Authorized Training Centres

Recognized Professional Training

Toon Boom Authorized Training Centres are recognised for the quality of their education when it comes to short-term instructor-led training of the industry’s leading 2D animation software, Harmony and Storyboard Pro.

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Toon Boom ATC Program

What is it?

Courses offered by ATCs are designed for professionals working in television, film, games and advertising. ATC certificates ensure that students of their programs are trained on the latest skills and best practices using Toon Boom software.

Toon Boom ATC Program

Why choose to become an ATC?

Toon Boom software is in high demand by the largest animation studios worldwide. The industry’s top studios, who are producing the most creative 2D animations – both series and feature films, are bringing their animations to life using Toon Boom technologies (100% of 2020 Emmy Nominations in the category of Outstanding Animated Program were developed using Toon Boom software)

Your school looks to upskill professionals and ensure best practices in animation for the leaders of the animation market
You and your staff are dedicated to setting up your students for success and ensuring career placement after completion of your programs
You know that meshing innovative products with the latest best practices creates new animators and storyboard artists that are in high demand

Benefits

What's in it for you?

Recognition and promotion

Listing on the Toon Boom website

Institutional license

Access to institutional license purchases – direct and online

Home use license

Access to school:home use license offer

Training outlines and assets

Access to professionally developed training outlines and assets.

Marketing

Use of the Toon Boom ATC logo and Toon Boom trademarks on school website & collateral

Annual Online Training

Annual online training by Toon Boom instructors and product specialists (12 hours per year) / One training per quarter

Free resources

Access to video recordings of interviews from professional animators, demos, new features, twitch recorded feeds, and more accessible through Toon Boom youtube channel, learn portal and more.

Teaching Material

Access to Toon Boom pertinent content for use in teaching materials (format transfer rights reserved to Toon Boom)

Eligibility criteria

Are you eligible for the program?

ATCs must teach courses using the latest version of Harmony Premium, Harmony Advanced or Storyboard Pro software
ATCs must have at least 10 Harmony or 10 Storyboard Pro licenses with silver Support.
ATC instructors must have a minimum of two years experience working in the animation industry in pre-production, production or post-production creative jobs

Instructors must be qualified to teach Toon Boom on Harmony or Storyboard Pro & must stay on top of industry best practices. It is strongly encouraged that each Instructor attend at least one of Toon Boom’s online courses pertinent to their discipline, per year (It is encouraged that teachers submit their resume at ATC application time)
The ATC curriculum must follow the Toon Boom training outline
The ATC must provide a dedicated professional space for classes
Each class size should be limited to a maximum of 15 students