To be clear, I'm not setting out to review features and compare them to other animation software I've used because Harmony is quite a complex animation studio. Will it be enough to answer my two previous questions and is a 21 day trial enough for you to make a decision as well? Pricing breakdown and free trials of Harmony are available online at the Toon Boom website.Toon Boom were kind enough to give me a 90 day Harmony Premium license for this review (Harmony is also available in Essentials and Advanced versions) but I thought, since they offer a free 21 day trial, I'll give myself that to write this review. This enhancement provides a better and faster way for artists to work in complex scenes. + Outline Mode – Reveal drawings that are behind other layers without losing reference to the drawing above. Great for advanced rigs and effects creation, Sync Layer is a simple but powerful way for artists to build the look they want, using as many layers as they need. + Sync Layer for drawings – Be more efficient when animating your rig with unlimited art layers that are always in sync. Artists have more creative control when integrating 3D elements with 2D characters in a unified environment. + Animate 3D – Streamline production with new tools to animate your 3D models and their individual parts directly in Harmony – no more back and forth with 3D software. Support for rendered images from Arnold and Renderman that include deep pixel information allows artists to seamlessly composite 2D characters with 3D elements.

+ Deep Image Compositing – Take quality to a new level when you render 2D with 3D in Harmony. Available in three editions - Essentials, Advanced and Premium - Harmony is ideal for artists working on feature film, TV, games, web and educational animation. The new version boasts additional tools for artists and an enhanced 3D workflow to streamline creative development and animation production.

Toon Boom Animation has released Harmony 14, the latest iteration of its popular 2D solution.

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