Hands-on review: Toon Boom Harmony

Toon Boom Harmony is used by everyone from Nickelodeon to Disney. Tammy Coron takes it for a test drive.

Our Verdict

Whether you're are serious animator or a just a hobbyist, Toon Boom has something for you.

For

  • Awesome set of tools
  • Inverse Kinematics
  • Options for cut-out or traditional animation
  • Post-production special effects
  • Camera angles
  • Vector drawing

Against

  • Price
  • Limited online tutorials for specific versions

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Toon Boom Harmony

Toon Boom Animation's software is used by everyone from amateurs to big studios

Founded in 1994, Canadian software company Toon Boom Animation specializes in animation and storyboarding software. Its client base consists of names like Disney, Warner Bros and Pixar. But that doesn't mean its software off limits to the rest of us. In fact, it offers such a wide variety of applications, you'll have no problem finding something to meet your needs (and your budget).

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The Verdict
9

out of 10

Toon Boom Harmony Standalone.

Whether you're are serious animator or a just a hobbyist, Toon Boom has something for you.

Tammy Coron

Tammy is an independent creative professional, author of Apple Game Frameworks and Technologies, and the maker behind the AdventureGameKit – a custom SpriteKit framework for building point and click adventure games. As an innovative problem solver and industry leader, Tammy enjoys working on projects from content creation – including books, tutorials, videos, and podcasts – to the design and development of cross-platform applications and games. For Creative Bloq, she has written about an array of subjects, including animation, web design and character design.

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