Smith Micro Software Releases "Anime Studio 6: The Official Guide"

"Anime Studio 6: The Official Guide" Gives Artists Tips, Tricks and Tutorials to Quickly Bring Imaginations to Life

ALISO VIEJO, CA - May 7, 2010 –(NASDAQ: SMSI) Productivity and Graphics Group today announced the release of "Anime Studio™ 6: The Official Guide," a 400-page in-depth guidebook that helps hobbyists, artists, students and professionals master the complete set of easy-to-use animation tools in Anime Studio.

Readers will learn how to easily create 2D animations and cartoons for school projects, websites or clients, and even share the end-result via popular social networking sites, such as Facebook and YouTube. The book also shows users how to maximize Anime Studio's extensive library of ready-to-use content that includes fully rigged characters, props, action words, stock video, images and sound effects.

"Anime Studio 6: The Official Guide" author and computer graphics expert Kelly L. Murdock uses easy-to-understand, step-by-step tutorials to help animators quickly create HD movies, cartoon animations, and cutouts using features such as motion tracking, built-in lip-syncing, vector-based drawing, bone-rigging, layer-based auto shading and the ability to import scanned drawings and images.

The book also includes a DVD containing professional animation samples, tutorial project files, final results from exercises and a 30-day trial version of Anime Studio 6 Pro.

Pricing and Availability:

The MSRP for "Anime Studio 6: The Official Guide" is $39.99 and is available direct from the Smith Micro online store at http://www.smithmicro.com/animestudio6, and from popular resellers, catalogs and distribution partners worldwide.