This is the brand new printed manual for CTP Pro. The manual has 160 pages. It explains all features of the CTP Pro software and gives practical hints on how to produce an animated film. The manual comes with the latest CTP Pro demo version on CD, which allows to check out all features...

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CTP 4.0, 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, Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer, a simple scanner and a graphics tablet are needed to produce animated series in broadcast-, high-definition- or film resolutions.

The new features in CTP 4.0

Spanish User Interface
The CTP Pro software can be switched between English, Spanish or German user interface. The selection can conveniently be made directly from the Tools menu.

Integrated Help System
CTP's integrated help system has been extended and updated. The integrated help system is available in English, Spanish or German, depending on the language selection for the user interface.

Windows 8 Compatibility
In the past months, CTP Pro has been thoroughly tested and adopted to Windows 8 for x-86 PCs. CTP Pro 4.0 works very well on any 32-bit or 64-bit version of the new Windows 8 operating system from Microsoft.

Support for High Definition USB Webcams
CTP Pro supports any standard high definition USB webcam with optical resolutions of up to 1600 x 1200 (4:3) or 1280 x 720 (HD 16:9) or 1920 x 1080 (Full HD 16:9) pixels.

Microsoft LifeCam Cinema and Studio webcams, as well as the Logitech C300, C510 and C910 webcams have been successfully tested. Any other USB webcam compatible to Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 should also work with CTP Pro.

Support for high definition webcams not only allows for common line testing tasks when working with hand drawn animation, but is also ideal for cut out, time lapse and stop motion animation techniques. Even mixing and matching all of these animation styles is easily made possible.

Automatic Pegbar Detection expanded and improved
CTP Pro features an automatic peg bar detection, which you can use to align your images relative to the peg holes of your drawings when importing images via scanner, file import or video input, respectively webcam. When creating hand drawn animation, it is common to use punched paper which is placed on top of a corresponding peg bar. This ensures, that all drawings are kept perfectly aligned to each other.

CTP Pro recognizes the most common peg bars and is capable to keep the drawings perfectly aligned when importing them, by detecting the peg holes. CTP Pro will recognize the nowadays most common ACME peg bar. However, there are also other schemes used in different regions or by tradition, such as Oxberry, Lightfoot and even the historic Disney peg bar. CTP Pro can also deal with the regular European double punch holes (ISO 838), as well as the American triple punch holes.


CTP 4.0 ships immediately. Existing users can affordably upgrade or crossgrade to the latest version.

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Title of production: Paul Fierlinger

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CTP Pro, the cartoon animation software for Windows, now ships with a completely new manual. The printed, ring bound manual now contains 164 pages. The manual accompanies and extends the integrated help system which is part of the CTP Pro software.

The manual was written by a long term CTP Pro user. All functions and options are described in an easy to understand fashion and invite users to explore CTP Pro's features to get the most out of the software. Also included are practical answers to the most commonly asked questions about cartoon animation with CTP Pro.

CTP Pro is software specifically designed for broadcast and film quality animated series production. To run the CTP Pro, just a standard Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer, a scanner or a webcam and, where appropriate, a graphics tablet are needed to produce animated series in broadcast, high-definition or film resolution.