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Toon Boom Studio File Format

There are several file types associated with Toon Boom Studio projects. The main file types are .tbp project files, which contain project information and links to external files, .tbd drawing files, which contain vector drawings, and .tbt template files, which contain templates exported from timelines to libraries. Other file types include .tbpd packaged project files for Mac, .tbc library catalog files, and .tbcp color palette files. Many of these file types cannot be opened directly and must be imported or accessed through Toon Boom Studio.

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Toon Boom Studio File Format

There are several file types associated with Toon Boom Studio projects. The main file types are .tbp project files, which contain project information and links to external files, .tbd drawing files, which contain vector drawings, and .tbt template files, which contain templates exported from timelines to libraries. Other file types include .tbpd packaged project files for Mac, .tbc library catalog files, and .tbcp color palette files. Many of these file types cannot be opened directly and must be imported or accessed through Toon Boom Studio.

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Toon Boom Studio File Format

There are many files types that are linked to the Toon Boom Studio application. This being said, not every one of those file types can be opened directly or by the application itself, so here is a quick description of all the file types along with their purpose:

.tbpd: The tbpd file stands for Toon Boom Project Directory. This is a file type that is only applicable for Mac users. Basically these are packaged files so they include all the other files that you launch to open up your project on the Mac platform. If you want to access the file assets of your project on the Mac you will first need to navigate to the package tbpd file in the Finder and then Cntrl+Click on the tbpd file to do a Show Package Content. This will bring you inside the package where you will have access to drawings/bitmap/sounds that you have imported or created in your project so far. Viewed from a PC machine the tbpd file will be shown as a simple folder which contains the tbp and the subfolders that contain the project contents. .tbp: The tbp file stands for Toon Boom Project. These files are the core of your project and will be the files that you open to access your project on Windows PC (you can also open tbp file under Mac but you will first need to access the tbpd package content to see the tbp). The information contained inside the tbp file is limited to the project information (names of elements and such), peg and timing information and links to all the external files such as the drawings/bitmaps/sounds. This means that if you move a tbp file away from its location in the project folder you will still be

able to open the project but no contents will show (you will get error messages about being unable to access drawings). .tbd: The tbd file stands for Toon Boom Drawing. These are the actual vector drawings that you create with Toon Boom Studio. Those file cannot be opened in any way with Toon Boom Studio, they are accessed through the links contained inside the tbp file. The only way to get those files into a project, other then the one in which they were created, would be to create a second project with in which you create a drawing with the exact same name and afterward replace the newly created drawing with the one from to old project. Basically you are creating a link to a drawing file and then substituting an identically named file in its place. Be aware that this method is not the easiest one to get drawings transferred ,you should use library templates instead. This drawing substitution method is mostly used for recover drawings from corrupted projects. .tbc: The tbc file stands for Toon Boom Catalog. These files are the core of the library. Their purpose is to tell Toon Boom Studio where the templates are saved on your machine. It does not contain any specific files but rather links to the actual templates. These type files will be created when you create a new library from inside the Toon Boom Studio Library panel. It is not possible to open such a .tbc file directly with the Toon Boom Studio application, if you want to import a catalog file that you have downloaded you will need to use the Open Library...command from the Library panel inside TBS. Even though these files are referred to as catalogs they should not be confused the actual catalogs that can be created as subdivisions of a library inside theToon Boom Studio application. A tbc file is actually a full library by itself, which can contain many subdivision catalogs, which you have created to subdivide it, so only one tbc file will be created even if you create multiple catalogs to subdivide that library).

.tbt: The tbt file stands for Toon Boom Templates. These are the template files that are created whenever you drag content from your timeline panel to the library. A tbt file cannot be opened by itself directly with Toon Boom Studio. To get the template inside of Toon Boom Studio you will first need to open up the Toon Boom Studio application and then access your library. In there select a library or catalog into which you want to import the template and then right click (cntrl+click on Mac) in the right part of the library to use the Import Template command. Once imported you will be able to modify the template itself by using the Edit Template command by right clicking on the template in the library. Once you are done working on that template save your work and right click on that same template to use the Return to Scene command. .tbcp: The tbcp file stands for Toon Boom Color Palette. You can create these files to export and import color palettes from one project to another. These files contain the color swatches for the color palette that was previously created and exported from a TBS project. The tbcp file cannot be opened directly with Toon Boom Studio but rather needs to be imported using the Import Palette command from the context menu associated with the Color Palette tab of Toon Boom Studio.!

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