Toon Boom Storyboard
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:17 pm
Just got an email today about the release of a storyboard program from Toon Boom. This is the "non-pro", low end version of their $800 Storyboard Pro software.
The remarkable thing is, they are charging $250 for a program that has no real advantage, as far as I can see, over using paper and pencil. At least with Storyboard Pro you have the ability to create animatics, which isn't worth $800 by itself (esp. if you already have Flash or any video editing program), but I could see a studio with deep pockets integrating a program like this into their workflow. The new, low end program looks like it's basically a page layout thing for storyboards, aimed at the more casual user. I just downloaded a free plug-in for Mirage that seems like it does pretty much the same thing, although maybe without the text editing features.
Storyboard doesn't even output to Flash, and neither Storyboard nor Storyboard Pro outputs to Toon Boom Studio. The point of this program is lost on me.
The remarkable thing is, they are charging $250 for a program that has no real advantage, as far as I can see, over using paper and pencil. At least with Storyboard Pro you have the ability to create animatics, which isn't worth $800 by itself (esp. if you already have Flash or any video editing program), but I could see a studio with deep pockets integrating a program like this into their workflow. The new, low end program looks like it's basically a page layout thing for storyboards, aimed at the more casual user. I just downloaded a free plug-in for Mirage that seems like it does pretty much the same thing, although maybe without the text editing features.
Storyboard doesn't even output to Flash, and neither Storyboard nor Storyboard Pro outputs to Toon Boom Studio. The point of this program is lost on me.