A Creative World In Harmony
Dare to be you. Dare to create.
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From major animation companies to small studios, our customers use our animation software to produce movies,
TV shows, games, explainer videos and advertisements.
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JORDAN RASKIN
Commercial illustrator
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EVAN SUSSMAN
Partner and Creative Director at Hero4Hire
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BILL RECINOS
Instructor Los Angeles Film School
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A Creative World In Harmony
Dare to be you. Dare to create.
Harmony 20, the industry's leading 2D animation software, brings the latest in digital drawing sensitivity to its brushes — every marking, every style, every texture you want to create and leave for the audience is felt. Rulers, guides, colour control & features as well as innovative deformers enrich your animation, bringing reality and fantasy within millimeters of each other.
Artists express themselves through their work, creating distinctive markings on a surface — each as unique as their maker. The right tool can capture both the true essence of an image and offer a glimpse into the creative spirit of the person behind it.
Create art and emotion in every style with one powerful end-to-end animation software. Whether you prefer paperless or cutout animation, Harmony 20 is helping to set the trends for award winning animation that is hitting the market by storm. The latest in lighting, shading, special effects and others give more life to your features and series. Advanced rigging and master controller functionality support creative expression, while saving time and money!
The best animation studios and storytellers around the world rely on our software to produce their stories, while maintaining creative integrity.
Harmony 20 enables 2D animation studios and artists to express their dreams and tell their stories in their creative voice, bringing ideas from concept to screen.
Each has differing progressive features and price points based on the number of advanced features. Let's explore the benefits and features available in all versions of Harmony and delve into some new and noteworthy features of Harmony 20.
Harmony Essentials
Introductory edition for students and enthusiasts.
Provides the fundamental drawing, painting, and animation tools needed to create outstanding animation.
Harmony Advanced
Advanced edition for freelancers, studios and other creatives.
Designed for full traditional, paperless style animation. Also includes support for simple cut-out style animation.
Harmony Premium
Complete professional edition for studios, small creative businesses, freelancers and schools working on the most demanding projects.
Adds ability to create sophisticated cut-out rigs, very natural and realistic character movement plus unlimited special effects for any style of animation.
Unlimited creative freedom on your terms
Flexibility, functionality and sensitivity of tools allows you to create with the highest quality
All-in-one tool for efficient animation — from drawing to final production
Cost and time savings
Reliable team that stands behind their software and services; we are reachable — speak with our team live.
Value; while we do not have the lowest prices, we do ensure the highest quality ensuring the integrity of your artistic expression
Chosen by the leading animation studios worldwide who are setting the industry standard, for over 25 years
We don't say we are the best, our Emmy-winning 2D animation technology has the awards to prove it
Our community and network makes us unique; we were built for animation professionals and we intend to stay that way
The smoothest texture deformation with the Weighted-Deform Node
Create depth, volume, and more realistic animations with new Lighting & Shading
Advanced color management environments and effects give artists and studios full control over the accuracy of their project's colours from initial illustration to final export
New colour effects nodes: colour curves, colour levels, gamma and colour-fade
Drawing and creativity live hand-in-hand and snapping Alignment Guides make it faster & easier
Drawing improvements made for animation artists make animation creation quicker and easier
Choose the Harmony edition that meets your needs.
Key Features
Target usage for 2D Games, Cut-out, Paperless (Basic)
Vector Drawing Tools
HD and 2K Camera Resolution
Key Features
Includes all features from Essential, as well as:
Target usage for 2D Games, Cut-out, Basic Paperless, Traditional Scan & Paint for TV Series and Film
Vector and Bitmap Drawing Tools
HD, 2K and 4K Camera Resolution
Advanced tools for paperless animation
Harmony Server
Key Features
Includes all features from Essential + Advanced, as well as:
Target usage for 2D Games, Advanced Cut-out, Paperless, Traditional Scan & Paint for TV Series and Film, Effects Compositing
Vector and Bitmap Drawing Tools
HD, 2K, 4K and 8K+ Camera Resolution
Advanced tools for paperless animation
Harmony Server
From major animation companies to small studios, our customers use our animation software to produce movies, TV shows, games, explainer videos and advertisements.
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© Fox
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© PBS Kids
© Warner Bros. Animation
© Nelvana
© 20th Century Fox Television
© Starburns Industries
© Bridgit Folman Film Gang
© Rubicon Group Holding
© Je Suis Bien Content
© 20th Century Fox Television
© Polygon Pictures
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