
Harmony works perfectly with Toon Boom Storyboard Pro for all pre-production phases. Toon Boom Harmony has been recognized for its excellence by winning many awards, including a Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award and the prestigious Ub Iwerks Annie Award for the integrated pipeline with Toon Boom Storyboard Pro.


3D Integration: Allowing you to import 3D models, position and animate them in 3D space.Real 3D Camera: A camera you can reposition in a full 3D space.Special Effects: An array of effects including highlights and shadows, glows, blurs, and a full particle effects engine.Character Rigging: Hierarchy, deform, and effects for creating sophisticated rigs.Smart Colour Palettes: Colour you can adjust on the fly.Advanced Drawing Tools: Texture brushes, and thick and thin pencil lines.

Bringing together an impressive 2D drawing toolset with the ability to work in a real 3D space, and import 3D models, Top Features Meaning, you purchase the Essentials tier renamed something more appropriate and have the ability to pay later to unlock Premium features as you need them.Toon Boom Harmony is the most advanced professional animation software on the market. Bottom line, Essentials offers a limited experience with limited results.Įssentials really should be replaced with an unlockable path to Premium. Sometimes more features lead to an easier process. A lesser number of features does not equate to a simpler process in this case. They face multiple limitations and given the price it could be quite an aggravating disappointment. They have dreams of doing great things too. I do not consider Essentials an intro for anyone unless you need to start getting accustomed to the interface and are in the process of acquiring Premium and just do not have access to a copy of Premium yet.Ĭould a hobbyist be satisfied with Essentials? It is doubtful.

Animator Pro was a more robust option to Harmony than Harmony Advanced is to Harmony Premium. AP had the node view but the additional node effects in Harmony were also attractive. The biggest attraction to Harmony (before the 3-tier Harmony) when I was using TB Animator Pro (discontinued) was the Curve Deformer. Of course all personal opinion to follow:
