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Animo Cambridge Animation Systems 818 762 6466 fax 818 762 6455 11417 Moorpark st North Hollywood CA 91602-200 or 44 223 311231 fax 44 223 350286 3, Kings Parade, Cambridge CB2 1Sj England works under next step for about 30K For a much cheaper system that works well AXA Corp. 17752 Mitchell, Suite C Irvine CA 92714 714 757 1500 fax 714 7571766 Works under windows for about 3 or 4K Softimage/ Toonz ( Microsoft ) 1 800 5763846 SGI program Toon Toon Boom Technology 514 5225142 fax 514 522 5971 Sgi (i think ) just out at Siggraph The only one Ive used is AXA which has a good exposure sheet program, 10 peg bars that move and zoom independently and can have any number of drawings on each one, pencil test of all layers, ink and paint with soft or airbrush layer, etc. What it dosnt do that costs many thousands more ( 20- 30K? ) is inbetweens , auto or smart ink and paint and resolution independent vector drawing. I Believe that a videopost plug in could be written for MAX that would do a lot of what these programs do. Enough so that those who do 2d as a small part of their business could get by without getting a dedicated package. Ed