Over the last few weeks, the CTP Pro cartoon animation software for Windows has been extensively and successfully tested on the publicly available evaluation version of Windows 8 for x-86 PCs.

Based on typical working scenarios during the production of animated film, starting from importing the drawings via scanner or as files, animating and coloring, sound on vision, to the final export of the scenes in different resolutions for cinema, high- and standard-definition video, DVD productions and web based animations, the CTP software managed all production steps flawlessly.

Pricing ranges between USD 199.00 (CTP Home), USD 299.00 (CTP Pro SD) and USD 699.00 (CTP Pro HD). CTP Pro HD is also available at special educational pricing for pupils, students, teachers, schools and universities.

There is a new example of cartoon animation made with CTP in our gallery.

Title of production: Epilogue

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CTP 3.0, the cartoon animation software for Windows, has been released today.

CTP is software specifically designed for broadcast and film quality animated series production. To run CTP, just a standard Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer, a simple scanner and a graphics tablet are needed to produce animated series in broadcast, high-definition or film resolution.

The new features in CTP 3.0 are:

Standardized Color Palettes
Color palettes are often used by artists to get constant color values in the ink & paint process of cel animation. CTP has always supported color models through the use of user definable color palettes, the so-called Color Model Archives (CMA). In addition to user definable color palettes, the CTP Pro HD, CTP Pro SD and CTP Paint versions now also support a series of pre-defined and widely standardized color palettes, such as RGB or RAL. The standardized color palettes put all colors of a single palette in an easy to use scrollable window, providing all the necessary information to select a color by its name, number, HEX value or its appearance.

Mouse wheel scrolling and zooming in Exposure Sheet and Storage Sheet
CTP now supports mouse wheel scrolling and zooming in the Exposure Sheet and the Storage Sheet. It is possible to scroll vertically, horizontally and zoom in or out, depending on which additional key on the keyboard is being pushed and held while scrolling the mouse wheel.

Variable row size and font size for Exposure Sheet and Storage Sheet
CTP now supports variable sizes for rows on the Exposure Sheet and variable font size on Exposure Sheet and Storage Sheet. Activating the variable row size on the Exposure Sheet allows to resize the row, making it smaller or larger. In order to change the font size on the Exposure and Storage Sheets, set the font size to "small", "medium" or "large". It is also possible to show the complete cell name without wordwrap, should the length of the cell name exceed the cell width.

Hotkey support for camera graph parameters
Hotkey support for the camera graph parameters Pan, Zoom, Blur, Rotation and Opacity has been added. Once one of these parameters is active, it is easy to step clockwise by pushing the TAB key on the keyboard. It is possible to step counter clockwise by holding the SHIFT key while pushing the TAB key at the same time. Either direction will always be performed in an infinite loop.

More presets for 4k and 8k high definition resolutions
More 4k and 8k High Definition and Super High Definition presets have been added to the Output Format selector of CTP Pro HD. CTP Pro HD supports any resolution up to 8182 x 8192. Also, it is possible to set up any frame rate up to 99 frames per second. This allows to benefit from any existing frame setting or frame setting to come in the future as more High Definition standards are being introduced. CTP Pro HD users will now find a selection of the most popular 4k resolutions for immediate use. Last but not least, we have also added Super Hi-Vision, developped by NHK Japan, which is an 8k resolution (7680 x 4320 pixels).

New import selector for image and video files
When importing image or video files into the Storage Sheet of CTP, users may find it useful to now have the new import selector at hand, which will allow to preselect a specific file format for CTP to look after and exclusively display for faster and easier browsing in the image and movie data stored at any place on the hard drive or in any other folder on the network.

Import and export of Toonz TZU and TZP files
CTP now is capable to import and export Toonz 4.2 files in the TZU and TZP format, which have been compressed with LZW. This allows to exchange image data between CTP and Toonz 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6.


CTP 3.0 ships immediately. Pricing ranges between USD 199.00 and USD 699.00, depending on the version. CTP Pro HD is also available at special educational pricing for pupils, students, teachers, schools and universities.

CTP Pro HD, the cartoon animation software for Windows, now is also available as multi user / network version.

Setting up a multi user / network license is similar to setting up a single user license. The difference is, that a network license is able to license more than just one CTP Pro HD seat. The CTP workstations are part of the same network and have a permanent connection to a server or "license serving" CTP workstation.

As soon as the CTP Server has been started, there is immediate access to the number of CTP network licenses on the network. Granting a license to the CTP seats will work on a "first come, first serve" basis.

When a CTP client exits the software, its license will be automatically returned to the CTP Server and can be granted to another CTP seat anytime. This means that the CTP software can be installed on as many computers in the network as users like. However it is only possible to have as many concurrent CTP seats up and running as the maximum amount of licenses that have been purchased.

Using a CTP Pro HD multi user / network license is useful when several CTP seats are being used in the same environment and a central and dynamic license administration is desired. This often is the case for production sites, schools or universities.

CTP is software specifically designed for broadcast and film quality animated series production. To run CTP, just a standard Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer, a simple scanner and a graphics tablet are needed to produce animated series in broadcast, high-definition or film resolution.

There is a new example of cartoon animation made with CTP in our gallery.

Title of production: El monstruo del lago / The lake monster

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