Monday, December 18, 2006

Cintiqs



Looks like Christmas came a little early for HoC. We finally bit the bullet and dropped way too much money to buy Wacom Cintiq tablet monitors. Hopefully the expense will be justified especially since we are an almost completely digital studio.

We also bought a wack load of ToonBoom Solo licenses for an upcoming project. For those who don't know, Solo is a vector based software package that is a lot like Flash except that it is specifically made for studio production animation and it costs about five times more. We are betting that the combination of the new hardware and software with our digital pipeline will allow us to create work that exceeds the normal capability of a small studio like ours.

11 comments:

Cory Wilson said...

Norm must be pee-his-pants happy.

Mr. W said...

Can't wait to test out how far we can push the ToonBoom software... Love everything digital...

norm said...

peed-in-pants: ...check.

Mr. Scribbles said...

DaaaAAaaamn! You guys went for it! Noice!

Benjamin Plouffe said...

ohhhhhhhh!!! AHHHHHH... very nice!! Looking forward to seeing what HOC can create with these nice little toys! Should be good

roque said...

You guys won't regret it. Cintiqs double as nice warm pillows too.

Saud Boksmati said...

LOL!! Cal and Norm look like brothers

Andre Barnwell said...

You guys must have grinded SUPER -HARD and earned those. Can't wait to see some cintiq magic ala HoC style.

Anonymous said...

You know that I'm actually in this picture? It's a good thing I wore white sleeves, or I'd be completely invisible! :/

Man of the House said...

Hey Kevin,

I definitely update everyone on the progress of our new tools. It's always a gamble to try new stuff but that's the way we roll.

Anonymous said...

Happy with the Cintiqs over there in the Cool House? I have a question I was hoping someone could help me with...

I want to buy a Wacom tablet, not sure if I should get the Graphire 4 or Intuos 3. I want to use it for drawing. Please advise!