Smith Micro Software Inc. and Wacom Technology Corporation announced a partnership to bring the ease of multi-touch functionality to animators and digital artists everywhere. The first in a series of exclusive releases with Wacom, Anime Studio customers can now use finger gestures on Bamboo Multi-Touch tablets with a special upgrade to Anime Studio 8.1. The Anime Studio 8.1 update includes over 30 new features, performance enhancements and integrated user feedback. Multi-touch is an exciting new way for digital artists and animators to speed up design time and make the entire process smoother. The solution lets anyone use simple finger taps and finger gestures to create and adjust characters, objects and scenes, zoom in and out of the canvas, drag and drop, rotate and scale and much more. Multi-touch technology even senses input from more than one finger at a time, making it possible to use intuitive multi-finger motions to perform common commands. The Anime Studio 8.1 Update Features: The Wacom Feel(TM) Multi-Touch API, 30+ performance enhancements and integrated user feedback, and Support for importing SVG vector files. Anime Studio 8.1 offers versions for novice and advanced users. The industry's most affordable alternative to time-consuming, frame-by-frame animation, Anime Studio Pro is ideal for professional animators and is equipped with powerful features for producing cartoons and animations for film, video and online media. The MSRP for Anime Studio Debut 8 is $49.99 and Anime Studio Pro 8 is $199.99.