Toon Boom Harmony 10.3
Toon Boom Play User Guide

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ContentsToon Boom Harmony 10.3Toon Boom Play User Guide

1

Legal Notices

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Contents

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Chapter 1: Using Toon Boom Play

5Topics Covered

5Launching Toon Boom Play

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About Toon Boom Play

7Top Menu

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Playback Toolbar

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Loading an Image Sequence

10Toon Boom Play Commands

12File12
Load From Folder

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Load From Database

12Reload Frames

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Unload Frames12Quit Play

13View

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Zoom In

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Zoom Out

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Reset Zoom

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Loaded File Properties

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Image14
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Matte14

Play14

Enable Sound

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Enable Sound

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Enable Sound Scrubbing

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First Frame

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Go to Frame

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Last Frame

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Next Frame

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Previous Frame

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Start Frame

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Stop Frame

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Loop

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Play Scene Backward

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Play Scene Forward

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Playback Speed

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Stop

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Help16
Help16

About16

Mac OS X Play16

About17

Quit Play174

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Chapter 1: Using Toon Boom PlayToon Boom provides you with a module specifically for playing back and viewing your animated projects once
they have been rendered out into image sequences. The module is known as Toon Boom Play.
Toon Boom Play opens directly from your program menu to load your final render and it is also used whenplaying back a scene with effects in Harmony.

Topics Covered•

Launching Toon Boom Play on the next page

•About Toon Boom Play on page 7•

Loading an Image Sequence on page 105

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Launching Toon Boom PlayLaunching Toon Boom Play
Before using Toon Boom Play, you must start the program. You can run the software on Mac OS X orWindows/Linux operating systems.
To open Toon Boom Play, do one of the following:‣Mac OS X: Select Applications > Toon Boom Harmony 10.3 > Play‣

Windows: Select Start > Programs > Toon Boom Harmony 10.3 > Play‣Linux: Select Applications > Toon Boom Harmony 10.3 > PlayIn Harmony, if you want to play back your scene to see your effects and final images, click the Render and Playbutton. The Toon Boom Play module will open, calculate, and load your final images.

Related Topics•About Toon Boom Play on the facing page6

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About Toon Boom PlayToon Boom Play is a very simple application to use. The two main items you will see in the interface are:•Top Menu below•Playback Toolbar on the next page

Top Menu
In the top menu, you will find all the necessary commands for loading and previewing image sequences.
The Top menu is divided as follows:••

Windows/Linux•

File•

View

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Play•

Help

Mac OS X

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Chapter 1: Using Toon Boom Play•Play•File•

View•Play•Help

Playback Toolbar

For more details about the commands found in these menus, refer to Toon Boom Play Commands onpage 12.

Playback Toolbar
Use the Playback toolbar (located at the bottom of the player interface) to play your animation, loop yourplayback, navigate through your frames and change the playback speed.

The Playback toolbar contains a number of buttons and options, these are:•First Frame

buttonClick on this to go back to the first loaded frame of the animation. You can also do this from the top menu
by selecting Play > First Frame.
•Play Scene Backward

buttonClick on this to play the scene in reverse. It will start from the current frame and move in backwards to thefirst frame. Or select Play > Play Scene Backward from the top menu.
•PlaybuttonClick on this to play the animation. Or select Play > Play Scene Forward from the top menu.
•Last Frame

buttonClick on this to go to the last loaded frame of the animation. Or select Play > Last Frame. from the topmenu.
•LoopbuttonClick on this to repeat your playback indefinitely. Or select Play > Loop from the top menu.
•Start and Stop fields

Enter values in these fields to change the playback frame range.
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Enter a new value (in frames per second) in this field to change the playback speed.
•Frame Slider
Move this slider left or right to scroll backwards or forwards through the playback frames.

•Preroll check box
Click in the check box to enable the Preroll option and then enter the number of blank frames in thePreroll field. These frames will be added at the start of the playback.

•Scale information

This indicates the ratio of the playback size you are currently viewing compared to the image Toon Boom
Playe’s actual size.

The following buttons and menu commands are only used when Toon Boom Play is launched fromToon Boom Harmony:•Soundbutton

Click on this to enable sound in the playback. Or select Play > Enable Sound from the top menu.
•Sound Scrubbing

buttonClick on this to enable sound scrubbing in the playback or select Play > Enable Sound Scrubbing fromthe top menu.

Related Topics•Toon Boom Play Commands on page 129Chapter 1: Using Toon Boom Play

Loading an Image Sequence

Loading an Image Sequence
The main operation you will do in Toon Boom Play is loading image sequences.
To load and playback an image sequence:
1. Select File > Load.
‣Load from Folder:‣Load from Database:

2. In the Browse window, select the folder containing the image sequence to load.
3. Click on the OK button.
The Load Playback dialog box opens.

4. In the Load Playback dialog box, select the images you want to load, use one of the following options:‣Select All:

Click on this to select all the files in the list.
‣Select Loaded:

Click on this if you want to reload images that are already loaded in the player.
‣Select Changed:

Click on this if you want to reload only the images that were modified since they were loaded.
‣Select Unloaded:

Click on this to load all the images in the list that are not currently loaded in the player.
‣Filter Current Selection:

Click on this to select a series of frames from the ones selected. For example, to load one out of six
frames instead of the whole sequence, in the drop-down menu, select the Keep 1 Frame Out of 6 option.

5. To load images faster, or to fit them on your screen, load the images at a smaller resolution. In the LoadAt drop-down menu, select the image resolution.

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6. Click on the Load button to load the selected images.
7. Once the images are loaded, click on the Playbutton to playback your image sequence.

Related Topics•Toon Boom Play Commands on the next page11

Chapter 1: Using Toon Boom PlayToon Boom Play Commands

Toon Boom Play Commands
The load and playback commands are located in the top menu. Each command is described in this section.
•File below•View on the facing page•

Play on page 14•

Help on page 16•

Mac OS X Play on page 16

FileThis section describes the File menu commands.

Load From Folder
This command opens the Load Playback dialog box where you can select one or more images to load in theplayer.

Load From Database
If you are connected to the Database, this command opens the Database Selector window where you can selectan image sequence to load in the player.

Reload FramesThis command opens the Load Playback dialog box and indicates which frames are loaded. You can select whichframes you want to reload. Use the Reload command to load frames that are currently opened in the player andthat were modified since they were loaded.

Unload FramesThis command opens the Unload Playback dialog box and indicates which frames are loaded. You can selectwhich frames you want to unload.

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Quit PlayThis command exits the application. On Mac OS X, this command is located in the Mac OS X Play menu.

View
This section describes the View menu commands.

Zoom In
This command zooms in to the loaded images to view them closer. In lower right hand corner of the interface,
you can see the relative zoom level compared to the image’s original resolution.
The [2].

Zoom OutThis command zooms out of the loaded images to view them smaller. In lower right-hand corner of the interface,
you can see the relative zoom level compared to the image’s original resolution.
The [1].

Reset Zoom
This command resets the zoom level to 100% or Loaded File Properties

Loaded File Properties
This command opens the Loaded File Properties dialog box. This displays the format, path and resolution
information of each loaded image.

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View

Image
This command displays the images in normal mode with all their colours.

MatteThis command displays the image’s matte, also known as the alpha channel. All transparent zones are displayed
as black and all fully opaque zones are displayed as white. Zones that are semi-transparent are displayed asgrey.

PlayThis section describes the Play menu commands.

Enable Sound
Use the Enable Sound command to include the soundtrack during playback. This command is only available when
the application is launched from Harmony.

Enable Sound
Use the Enable Sound command to include the soundtrack during playback. This command is only available when
the application is launched from Harmony.

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Enable Sound Scrubbing
Use the Enable Sound Scrubbing command to listen to your sound frame-by-frame. This command is onlyavailable when the application is launched from Harmony.

First Frame
Use the First Frame command to set your current frame to the first frame of the loaded image sequence.

Go to Frame
The Go to Frame command sets your current frame to any frame you input in the Go to Frame dialog box.

Last Frame
The Last Frame command sets your current frame to the last frame of the image sequence.

Next Frame
The Next Frame command sets the current frame to its following frame.

Previous Frame
The Previous Frame command sets the current frame to its previous frame.

Start Frame

Use the Start Frame command to control the starting frame of the playback range.

Stop Frame

Use the Stop Frame command to control the end frame of the playback range.

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Loop
The Loop command repeats the scene when it reaches the last frame during playback.

Play Scene Backward
The Play Scene Backward command plays the animation from the current frame to the first frame.

Play Scene Forward
The Play Scene Forward command plays the animation from the current frame to the last frame.

Playback Speed
The Playback Speed allows you to change the frame rate of the playback.

Stop
Use the Stop command to stop the playback.

Help
This section describes the Help menu commands.

Help
This command opens the Toon Boom Online Help where you can find useful indexed and searchable informationon the operation of the Toon Boom Play module.

About
This command opens the About dialog box providing information related to the application version.
On Mac OS X, this command is located in the Mac OS X Play menu.

Mac OS X PlayThis section describes the Mac OS X play menu commands.
Note: This menu is only available for the Mac OS X version.

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About
This command opens the About dialog box providing information related to the application version.
On Mac OS X, this command is located in the Help menu.

Quit PlayThis command exits the application. On Windows/Linux, this command is located in the File menu.

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