Create an unlimited number of panels and storyboard captions
• Type notes directly into caption fields
• Customize the caption categories
• Save caption layouts as a template for future storyboards
• Search tool to find caption text easily
• Import TXT files directly into a caption field
• Support Pen Input panel user interface on Windows Tablet PC

• Reuse assets from the built-in image template library including Characters, Locations, Props and Actions
• Access an unlimited number of user libraries easily to work with custom and frequently used drawings and sounds
• Set user libraries as global to Toon Boom Storyboard or localize it to the current storyboard project

• Place transitions between shots
• Select different types of transitions (Cut, Dissolve, Wipe)
• Define the length of the transition

• Import PSD, SGI, TGA, YUV, PSD, PNG and JPG image formats
• Import a group of images to automatically create a storyboard
• IImport SWF animation file format
• Import PDF file format

• Support PDF format with password protection and foreign language encoding support
• Select a layout from a list of standard storyboard page layouts
• Customize page layout properties, with headers and footers
• Save new and updated page layouts
• Select the information you want to print, including data on the panel, scene name, start and end times, duration, transition, text in caption fields and layers
• Print extended panel to include the scope of the entire scene
• Produce a sequence of still JPEG. PSD or TGA images per panel
• Export current visible frame to JPEG or TGA image