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Harmony 16.0

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Publication Date
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents

2

Introduction

6

Chapter 1: Dialog Boxes

8

Advanced Save Dialog Box

9Close Gaps Dialog Box

14

Configure Line Art to Colour Art Dialog Box

15

Create Palette Dialog Box

17

Create Palette from Selection Dialog Box

18

Database Selector Dialog Box

20

Manage Local Cache Dialog Box

22Onion Skin and Light Table Transparency Dialog Box

24

Palette Browser Dialog Box

25

Palette Operations Dialog Box

28

Preferences Dialog Box

30

Recolour Drawings Dialog Box

31

Remove Dirt Dialog Box

33

Remove Hair Dialog Box

34

Tint Offset/Blend Dialog Box

35

Toolbar Manager Dialog Box

37

Chapter 2: Tools Properties

38

Brush Tool Properties

40

Centerline Editor Tool Properties

61

Close Gap Tool Properties

63

Contour Editor Tool Properties

64

Cutter Tool Properties

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Drawing Pivot Tool Properties

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Dropper Tool Properties

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Edit Gradient/Texture Tool Properties

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Ellipse Tool Properties

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Envelope Tool Properties

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Eraser Tool Properties

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Ink Tool Properties

107

Line Tool Properties

109

Paint Tool Properties

119

Pencil Tool Properties

126

Pencil Editor Tool Properties

136

Perspective Tool Properties

141

Polyline Tool Properties

144

Rectangle Tool Properties

152

Reposition All Drawings Tool Properties

161

Select Tool Properties

163

Shift and Trace Tool Properties

175

Smooth Editor Tool Properties

178

Stroke Tool Properties

180

Text Tool Properties

182

Zoom Tool Properties

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Chapter 3: Toolbars

186

Top Toolbars

187

Edit Toolbar

188

File Toolbar

189

Tool Presets Toolbar

190

Tools Toolbar

191

Workspace Toolbar

196

View Toolbars

197

Chapter 4: Views

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Colour View

199

Drawing View

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Integrated Help View

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Message Log View

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Model View

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Tool Properties View

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Introduction
Harmony has several commands, dialog boxes, and buttons. The Reference section lists all of them along withthe matching definition. To understand how to use these functions in a production context, read the User
guide.
In the Reference guide, you will learn about the various parameters available in dialog boxes, menus, nodes,
toolbars, views, and windows.
The Preferences guide provides additional details about each individual preference.

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Chapter 1: Dialog Boxes
Dialog boxes contain controls such as options and lists through which you can carry out a particular commandor task. For example, in the Scene Settings dialog box, you must indicate the resolution and alignment. A typicaldialog box looks as follows:
Advanced Save Dialog Box

9Close Gaps Dialog Box

14

Configure Line Art to Colour Art Dialog Box

15

Create Palette Dialog Box

17

Create Palette from Selection Dialog Box

18

Database Selector Dialog Box

20

Manage Local Cache Dialog Box

22Onion Skin and Light Table Transparency Dialog Box

24

Palette Browser Dialog Box

25

Palette Operations Dialog Box

28

Preferences Dialog Box

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Recolour Drawings Dialog Box

31

Remove Dirt Dialog Box

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Remove Hair Dialog Box

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Tint Offset/Blend Dialog Box

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Toolbar Manager Dialog Box

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Advanced Save Dialog Box
In Harmony Server, the Advanced Save dialog box lets you save the scene as a new version, overwrite an
existing version, set a new current version, display a list of modified drawings, colour palettes, and modified
colour palette lists.

How to access the Advanced Save dialog Box
1. From the top menu, select File > Save....
The Advanced Save dialog appears.

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File Tab

Parameter

Description‣

Enable this option if you want to save the modifications made to thecurrent scene.

Save

‣

Deselect the Save option if you only want to save specific components ofyour scene listed in the Drawings, Palettes or Palette Lists tabs. This will
disable all option in the File tab.

This Version (number)

Saves the current version of the scene. You can rename the current version by
typing a new name into the field.

New Version (number)

Saves the current scene as a new version. You can name this new version by
typing a name into the field.

Overwrite Existing Version

Lets you select an existing version of your scene from the list to overwrite it.

Description

Use this field to add or edit an existing description for the scene version you wantto save.

Mark as Current

Lets you set this scene version as the current one. This version will be
automatically selected as the default current version when the scene is selected in
the Database Selector dialog box

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Drawings (Harmony Server only)
The Drawings tab lists the modified drawings.

Parameter

Description

Drawing list

Lets you select the modified drawings to save, and deselect the ones you do notwant to save.

Select All

Selects all modified drawings in list.

Deselect All

Deselects all modified drawings in the list.

Palettes Tab
The Palette tab lists the modified colour palettes.

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Parameter

Description

Colour Palette list

Lets you select the colour palette to save, and deselect the ones you do not wantto save.

Show Recovered

Displays the recovered palettes in the list of modified palettes.

Select All

Selects all modified colour palettes in the palette list.

Deselect All

Deselects all modified colour palettes in the palette list.

Palette Lists Tab
The Palette Lists tab lists all the modified colour palette lists.

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Parameter

Description

Palette Lists

Lets you select the modified palette list to save, and deselect the ones you do notwant to save.

Show Recovered

Displays the recovered palettes in the list of modified palettes.

Select All

Selects all modified palette lists in the list.

Deselect All

Deselects all modified palette lists in the list.

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Close Gaps Dialog Box
The Close Gaps dialog box lets you close up drawing areas that not are closed. This may sometimes happen
when painting. You can close small gaps in a drawing by creating small, invisible strokes between the two
closest points to close the colour zone. You do not need to trace directly over the gap. You can draw it a few
millimeters away. The two closest points automatically close the gap.

How to access the Close Gaps dialog box
1. Select View >Show Strokes or press K to see a preview of the result.
2. To flatten the strokes you draw, click the Auto-Flatten

button in the Tool Properties view.

3. Select Drawing > Close Gaps or press Shift + F10 (Windows/Linux only).
The Close Gaps dialog box opens.

Parameter

Description

Size

Lets you set the size of the gap you want to be closed.

Apply to all drawings

Closes all gaps in the drawing of the selected layer.

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Configure Line Art to Colour Art Dialog Box
The Configure Line Art to Colour Art dialog box lets you modify settings for the Line Art and Colour Art layers.

How to access the Configure Line Art to Colour Art dialog box
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Select tool.
2. In the Tool Properties view, hold down the Shift key and click on the Creatre Colour Art from LineArt button.

Parameter

Description

Use rendered version of thedrawing

Renders the drawing and vectorize it to calculate the position of the centrelinethat will produce the colour art stroke.

Maximum Resolution for
rendered image

The size of the rendered image.

Threshold for rendered image

The value of grey processed to create the rendered vectorized arts.

Fitting error for rendered
Beziers

This value represents how precise the fitting of the colour art zone in relation to
the line art will be.

Source layer

Lets you select the layer (Line Art, Colour Art, Underlay or Overlay) you want thecolour art to be created from.

Destination layer

Lets you select the layer (Line Art, Colour Art, Underlay or Overlay) you want thecolour art to be created on.

Clear Destination Art Layer
First

Deletes the content before the colour art is added. This is useful when you
already have artwork on the destination layer.

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Perform Line Art to Colour
Art Operation Immediately

Performs the Create Colour Art from Line Art command when you click OK.

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Create Palette Dialog Box
The Create Palette dialog box allows you to create a colour palette for your scene. Palettes created with this
dialog box are added to your scene's palette list, and stored in your scene's palette-library subdirectory.

NOTE
If you have the Advanced Palette Lists preference enabled, the dialog will also have a palettebrowser, which allows you to decide where the palette is stored and whether to add it to the sceneor the element's palette list—see Palette Browser Dialog Box on page 25.

How to access the Create Palette dialog box
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Colour View, click the New Palettebutton over the palette list.

lFrom the Colour view menu, select Palettes > New

Parameter

Description

New Palette Name

Allows you to type in the name of the palette to create.
Allows you choose the palette type to create:lPalette TypelColour: A colour palette can contain colours, gradients and bitmap textures.
Pencil Texture: A pencil texture palette can contain textures to apply astransparency filters to pencil lines, in combination to their line colour, to create
various styles of pencil lines.

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Create Palette from Selection Dialog Box
The Create Palette from Selection dialog box allows you to create a palette that contains all the colours used by
all the drawings in the selected drawing layers.

This can be useful, for example, if the colour design for a character model or rig, a background or another kind ofasset was made using several different palettes, and you need to consolidate all of the colours used by the asset
into its own dedicated palette.
NOTESl

The Create Palette from Selection dialog uses the colours in all the drawings in the selected
layers, even drawings that are not exposed.

l

For tasks related to this dialog box, see the User Guide.

How to access the Create Palette from Selection dialog box
1. In the Timeline, Xsheet, Camera or Node view, select one or more drawing layers.
2. In the top-left corner of the Colour view, open the

View Menu and select Palettes > New Palettefrom Selected Drawings.

Parameter

Description

New Palette Name

Allows you to type in the name of the palette to create.
Allows you choose one of the type of palette to create:lPalette Typel

Generate New Colour
IDs and Recolour
Selected Drawings

Colour: Creates a palette containing all the colours, gradients and bitmap textures
used in the selected drawing layers.
Pencil Texture: Creates a palette containing all the pencil textures used in theselected drawing layers.

By default, the Create Palette from Selection dialog box generates the palette by copying
the colour swatches used in the selected drawings from their original palette into a newpalette, along with their colour ID. This means that the colour swatches in the generated
palette will use the same colour IDs as the ones in the original palettes.

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If you select this option, Harmony will generate a palette with new colour IDs, and will
replace the old colour IDs in your artwork with the new ones. This will usually have no
visible effect, and will prevent the swatches in the new palette from having the same
colour IDs as the swatches you originally used to colour your artwor. When two palettes
have a swatch with the same colour ID, Harmony uses the swatch from the top-mostpalette in the palette list.

NOTE
If your artwork uses Colour-Override effects, the colour IDs used by these ColourOverride will not be replaced with the new colour IDs, making the ColourOverride ineffective unless you reconfigure them manually. Hence, you should
avoid using this parameter if you are consolidating the palette of a character rig
that uses a lot of Colour-Overrides.

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Database Selector Dialog Box
The Database Selector dialog box lets you connect to your studio's central database when working on
Harmony Server.
NOTE
When you connect to the database, you cannot create new scenes directly from Harmony. The
available scenes must have been already created using the Control Center module.

How to access the Database Selector dialog box
1. Start Paint
2. In the User Name field, type in your Harmony Server username.
3. Click on OK.
The Database Selector dialog box opens.

Parameter

Description

Environments

Lets you select the scene's environment (project, movie).

Jobs

Lets you select the scene's job (episode, sequence).

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ScenesLets you select the scene.

Get rights to modify thescene

Allows you to modify the selected version of the scene as well as to manage andoverwrite other versions. Other users will not be able to open a different versionof the scene until you close the scene.

Get rights to modify thescene version

Allows you to modify the currently selected scene version only. Unless the Get
rights to modify the scene option is also checked, you will not be able to change
other versions of the scene. This allows other users to modify different versionsof the scene while you are working on the selected version.

Get rights to modify all scene
assetsAutomatically gets the rights to modify all of the scene's assets, locking otherusers from making changes to them until you close the scene. This means thatyou will have the rights to modify all the scene's versions, drawings, palettes, its
palette list, but not its library folder. If this option is unchecked, drawings andpalettes will be locked unless you unlock them manually. This can allow anotheruser to work on the scene's drawings and palettes in Paint while you are working
on the scene's timing or staging in Harmony.
Downloads the scene's drawings to your computer before opening the scene.
Harmony will then load the drawings from your computer during the session,
instead of loading them from their original location over the network. This cansignificantly increase performance, especially with resource-heavy scenes.

Cache scene assets locally

When you save your scene, the updated drawings will be uploaded automaticallyto the database, so you do not have to re-upload them manually.

NOTE
If this option is checked, it may take a while to download all of the scene's
assets when opening a particularly heavy scene.

VersionIf you saved different versions of a scene, this lets you select one to open.

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Manage Local Cache Dialog Box
The Manage Local Cache dialog box displays a list of all the Harmony Server scenes for which you have cacheddrawings. In this dialog, you can check if the drawings you have in a scene's cache match the drawings in the
database server, you can delete unused caches and you can change the directory in which scene data iscached.

NOTE
A scene's data is cached on your computer when you check the Cache scene assets locally option
in the Database Selector before opening the scene—see Database Selector Dialog Box on page 20.

How to access the Manage Local Cache dialog box
1. In the top menu, select File > Manage Local Caches.
The Manage Local Caches dialog appears.

Parameter

List ofscene
cachesLocal Cache

Description

The list of caches stored on your computer. There is one item for each scene for which there iscached data. Each item is identified by the scene's environment, followed by its job, then its name,in this format:
Environment/Job/Scene
If you select a scene cache in the list, the Manage Local Caches dialog will compare the drawings
that are cached on your computer to the drawings in the actual scene in the database, and report if
they are identical or not in the Local Cache Status field.
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Parameter

Description

cache matches the data in the actual scene in the Harmony Server database.
If it displays Scene's Local Cache is identical to the database, then the drawings in the selectedcache on your computer are identical to the drawings in the corresponding scene in the database,meaning that your cache and that the database are up to date.
If it displays Scene's Local Cache is different than database, then some drawings in the selectedcache on your computer are different from the drawings in the corresponding scene in the
database. This usually means one of the following:
Statusll

Local Cache
Root Folder

If the selected cache is the cache of the currently opened scene and you just saved yourscene, Harmony may still be uploading the updated drawings to the database. In this case,
you can close the dialog, wait a few seconds, and reopen it to see if Harmony is done
uploading the drawings. If it is, it will report that the cache is identical to the database.
If this is not the cache of the currently opened scene, it is likely that the database scene has
been changed by someone else since the last time you opened it. That would mean that the
database version is more up to date than your cache. This is not a problem, as next time you
open the scene, your cache will be updated.

Indicates where scene caches are stored on your computer. By default, scene caches are stored in afolder named Toon Boom Harmony Local Cache, inside your Documents folder.
Allows you to change the folder where caches are downloaded when you open a scene.

BrowseNOTE
The caches that are currently stored on your machine will not be moved to their new location.
Hence, when you change the local cache root folder, the list of scene caches will become
empty until you open a scene.

Deletes the selected scene cache from your computer.

RemoveNOTEThis button is greyed out if the selected scene cache is for the currently opened scene, as thiscache is currently in use by Harmony.

Close

Closes the dialog.

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Onion Skin and Light Table Transparency Dialog Box
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This dialog box lets you adjust the Onion Skin and Light table transparency parameters.

How to access the Onion Skin and Light Table Transparency dialog boxl

In the Drawing view toolbar, click on the Top Lightbutton to open the Onion Skin and Light

Table Transparency dialog box.

Command

Description

Onion Skin Opacity

Sets the maximum opacity value for the onion skin opacity display. Moving theslider all the way to the left = 0% opacity. Moving the slider all the way to theright = 100% opacity.

Lighttable Opacity

Sets the maximum opacity value for the light table display. Moving the slider all
the way to the left = 0% opacity. Moving the slider all the way to the right =100% opacity.

LightTable Wash

Sets the washed-out value for the light table display. Moving the slider all theway to the left = 0% opacity. Moving the slider all the way to the right = 100%
opacity.

Bitmap Background
Wash

Sets the maximum opacity value for the background wash. Moving the slider all
the way to the left = 0% opacity. Moving the slider all the way to the right =100% opacity. Only works for bitmap layers.

Pencil Lines Opacity

Sets the maximum opacity value for central vector lines (lines made by the
Pencil or Shape tools). Moving the slider all the way to the left = 0% opacity.
Moving the slider all the way to the right = 100% opacity.

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Palette Browser Dialog Box
The Palette Browser dialog allows you to decide the level of palette list and palette storage to use when you
want to create, clone, link to or import a palette.
This dialog only appears if you have the Advanced Palette Lists preference enabled, which is disabled bydefault. When Advanced Palette Lists mode is disabled, Harmony automatically stores palettes in a scene's
palette list, inside the scene's palette-library subdirectory.

How to access the Palette Browser dialog box
1. Start Paint and log in.
2. Close the Database Selector dialog box.
3. From the top menu, select Tools > Palette Operations.
1. In the Palette Operations dialog box that opens, select the palette you want to clone at the location andlevel in which it was stored.
2. Click Clone.
Parameter

Palette Location

Description
This allows you to browse for the physical location of the palette file in yourdatabase.
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environment as a location. Stand alone scenes have a provisional job andenvironment storage space inside the scene's directory. The files in these storage
spaces can be imported into a database scene's actual job and environment whenimporting the scene to a Harmony database. If you never intend to use Harmony
Server, you should keep your palettes inside your scene or element's palette
libraries.
Stores the palette file in the selected environment's palette library. Environments
are typically used to contain a whole production, series or feature film.
Environmentll

In Harmony Server, this stores the palette in /USA_DB/environments/[environment name]/palette-library.
In Harmony Stand Alone, this stores the palette inside the scene's
directory, under environments/Digital/palette-library.

Stores the palette file in the selected job's palette library. Jobs are typically used tocontain episodes in a series, or any set of scenes that is intended to be put in thesame sequence.
Job
l

l

In Harmony Server /USA_DB/jobs/[job name]/palette-library.
In Harmony Stand Alone, this stores the palette inside the scene's
directory, under jobs/Digital/palette-library.

Scene

Stores the palette file in the selected scene's palette library, which is thepalette-library subdirectory of the scene's directory.

Element

Stores the palette file inside the selected element's palette library. This library is
located inside the scene's directory, under elements/[elementname]/palette-library.

PaletteThis lists the existing palettes in the selected location.

New Palette Name

If you are creating or cloning a palette, use this field to enter the palette file's
name. The palette will be listed under this name in your palette list. On your filesystem, it will be named after its palette name, followed by the extension .plt.
When creating a palette, you can choose between the following palette types:lPalette TypelColour: A colour palette can contain colours, gradients and bitmap
textures.
Pencil Texture: A pencil texture palette can contain textures to apply astransparency filters to pencil lines, in combination to their line colour, tocreate various styles of pencil lines.

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Palette List

Scene Palette List

This allows you to decide if you want the palette to be added to your scene's
palette list, or to the currently selected element's palette list.
Adds the palette to the scene's palette list. Palettes in the scene's palette list areavailable to all the elements in your scene. This is especially useful if you aredoing digital animation, where character models can be made of many layers thatneed to use the same palette.
Adds the palette to the currently selected element's palette list. Palettes in an

Element Palette List

element's palette list can only be used by the drawings in this element, and will
only be listed in the Colour view when this element is selected. This can be useful
if you are doing traditional animation, where each character is usually drawn on asingle layer, and you want each layer to have its own palette.

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Palette Operations Dialog Box
When you start Toon Boom Harmony connected to the database, you can access the Palette Operations dialog
box which lets you clone, rename, or delete palettes in your database, without having to open a scene orbrowse the database's file system in your operating system's shell.
In Harmony, palettes are individual *.plt files that can be copied, transferred and stored. When a palette is
created from Harmony, it needs to be stored somewhere. By default, the palette file is stored in the scene
directory in a palette-library folder unless you specify a different location.
There are four locations where you can find palette-library folders: Element, Scene, Job and Environment.

How to access the Palette Operations dialog box
1. Start Paint and log in.
2. Close the Database Selector dialog box.
3. From the top menu, select Tools > Palette Operations.

Parameter

Description

Environment

The production, project, feature film or series.

Job

The episode and sequence from each environment.

Scene

The scenes from each job.

Element

The layers and columns in each scene.

PaletteThe scene palettes.

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Description

Notes, if any, of the project.

Clone

Opens the Palette Browser dialog box from which you can select the level inwhich to store the palette file.

RenameLets you rename a palette.
Lets you delete a palette.

DeleteNOTE
It is not recommended to disable the warning message that appears when
you are attempting to delete a palette as this operation cannot be undone.

Close

Closes the Palette Operations dialog box.

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Preferences Dialog Box
The Preferences dialog box lets you adjust preferences to suit your work style, allowing you to work more
efficiently.
NOTE
To learn more about the individual preferences, refer to the Preferences guide.

NOTE
Some preferences require you to exit and restart the application, or close a view and reopen it.

How to access the Preferences dialog box
Do one of the following:lSelect Edit > Preferences (Windows/Linux) or Harmony [Edition] > Preferences (macOS).

l

Press Ctrl + U (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + U (macOS).

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Recolour Drawings Dialog Box
The Recolour Drawing dialog box allows you to replace all instances of a colour or texture in drawings with adifferent colour or texture swatch in one of the scene's palettes. This replaces the colours or textures in thedrawings without requiring you to modify the palettes. You can use this dialog to perform colour replacement in
the current drawing, in all the drawings in one or several layers or in all drawings in your scene.
This dialog will replace the colour or texture that is currently selected in the Colour view with the colour or
texture that you select inside the dialog.

How to access the Recolour Drawings dialog
1. In the Colour view, select the colour or texture swatch you want to replace by doing one of thefollowing:lSelect the palette in which the colour or texture swatch is located, then select the swatch you
wish to replace.

l

If the drawing in the Camera or Drawing view contains the colour or texture you want toreplace, select the Dropper

tool in the Tools toolbar, then click on that colour or texture in

the drawing. The Colour view will automatically select that colour or texture's palette as wellas that colour or texture's swatch.

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2. Do one of the following:l

Right-click on the swatches list, then select Recolour Drawings.

lOpen the Colour view menu

Parameter, then select Colours > Recolour Drawings.

Description
Allows you to select which drawings will be affected by the colour replacement:ll

Replace Colour In

Current drawing: Replaces the selected colour in the currently selecteddrawing only.
All drawings in the currently selected layers: Replaces the selected colour
in all the drawings in the layer that is currently selected in the Timelime or
Xsheet view.

NOTE
This option can work with several drawing layers selected.

lReplacement Colour

All drawings in the scene: Replaces the selected colour in every drawing
in the current scene.

Allows you to select the palette and colour or texture swatch to replace theselected colour or texture with.

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Remove Dirt Dialog Box
The Remove Dirt dialog box lets you select small dots and hairs on a drawing for removal.

When paper drawings are passed through a scanner, there can be some hair and dirt scattered across them.
These lines and dots need to be cleaned. Harmony provides different tools to help get rid of them quickly.

How to access the Remove Dirt dialog box
1. Do one of the following:l

From the top menu, select Drawing > Remove Dirt.

l

Press Shift + D.

Parameter

Description
Lets you adjust the amount of detail removed from the layer.

SliderRaising the Remove Dirt level will select bigger dots. When selecting larger dots,
be careful not to lose small details like pupils and nostrils. Once you have chosen
the level, you can apply it to the current drawing or the entire animation sequence.
This is a quick way to get rid of most dirt and dust.
During this process, the dirt that will be removed is highlighted in red.

Apply to all drawings

Applies the operation to all drawings in the layer.

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Remove Hair Dialog Box
The Remove Hair dialog box lets you remove any small strokes created in the Colour Art layer from very thicklines or filled zones. Increasing the Remove Hair level value will select larger strokes for removal from thedrawing.

When paper drawings are passed through a scanner, there can be some hair and dirt scattered across them.
These lines and dots need to be cleaned. Harmony provides different tools to help get rid of them quickly.

How to access the Remove Hair dialog box
1. Select the drawing containing the drawing to clean.
2. From the top menu, select View > Show Strokes to display the invisible lines or press K.
3. In the top menu, select Drawing > Remove Hair.

Parameter

Description

SliderLets you adjust the number of length of hairs selected.

Apply to all drawings

Applies the operation to all drawings in the layer.

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Tint Offset/Blend Dialog Box
You can offset, blend, or mix the colours in a colour palette using the sliders and increasing the Amount value.

How to access the Tint Offset/Blend dialog box
1. From the Colour View menu, select Palettes > Tint Panel or right-click and select Tint Panel.
The Blend/Offset Tint panel opens.

Parameter

Description

OffsetOffsets the selected colours by the adjustments made using the HSB and RGB
sliders. Use the Amount slider to adjust the degree of offset. Use the Alpha slider
to adjust the opacity of the selected colour.

Blend

Blends the selected colours with the colour swatch in the top-right corner. Use
the Amount slider to adjust the degree of blend. A blend of 100% turns theselected colours into the same colour as the swatch. Adjusting the HSB and RGB
sliders affect the swatch colour, which in turn affects the selected colours on theleft. Use the Alpha slider to adjust the opacity of the swatch.

Mixer

Select a Base and Tint colour to form a third colour swatch. Use the slider justbeneath to mix the Base and Tint colours by different amounts. This will affect themixed swatch whether it is selected or not. Select either the Tint or Base swatch
and use the HSB and RGB sliders to adjust its colour. This will affect the mixed

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Toolbar Manager Dialog Box
The Toolbar Manager dialog box lets you customize the toolbar in any of the views. You can add your favourite
tools to a toolbar for an efficient workflow.

How to access the Toolbar Manager dialog box
1. Right-click on a toolbar in any view and select Customize. Note that the menu will not appear if you
right-click on a disabled icon.

Parameter

Description

Available Tools

Displays the complete list of tools available for customizing a toolbar.

Toolbar

Displays a list of the tools currently available on the toolbar.

Default

Restores the toolbar with its default items.

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Chapter 2: Tools Properties
Harmony has a wide variety of drawing and manipulation tools and each one of them has a series of options
and modes available in the Tool Properties view. This section covers these options.

Brush Tool Properties

40

Centerline Editor Tool Properties

61

Close Gap Tool Properties

63

Contour Editor Tool Properties

64

Cutter Tool Properties

68

Drawing Pivot Tool Properties

72

Dropper Tool Properties

74

Edit Gradient/Texture Tool Properties

75

Ellipse Tool Properties

76

Envelope Tool Properties

85

Eraser Tool Properties

88

Ink Tool Properties

107

Line Tool Properties

109

Paint Tool Properties

119

Pencil Tool Properties

126

Pencil Editor Tool Properties

136

Perspective Tool Properties

141

Polyline Tool Properties

144

Rectangle Tool Properties

152

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Reposition All Drawings Tool Properties

161

Select Tool Properties

163

Shift and Trace Tool Properties

175

Smooth Editor Tool Properties

178

Stroke Tool Properties

180

Text Tool Properties

182

Zoom Tool Properties

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Brush Tool Properties
The Brush tool allows you to draw by creating shapes based on your drawing strokes and filling them withcolour or textures. When used with a tablet, it is pressure sensitive, just like a real life brush.

How to access the Brush tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Brushtool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Brush Properties
The following properties affect the brush's size, smoothing and other properties for the drawing style of yourbrush. Those properties can be saved into brush presets for later use.
Property

Description

The Preview area lets you see a preview of the stroke your drawing tool will make.
Preview Area

Brush Properties Dialog

The arrow button right of the preview area opens the Brush Properties dialog.

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Property

Description

While the Tool Properties view only gives you access to a few of the brushproperties, a list of brush presets and other drawing options, the Brush Properties
dialog gives you access to all the available options for your brush's tip and texture.
For more information on the Brush Properties dialog, see the Brush Properties Dialog
section below.
Defines the maximum width of brush strokes.
Maximum Size

If the tool is used with a pressure sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke willvary between its maximum size and minimum size depending on the amount ofpressure used. If used with a mouse, the width of the stroke will always be its
maximum size.
Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.

Smoothing

NOTE
This option is only available when drawing on a vector layer.

Flow

Lets you set the opacity for each instance of the brush tip that gets printed into yourcanvas. Contrary to the Opacity parameter, the flow parameter has a cumulative
effect. This means that a lower flow will make your brush strokes more transparent
towards its extremities and more opaque in its center. Your stroke's flow will also
accumulate if you draw over it. By default, your brush's flow varies with the amountof pressure you put on your tablet pen.

NOTE
This option is only displayed in the Tool Properties view when drawing on abitmap layer.

Opacity

The Opacity parameter are where Lets you set the opacity of your brush strokes.
Contrary to the Flow parameter, the Opacity parameter is non-cumulative. Your
whole brush stroke's opacity will not exceed the Opacity parameter. By default, theOpacity parameter varies depending on the amount of pressure you put on yourtablet pen.

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Property

Description

NOTE
This option is only displayed in the Tool Properties view when drawing on abitmap layer.

Brush Presets
These options allow you to select, create and manage brush presets.
Icon

Property

Description
By default, Harmony has preloaded brush presets. You can also create
your own brush presets by configuring your brush, then saving its
properties into a new preset. It is also possible to export and import brush
presets.

Presets list

New Brush Preset

Creates a new preset based on the current tool properties.

Delete Brush

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Open a menu that contains the following options:l

Brush Presets Menu

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New Brush Preset: Creates a new preset based on the current tool
properties.
Delete Brush: Deletes the currently selected preset.
Rename Brush: Allows you to rename the currently selected
preset.
Import Brushes: Allows you to import brush presets exported
from Harmony.

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Export Brushes: Allows you to export your brush presets into an.xml file.
Small Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of small thumbnails
with a preview of their tip.
Large Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of big thumbnails,
with their name and a preview of their tip.
Stroke View: Displays presets in a list, with their name and apreview of a stroke done with each preset.

Drawing Options
These options affect the way your drawing strokes are added to your artwork.
Icon

Property

Description
When enabled, your brush strokes will appear behind the existingartwork.

Draw Behind

NOTEYour brush stroke will temporarily appear over your artwork as
you draw it, until you release the mouse cursor or tablet pen.

When enabled, your brush strokes will only repaint existing artwork andwill not add colour to empty areas. If you repaint semi-transparent
artwork, your artwork will not become more opaque than it already is.
Repaint Brush

Automatically Create
Colour Art

As you draw in the Line Art layer, the Automatically Create Colour Art
option instantly creates the corresponding strokes in the Colour Art layer.

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NOTE
This option is only available when drawing on a vector layer.

By default, when drawing on a vector layer, each new stroke is created asa separate drawing object, which can be edited independently from otherparts of the artwork. When enabled, the Auto-Flatten option
automatically merges strokes into existing artwork.
Auto-Flatten Mode

NOTE
This option is only available when drawing on a vector layer.
When drawing on a bitmap layer, artwork is always flattened.

In the Colour view, it is possible to make some of the colours in yourpalettes protected from change. When enabled, the Respect Protected
Colour option will prevent the brush tool from drawing over areas filledwith a protected colour.
Respect Protected
ColourNOTE
This option is only available when drawing on a vector layer.
When drawing on a bitmap layer, colour is not linked to yourpalettes and cannot be protected.

Use Stored Colour
Gradient

The Use Stored Colour Gradient option can be used when painting with agradient colour to always position the gradient in the same way it wasstored, making it consistent across brush strokes. You can store a
gradient by selecting a zone painted with a gradient with the Select tool,
then clicking on Store Colour Gradientin the Tool Properties view.

NOTE
This option is only available when drawing on a vector layer.

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Brush Properties Dialog
Brushes have an extensive set of options and properties that are not displayed in the Tool Properties view, butrather, in a dialog you can access from it. To open the Brush Properties dialog, click on the arrow button right ofthe stroke display area.

The Brush Properties dialog has five different tabs, minus the Smoothing tab if you are working on a bitmap
layers. Below is detailed information about the options available in each tab:l

Tip Tab on page 45

lSmoothing Tab on page 50

lTransparency Tab on page 51l

Dual Tip Tab on page 54lPaper Texture Tab on page 58

Tip TabThe Tip tab allows you to configure the shape, size, hardness and spacing of your brush tip.

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Property

Description
Allows you to select between one of the following brush types:

Brush Typel

Solid Vector Brush: Creates vector shapes filled with a solid colour.
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limited set of options including size, roundness, angle, centerline
smoothing and contour smoothing.
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Textured Vector Brush: Creates vector shapes filled with a texture. This
gives you access to bitmap brush tips, paper textures, transparency andseveral other options.

NOTE
This option is not available when working on a bitmap layer. With bitmap
layers, brushes are always textured, and textured brush options arealways available.

Brush Tip LibraryThis is where you select the shape of the brush tip. By default it is round. Notethat some tips are designed to have semitransparent areas, even when the
maximum brush opacity is set to 100%.
To create a custom brush tip, you must prepare the file ahead of time, either inHarmony or in a third-party software, such as Adobe Photoshop. Colour is notsupported and transparency is not supported in the traditional sense. Black
appears as 100% opaque, white appears as 100% transparent and all the shadesof grey in between appear as varying degrees of semitransparency. A range of fileformats are supported—.jpeg, .png, .tif, .psd, .tga to name a few. Alpha channels
are disregarded on import. It is recommended that your file be between 100 x
100 pixels and 400 x 400 pixels.
You can also import brush tips that you exported from Harmony, so you canshare them with colleagues.
The minimum and maximum sizes of your drawing tool produce the thick andthin effect on your stroke. This works with the pressure sensitivity of a pen
tablet.

Minimum and Maximum SizellMaximum Size: Defines the maximum width of the stroke.
Minimum Size: Defines the minimum width of the stroke in relation toand as a percentage of the maximum size.

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NOTE
Setting the Minimum Size value to 100% eliminates the possibility ofcreating width variation on your stroke. In other words, you would be
forcing a uniform line width using the Maximum Size value.

Proportional to Camera

If you check this option, the size of the brush will be adjusted to the position of
the camera on the z-axis. This means that if the camera is zoomed in on thescene, the brush will be proportionally smaller so that it appears the same size inthe rendered image. Likewise, if the camera is zoomed out, the brush will be
proportionally bigger.
The Roundness and Angle parameters allow you to change the shape andorientation of the tip.
llRoundness and Angle

Roundness: The vertical scaling to apply to the tip. Reducing this setting
squashes the tip vertically, allowing you to turn round or square tips into
flat tips.
Angle: The angle at which to rotate the brush tip, counterclockwise.

NOTE
The squashing is not relative to the angle—if the tip is rotated, thesquashing will still be done relative to the tip's original orientation.

The hardness value corresponds to the softness of the brush tip's edges. The
lower the value, the softer the tip edge. The higher the value, the sharper the tipedge. Be aware that some brush tips are not 100% opaque, so they will always
appear somewhat soft, even at 100% hardness.
Hardness

Spacing

Defines the amount of space between each stamp of the brush. A value of 100%
sets the stamp marks edge to edge, if there is no white space around the shape.
The larger the value, the greater the space between marks. A really large value
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Spacing is only evident when making a continuous stroke.

Randomness

The Randomness parameters let you create a varied brush stroke. Refining these
options can give your stroke a lovely, non-mechanical look.
You can create variation between the thick and thin of your brush stroke just by
setting the Maximum and Minimum Size values. If you add randomness to themix, pressure sensitivity from your drawing tablet will still be applied. Lightpressure will create random values around the minimum, while heavy pressure
will create random values closer to the maximum. The larger the percentage, thelarger the range of random variation.

Random Size

NOTE
Setting the Minimum Size to 100% eliminates the possibility of creating
width variation on your stroke, whether you are applying randomness ornot. Therefore, you would be forcing a uniform line width using theMaximum Size value.

Random Angle

Sets the range for random rotation around the set Angle value. For example, if
the Angle is set to 45° and the Random Angle set to 10°, the software will
choose values between 40°–50° (plus or minus 5 degrees, equaling a total of 10
degrees).

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Sets the range for random spacing around the set Spacing value. For example, if
the Spacing is set to 50% and the Random Spacing is set to 10%, then Harmony
will choose values between 45%–55% (plus or minus 5 percent, equaling a totalof 10 percent).

Random Spacing

Smoothing Tab
The Smoothing tab contains options to configure how Harmony should automatically smooth your brushstrokes as you paint.

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NOTE
The Smoothing tab is only available when working on a vector layer, as bitmap layers do notsupport smoothing.

Property

Description

Centerline Smoothing

Defines the amount of smoothing Harmony should perform on your brush stroke's
direction, curves and corners. A higher setting will prevent your line from being
shaky, but is liable to reduce drawing precision and turn sharp angles into curves.

Contour Smoothing

Defines the amount of smoothing Harmony should perform on outer contour of thebrush stroke. A higher setting will round sharp corners and reduce the amount ofcontrol points for the resulting vector shape.

Transparency Tab
The Transparency tab allows you to decide if your brush has antialiasing as well as to set its flow and opacity
settings.

NOTE
The Transparency tab's options are only available on vector layers if the Brush Type option of the
Tip tab is set to Textured Vector Brush. On bitmap layers, those options are always available.

Property

Description

Antialiasing

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blend with the surrounding colours, to create an illusion of smoothness
otherwise not possible due to the picture resolution.
If antialiasing is disabled, the brush's texture will only render fully transparent or
fully opaque pixels. Disabling this option can be useful if you need your outlines
to be very crisp, if you want to make pixel art or if you need your brush strokes torender in solid colors with no variation, which makes them easier to repaint orprocess in third party software.

NOTE
When disabled, all other options in the Transparency tab are disabled.

The Maximum and Minimum Flow parameters let you set the range for the rate at
which paint flows from your brush. The analogy works better with a pen. The
greater the flow, the more ink comes out, hence the more consistent the colour
and texture of the line. If the flow is light, then the colour and texture of the line
may look spotty. This feature works with the pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.
llMaximum and Minimum Flow

Maximum Flow: Sets the maximum rate at which colour and texture areapplied as you create a fluid stroke.
Minimum Flow: Sets the minimum rate at which colour and texture areapplied as you create a fluid stroke. It is defined as a percentage of theMaximum Flow value. If the Minimum Flow value is set to 100%, thentablet pressure sensitivity will no longer be applicable. The flow will be
set to the constant rate of the Maximum Flow value.

The Maximum and Minimum Opacity parameters are where you set the opacity
range for a brush mark. This works with the pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.
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Maximum Opacity and
Minimum Opacityl

Maximum Opacity: Sets the transparency limit of the brush mark when
the pressure is heavy.
Minimum Opacity: Sets the transparency limit of the brush mark when thepressure is very light. It is defined as a percentage of the Maximum
Opacity value. If the Minimum Opacity value is set to 100%, then tablet
pressure sensitivity will no longer be applicable. The opacity will be set tothe constant rate of the Maximum Opacity value.

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RandomnessTh Randomness parameter lets you set the range for the randomness of the flow
and opacity. This works with the pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.
You can create variation in the flow of your brush stroke just by setting theMaximum and Minimum Flow values. If you add randomness to the mix, pressure
sensitivity from your drawing tablet will still be applied. Light pressure will create
random values around the minimum, while heavy pressure will create random
values closer to the maximum. The larger the percentage, the larger the range ofrandom variation.

Randomness Flow

NOTE
Setting the Minimum Flow value to 100% eliminates the possibility ofcreating flow variation on your stroke, whether you are applying
randomness or not. That is, you would be forcing a uniform flow using theMaximum Flow value.

Random Opacity

You can create variation in the opacity of your brush stroke just by setting theMaximum and Minimum Opacity values. If you add randomness to the mix,pressure sensitivity from your drawing tablet will still be applied. Light pressure
will create random values around the minimum, while heavy pressure will create
random values closer to the maximum. The larger the percentage, the larger therange of random variation.

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NOTE
Setting the Minimum Opacity value to 100% eliminates the possibility ofcreating opacity variation on your stroke, whether you are applying
randomness or not. That is, you would be forcing a uniform opacity using
the Maximum Opacity value.

Dual Tip Tab
The Dual Tip tab lets you set the parameters for creating a dual tip brush. The primary bitmap brush tip and thedual tip always work together. You can set the parameters for the primary tip in the Tip tab and those for thedual tip in the Dual Tip tab. The Blend mode you select determines how the tips are combined.
By default, the Blend Mode is set to Multiply and the Random Angle to 360°.

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NOTE
To use a Dual Tip, you must enable option by checking the checkbox inside the Dual Tip tab.
Additionally, if you are working on a vector layer, the Brush Type option of the Tip tab must be set
to Textured Vector Brush.

Property

Description

Enable/Disable

The checkbox inside the tab allows you to decide whether or not your brush uses adual tip. If this checkbox is unchecked, the options in the Dual Tip tab will bedisabled.

Blend Mode

The Blend modes let you decide how the primary tip and the dual tip are combined.

Multiply

This is the default blend mode. When the two brush tips are combined in this mode,
they essentially cut each other out in overlapping areas, where one or both tips havean area of 100% transparency. The less opaque the brush tips are, the lighter their
combination.

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Property

Colour Dodge

Description

In this mode, the primary tip cuts out the shape of the dual tip. Where the tip shapes
overlap, within the boundaries of the primary shape, the colour and opacity appear
darker.

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Property

CombineDescription

This mode treats the two tips as two different and separate brushes that have thesame colour and follow the same path.

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Property

Description

Paper Texture Tab
The Paper Texture tab lets you configure a paper-like texture for your brush. You can also add textures byimporting image files, or import paper textures that were previously exported from Harmony.

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NOTE
To use a Paper Texture, you must enable option by checking the checkbox inside the Paper
Texture tab. Additionally, if you are working on a vector layer, the Brush Type option of the Tip tab
must be set to Textured Vector Brush.

Property

Description

Enable/Disable

The checkbox inside the tab allows you to decide whether or not your brush uses apaper texture. If this checkbox is unchecked, the options in the Paper Texture tab will
be disabled.

Texture Scale

Increase or decreases the size of the paper texture.

Additive

This option layers the texture on top of itself as you scribble overlapping lines in one
continuous stroke. If this option is turned off, areas of overlapping lines from a single,
continuous stroke will appear the same, in terms of darkness and texture, as nonoverlapping areas.

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Property

Description

This option defines the way separate, overlapping strokes behave. If this option isenabled, the paper texture's position does not change with each sweep of the brush.
If this option is disabled, each sweep of the brush produces a different texture
position. The texture orientation always stays the same.

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Centerline Editor Tool Properties
The Centerline Editor tool allows you to edit brush strokes by their centreline rather than by their contour. This
makes it easier to tweak the tips, curves and corners of brush strokes. The purpose of this tool is to make it aseasy to edit brush strokes as it is to edit pencil lines with the Contour Editor tool.

How to access the Centerline Editor tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Centerline Editor

tool.

2. The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Options
Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple
elements:
Lasso: Allows you to select multiple elements byldrawing a lasso around them with your mouse.
Marquee: Allows you to select multiple elements bylSelection Modedrawing a rectangle around them. This is faster, as you
only need to drag your mouse from one corner of therectangle to its opposite corner, but it may not be as
precise as you want.

TIP
You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use
the other selection mode.

Show Centerline Editor Controls

When enabled, selecting several control points will make amanipulator bounding box appear. You can use this manipulator
to scale and rotate the selection of points.

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Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to perform drawing operations on both the Line Art
and Colour Art layers of your drawing simultaneously.
Apply to Line and Colour Art

NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers enabled,
they will also be affected when this option is enabled.

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Close Gap Tool Properties
The paint tool requires the area you attempt to fill to be closed in order to know exactly what area of yourartwork must be filled. However, it is common for artists to accidentally leave small gaps in their artwork.
The Close Gap tool allows you to quickly close small gaps in a shape by creating an invisible stroke connecting
two extremities of the gap. You can then fill the area using the Paint tool, as this invisible stroke will be taken inaccount to determine the outline of the shape to fill.
TIP
You do not need to use the Close Gap tool with precision. If you draw a crude stroke near the gap
you want to close, the tool will automatically detect the two closest line extremities and will draw aninvisible straight line connecting them. closing the gap between them.

How to access the Close Gap tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Close Gap

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Options
Icon

Property

Description

The Close Gap tool creates an invisible drawing stroke to close the shape. Enabling thisoption will merge the stroke into the artwork instead of adding the stroke on top of it.
Auto
FlattenNOTE
The area you close with the Close Gap tool will be fillable regardless of whether
or not this option is enabled.

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Contour Editor Tool Properties
The Contour Editor lets you reshape vector shapes, brush strokes and lines in your drawings.
Artwork in Harmony is made of vector shapes. Vector shapes are defined by points, the lines joining the points
together (contours) and the curve vectors, represented by Bezier handles, which make the curve of said lines.

The Contour Editor tool allows you to select a contour or point, and change the position of points, add andremove points from the shape, rotate, lengthen and shorten curve handles to influence the curve of contours
between those points, or drag contours between points to change their curve directly.

How to access the Contour Editor tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Contour Editor

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Modes
Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple elements:lLasso: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing alasso around them with your mouse.

Selection ModelMarquee: Allows you to select multiple elements bydrawing a rectangle around them. This is faster, as you only
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Icon

Property

Description

its opposite corner, but it may not be as precise as you want.

TIP
You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use theother selection mode.

Snaps your selection or point to any line you position it on. As soon
as you move it close enough to another line, your point or selection
will snap to it.
Snap to Contour

Snaps the selected anchor point to any existing line while displaying
temporary rulers as a guide that you can also snap your anchor pointto.
Snap and Align

When enabled, selecting several control points will make amanipulator bounding box appear. You can use this manipulator toscale and rotate the selection of points.
Show Contour Editor
Controls

Apply to Line and Colour
Art

Allows you to perform drawing operations on both the Line Art andColour Art layers of your drawing simultaneously.

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Icon

Property

Description

NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers enabled, they
will also be affected when this option is enabled.

Operations
Icon

Property

Description

The Smooth operation lets you smooth out selected drawing strokes
and remove extra points.

Smooth Selection

TIP
You can also smooth the selection by selecting Selected >Smooth from the top menu or by pressing Alt + Shift + S.

Split Pencil Line
Join Pencil Lines

When drawing with the Polyline tool, your drawing has an even line
thickness. You can use the Pencil Editor to adjust the thickness point
by point, but if you want to adjust it quicker, you can use the Split
Pencil Line and Point Pencil Lines options to create segments andapply a pencil stencil to your drawing. Note that if you did not join the
pencil lines on your polyline stroke, the segments between the points
will act as separated segments.

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Icon

Property

Description

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Cutter Tool Properties
The Cutter tool lets you cut out part of a drawing so that you can transform it, copy it or delete it.

How to access the Cutter tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Cutter

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Options
Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple elements:lLasso: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a lasso
around them with your mouse.

lSelection Mode

Marquee: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a
rectangle around them. This is faster, as you only need to drag yourmouse from one corner of the rectangle to its opposite corner, but it
may not be as precise as you want.

TIP
You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use the otherselection mode.

Easy Drag

Use Mouse
GestureWhen enabled, you can drag the selection by clicking anywhere inside its
bounding box. By default, you must click on the artwork in the selection to beable to drag it.

When this option is enabled along with the Lasso

selection type, quickly

drawing a line with the Cutter tool over a line segment in your artwork will
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Icon

Property

Description

quickly clean up your artwork.

NOTE
This option will only work when using the Cutter tool on separate brushor pencil strokes. Hence, it is important not to flatten your artwork if you
intend to use this option to clean up your drawings. This option has noeffect on bitmap layers as the artwork in bitmap layers is always
flattened.

When using the Lasso selection type, the Use Mouse Gesture Breaker Mode
option lets you draw an invisible stroke on a pencil line to cut it in two
individual objects. Once a pencil line is cut with this option, you will be able toselect the two portions independently with either the Cutter tool, Pencil Editor
tool or Select tool.
Use Mouse
Gesture Breaker
Mode

NOTE
This option only works with pencil lines.

Tip Style

When cutting through pencil lines, this option decides what kind of pencil line
tips to put at the extremities of the remaining pencil line segments, where they
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Icon

Property

Description

By default, this is set to Bevel, which will leave the tip of the pencil line cutat the same angle as your cutter stroke. If you prefer, you can make pencil linesthat you split with the Cutter tool have Flat

or Roundtips instead.

When working on bitmap artwork, enabling this will smooth the edges of theartwork you cut out, so that they do not appear pixelated.
Antialiasing

NOTE
This option is only available with bitmap layers.

This option allows you to select which layers the tool should affect. It can be
toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has two different modes. You can selecta mode by clicking and holding on the button.
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Apply to Visible
Drawing LayerslOff: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on thecurrently selected layers. If several layers are selected, the tool will workon all these layers simultaneously.
Apply to Visible Drawing Layers: The tool will work on all thevisible layers in the Camera view.

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Apply to Synced Drawing Layers: If the currently selected layer is
synced with another layer, the tool will work on both the current layer
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Icon

Property

Description

NOTE
This option only works in the Camera view.

This option allows you to determine which drawings in the current layer the
tool should affect. It can be toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has two
different modes. You can select a mode by clicking and holding on the button.
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Apply to All
Framesl

Off: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on the drawing
in the current frame.
Apply to All Frames: The tool will work on every exposed drawing inthe selected layer simultaneously.

lApply to Onion Skin Range: The tool will work on every drawing
displayed in the Onion Skin. Onion Skin must be enabled for this option
to work.

Allows you to perform drawing operations on both the Line Art and Colour Art
layers of your drawing simultaneously.
Apply to Line andColour Art

NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers enabled, they will also beaffected when this option is enabled.

Operations
Icon

Property

Description

Flip Horizontal

Flips the current selection horizontally.

Flip Vertical

Flips the current selection vertically.

Rotate 90 Degrees
CW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees clockwise.

Rotate 90 Degrees
CCW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

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Drawing Pivot Tool Properties
The Drawing Pivot tool lets you set the pivots on your character. You can set the drawing pivots on drawings
and symbols.

Tool Options
Icon

Property

Description
The Set the Pivot for Symbol on All Frames option isenabled by default. When you set a drawing pivot on
a symbol, all of its cells use the same drawing pivot.
This means you do not have to set a drawing pivot on
all frames. Once you set it, it is done.
If you prefer to set a different drawing pivot for aseries of cells, you can deselect the option and set
your pivots on each cell or cell range.

Setting the Drawing Pivot for Symbols on
All Frames

NOTE
If you have already set several different
pivots on your symbol's cells and selected
the Set the Pivot for Symbol on All Frames
option, once you set a new pivot on thesame symbol, all of its pivots will be reset
and will use your new pivot.

Snap to Contour

Snaps your selection or point to any line you position
it on. As soon as you move it close enough to anotherline, your point or selection will snap to it.

Snap and Align

Snaps the selected anchor point to any existing line
while displaying temporary rulers as a guide that you
can also snap your anchor point to.

Snap to Grid

Snaps your selection following the currently enabled
grid.

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When you click the Reset Pivot option, the drawing
Reset Pivot

pivot of the selected drawing or symbol is reset to thecentre of the Camera view.
When you import new extra drawings, such as hands
and mouths, you can use the drawing pivot that wasset on your drawings and report them to the symbol's
cells. Use the Copy Pivot to Parent Symbol commandfor this.

NOTE

Copying Pivot on Parent Symbol

When you copy drawing pivots to the parent
symbol, there is no link between thedrawings' pivots and the symbol's pivots. If
you modify the drawing pivot later, it will
not link to the symbol. You would need toperform the operation again. If you need tomodify the symbol's pivots, you can do it
directly on the symbol's cells.

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Dropper Tool Properties
The Dropper tool allows you to pick a colour from your drawing without going to the Colour view.
NOTE
The following options will only have an effect when picking colours from a bitmap layer, as theyaffect the colour that gets picked. When working on a vector layer, you can only pick colours thatare available in one of the palettes in your scene. Therefore, the colour you pick will always be
exactly the colour that was used to fill the shape or stroke you clicked on.

How to access the Dropper tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Droppertool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Property

Sample All
LayersDo Not Pick
Transparency

Description

By default, the Dropper tool picks the colour from the active drawing layer only.
This means that if the colour is semi-transparent, it will still only take the colour
from the active layer, along with its transparency, and ignore the colours from layers
behind it.
With this option enabled, the Dropper tool will pick the colour as it appears on thescreen instead, allowing you to pick colours that are the result of several layers
composited together.
By default, the Dropper tool picks the colour's alpha value as well as its colour
values. When enabled, the colour picked will always have an alpha value of 255.

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Edit Gradient/Texture Tool Properties
The Edit/Gradient Texture tool allows you to move, rotate and scale a gradient or texture fill within the shape it
fills, without modifying the shape itself.

How to access the Edit Gradient/Texture tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Edit Gradient/Texture

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Options
Icon

Property

Description

This option allows you to select which layers the tool should affect. It can be
toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has two different modes. You can selecta mode by clicking and holding on the button.
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Apply to Visible
Drawing LayerslOff: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on thecurrently selected layers. If several layers are selected, the tool will workon all these layers simultaneously.
Apply to Visible Drawing Layers: The tool will work on all thevisible layers in the Camera view.

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Apply to Synced Drawing Layers: If the currently selected layer is
synced with another layer, the tool will work on both the current layer
and its synced layer.

NOTE
This option only works in the Camera view.

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Ellipse Tool Properties
The Ellipse tool allows you to quickly draw an ellipse or a circle.

How to access the Ellipse tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Ellipse

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Pencil Properties
Just like other shape tools, this tool creates pencil lines. Hence, its tool properties are similar to the ones of thePencil tool and it can be used with pencil presets.

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Property

Description

The Preview area lets you see a preview of the stroke your drawing tool will make.
Preview Area

The arrow button right of the preview area opens the Pencil Properties dialog.

Pencil Properties
DialogSize

While the Tool Properties view only gives you access to a few of the pencil properties,
a list of pencil presets and other drawing options, the Pencil Properties dialog gives
you access to all the available options for your pencil's shape and texture. For more
information on the Pencil Properties dialog, see the Pencil Properties Dialog on page
81 section below.
Defines the width of the pencil line used to draw the shape.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew. You
can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves abruptly.
You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You can choose between
Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Pencil Presets
These options allow you to select, create and manage pencil presets.
Icon

Property

Description

Presets list

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Icon

Property

Description

also lets you create and save your own. It is a good idea to create andsave pencils with precise sizes and parameters when you draw for
efficiency and consistency.
A thickness stencil saves the thickness information across the length ofthe line. When drawing with a thickness stencil, the pressure sensitivityof the tablet is discarded. A thickness stencil can be used while drawing,or applied afterwards.
You also have the possibility to apply different textures to your lines byeither using the default presets or to import your own.
You can export the pencil presets that you have created and import thosethat others have created. This is a good way for you and project
collaborators to keep a consistent look for the project.

New Brush Preset

Creates a new preset based on the current tool properties.

Delete Brush Preset

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Open a menu that contains the following options:
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Brush Presets Menu
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New Brush Preset: Creates a new preset based on the current tool
properties.
Delete Brush: Deletes the currently selected preset.
Rename Brush: Allows you to rename the currently selected
preset.
Import Brushes: Allows you to import brush presets exported
from Harmony.
Export Brushes: Allows you to export your brush presets into an.xml file.
Small Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of small thumbnails
with a preview of their tip.
Large Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of big thumbnails,
with their name and a preview of their tip.
Stroke View: Displays presets in a list, with their name and apreview of a stroke done with each preset.

Drawing Options
These options affect the way your shape is added to your artwork.

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Icon

Property

Description

When enabled, your brush strokes will appear behind the existing artwork.

Draw Behind

NOTEYour brush stroke will temporarily appear over your artwork as you
draw it, until you release the mouse cursor or tablet pen.

When enabled, the shape you draw is automatically filled with the selectedcolour. By default, drawing a shape only creates its outlines.

Auto Fill

TIP
By default the pencil line and its fill will be the same colour. If you
want to select different colours for the pencil line and its fill, you
can click on the Unlock Three Colours

button in the Colour

view, then select different colours for Brush strokes
lines

and Paint fills, Pencil.

Snap to Contour

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will snap to the
nearby contours of the artwork in your drawing.

Snap and Align

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will automaticallyalign to the rectangular bounding boxes of other strokes and shapes inyour drawing.

Snap to Grid

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will snap against
the intersecting points of the grid.

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Icon

Property

Description

TIP
To display the grid, select View > Grid > Show Grid from the top
menu or press Ctrl + '.

As you draw in the Line Art layer, the Automatically Create Colour Art
option instantly creates the corresponding strokes in the Colour Art layer.
Automatically Create
Colour Art

By default, when drawing on a vector layer, each new stroke is created as aseparate drawing object, which can be edited independently from otherparts of the artwork. When enabled, the Auto-Flatten option automaticallymerges strokes into existing artwork.

Auto Flatten Mode

NOTE
Using the Select tool, you can use select and remove a segment offlattened pencil lines. Overlapping pencil lines drawn with theAuto-Flatten mode are essentially cut into segments by theoverlap and can be treated as individual lines.

Use Stored Colour
Gradient

The Use Stored Colour Gradient option can be used when painting with agradient colour to always position the gradient in the same way it wasstored, making it consistent across brush strokes. You can store a gradientby selecting a zone painted with a gradient with the Select tool, thenclicking on Store Colour Gradient

Draw Circle

in the Tool Properties view.

When checked, the shape you draw will be of equal width and height,
making it a perfect circle.

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Icon

Property

Description

TIP
You can also draw a circle by holding the Shift key while drawing.

Pencil Properties Dialog
The Ellipse tool draws the same type of line as the Pencil tool. Hence, you can configure the Ellipse tool's lines
using the Pencil Properties dialog, which you can open by clicking on the arrow button right of the stroke
display area in the Tool Properties view.

Size and Smoothness Tab
The Size and Smoothness tab allows you to select your pencil's size, its smoothing parameters as well as theshape of its tips and corners.

Property

Description

Maximum Size

Defines the maximum size of the pencil line. If the tool is used with a pressure
sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke will vary between its maximum size andminimum size depending on the amount of pressure used. If used with a mouse, thewidth of the stroke will always be its maximum size.

Minimum Size

Defines the minimum size of your stroke as a percentage of the maximum size. If you

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Property

Description

do not have pressure sensitivity from a pen table, the minimum size value will beignored.

Proportional to Camera

If you check this option, the size of the pencil will be adjusted to the position of thecamera on the z-axis. This means that if the camera is zoomed in on the scene, thepencil will be proportionally smaller so that it appears the same size in the rendered
image. Likewise, if the camera is zoomed out, the pencil will be proportionally bigger.

Smoothing

Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.

Contour Smoothing

Defines the number of points on the contour share of your stroke. This will smoothout the bumps and waves on tour contour shape of your brush strokes.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves
abruptly. You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You canchoose between Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Texture Tab
In the Pencil Properties view, the Texture tab allows you to select a pencil texture from the currently selected
pencil texture palette to use with the Pencil tool. You can also add, remove or rename textures, save the current
pencil texture palette as the default one, or import the pencil texture palette into your scene.
The pencil texture palette used in the Texture tab of the Pencil Properties dialog is the one selected in the
Colour view. You can select a pencil texture palette by selecting it from the pencil texture palette list in the
Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Icon

Property

Use as Default Pencil
Texture Palette

Description

Sets the currently selected pencil texture palette as the default pencil
texture palette in your user preferences. The default pencil texture paletteis added to every scene you create in Harmony. The palette is copied inyour preferences, so it will be added to your new scenes in the exact state
it is when you make it the default pencil texture palette.

Reload Default Texture
PaletteImports the default pencil texture palette as a new pencil texture palette
into your scene's palette list, and selects it as the current pencil texture
palette.

New Texture

Allows you to import an image file into a new pencil texture swatch in thecurrent pencil texture palette. The pencil texture's effect on your pencil line
will be based on the image's transparency channel, and will follow yourpencil lines on its horizontal axis.

Delete Texture

Deletes a pencil texture swatch from the current pencil texture palette.

Rename Texture

Renames the selected pencil texture swatch in the current pencil texture
palette.

Pencil Texture List

Displays the pencil textures in the current pencil texture palette and allows
you to select one to use with the Pencil tool.

Pencil Texture Palette

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Icon

Property

Description

reference. To select a different pencil texture palette, you must select it in
the Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Envelope Tool Properties
Selecting the Envelope tool displays its properties and options in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Tool Name

Description
Increase the width and height values to add morecolumns and rows to the deformation grids.

Width and Height

Sets the selection mode to Lasso, which allows you toselect multiple items by drawing a lasso around them.

TIP

Lasso

When this option is enabled, you can press
and hold the Alt key to temporarily use
Marquee mode.

Sets the selection mode to Marquee, which allows you
to select multiple items by drawing a rectangle aroundthem.

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TIP
When this option is enabled, you can press
and hold the Alt key to temporarily use
Lasso mode.

Snap to Contour

Snaps your selection or point to any line you position
it on. As soon as you move it close enough to anotherline, your point or selection will snap to it.

Snap and Align

Snaps the selected anchor point to any existing line
while displaying temporary rulers as a guide that you
can also snap your anchor point to.
Snaps your selection following the currently enabled
grid.

Snap to Grid

To display more controls,you can click on the Show
Advanced Controls button.

Show Advanced Controls

Allows you to perform drawing operations on boththe Line Art and Colour Art layers of your drawing
simultaneously.

Apply to Line and Colour
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NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers
enabled, they will also be affected when thisoption is enabled.

Flip Horizontal

Flips the current selection horizontally.

Flip Vertical

Flips the current selection vertically.

Rotate 90 Degrees CW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees clockwise.

Rotate 90 Degrees CCW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees counterclockwise.
You can modify the central line smoothness of yourline using this option. This parameter smooths thedeformed lines. Increasing the value will result in asmoother line with fewer control points. The more you
increase the value, the less details and curves you willget. Use the left and right arrows to increment the

Smoothvalue by one full unit. Use the Up - Down slider toquickly increment the value.

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Eraser Tool Properties
The Eraser tool allows you to erase artwork by drawing eraser strokes over it. When using the Eraser tool witha tablet, it is pressure sensitive, like with the Brush and Pencil tool.

How to access the Eraser tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Eraser

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Eraser Properties
The way the Eraser tool is configured is almost identical to the way the Brush tool is configured.
Property

Description

The Preview area lets you see a preview of the stroke your drawing tool will make.
Stroke Preview Area

Eraser Properties
Dialog

The arrow button right of the display area opens the Eraser Properties dialog, which
gives you access to all the parameters and options for your eraser. The Tool Properties
view only gives you access to a few of the eraser properties, a list of eraser presets andoptions for the Eraser tool that are not related to the eraser properties. For more88Harmony 16.0 Paint Reference Guide

Property

Description

information on the Eraser Properties dialog, see the Eraser Properties Dialog section
below.

Defines the maximum size of the eraser.
Maximum Size

Smoothing

Flow

If the tool is used with a pressure sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke will vary
between its maximum size and minimum size depending on the amount of pressureused. If used with a mouse, the width of the stroke will always be its maximum size.
Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.
Lets you set the opacity for each instance of the eraser tip that gets erased from yourartwork. Contrary to the Opacity parameter, the flow parameter has a cumulative effect.
This means that a lower flow will make your eraser strokes less effective towards its
extremities and more effective in its center. Your stroke's flow will also accumulate if
you draw over it. By default, your eraser's flow varies with the amount of pressure you
put on your tablet pen.

NOTE
This option is only displayed in the Tool Properties view when drawing on abitmap layer.

The Opacity parameter are where Lets you set the opacity of your brush strokes.
Contrary to the Flow parameter, the Opacity parameter is non-cumulative. Your wholebrush stroke's opacity will not exceed the Opacity parameter. By default, the Opacity
parameter varies depending on the amount of pressure you put on your tablet pen.
Opacity

NOTEThis option is only displayed in the Tool Properties view when drawing on abitmap layer.

Eraser Presets
These options allow you to select, create and manage eraser presets.

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Icon

Property

Description

Presets list

By default, Harmony has preloaded eraser presets. You can also create
your own eraser presets by configuring your eraser, then saving its
properties into a new preset. It is also possible to export and import eraser
presets.

New Brush Preset

Creates a new preset based on the current tool properties.

Delete Brush

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Rename Brush

Allows you to rename the currently selected preset.

Import Brushes

Allows you to import brush presets exported from Harmony.

Export Brushes

Allows you to export your brush presets into an .xml file.

Small Thumbnail

Displays presets in a grid of small thumbnails with a preview of their tip.

Large Thumbnail

Stroke View

Displays presets in a grid of big thumbnails, with their name and apreview of their tip.
Displays presets in a list, with their name and a preview of a stroke donewith each preset.

Erasing Options
These options affect the way your eraser strokes are applied to your artwork.
Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to perform drawing operations on both the Line Art and Colour
Art layers of your drawing simultaneously.
Apply to Line andColour Art

NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers enabled, they will
also be affected when this option is enabled.

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Icon

Property

Description

If you erase the end of a pencil line or erase a pencil line through the centre,
new line tips are created. Use the Tip Style option to customize the shapeof the tips of the pencil lines that are trimmed by the Eraser tool.

Tip Style

By default, this option is set to Bevel, which will leave the end of thepencil line cut at the same angle as the eraser stroke
Apply to Synced
Drawing Layers

If the currently selected layer is synced with another layer, the tool will
work on both the current layer and its synced layer.

Eraser Properties Dialog
Erasers have an extensive set of options and properties that are not displayed in the Tool Properties view, butrather, in a dialog you can access from it. To open the Eraser Properties dialog, click on the arrow button right ofthe stroke display area.

The Eraser Properties dialog has five different tabs, minus the Smoothing tab if you are working on a bitmap
layers. Below is detailed information about the options available in each tab:l

Tip Tab on page 91

lSmoothing Tab on page 96

lTransparency Tab on page 97lDual Tip Tab on page 100lPaper Texture Tab on page 104

Tip TabThe Tip tab allows you to configure the shape, size, hardness and spacing of your eraser tip.

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Property

Description

Allows you to select between one of the following eraser types:llEraser Typel

Solid Vector: Simply cuts out the eraser stroke's shape from the vector artwork.
A solid vector eraser always completely erase the artworks leaving hard seams.
Textured Eraser: Allows to configure the eraser with the same options as witha textured brush. A textured eraser will decrease the opacity of bitmap texturesin textured brush strokes if it doesn't completely erase it. If it completely erases
a brush stroke, it will cut out the erased part from the vector artwork.
Textured, Preserve Vector: Like a Textured Eraser, except that it will not cut out
from the vector shapes, even if it fully erases pixels in a textured brush stroke's
texture.

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Property

Description

NOTE
Textured erasers only work as expected on textured brush strokes. Using a
Textured eraser on a solid vector brush stroke or on a pencil line will only cut
the eraser stroke's shape out of it. If you use a Textured, Preserve Vector typeeraser on a solid vector shape or on a pencil line, the eraser will not erase
anything.

NOTE
This option is not available when working on a bitmap layer. With bitmap layers,erasers are always textured, and textured eraser options are always available.

Eraser Tip LibraryThis is where you select the shape of the eraser tip. By default, it is round. Note thatsome tips are designed to have semitransparent areas, even when the maximum eraser
opacity is set to 100%.
To create a custom eraser tip, you must prepare the file ahead of time, either inHarmony or in a third-party software, such as Adobe Photoshop. Colour is notsupported and transparency is not supported in the traditional sense. Black appears as
100% opaque, white appears as 100% transparent and all the shades of grey inbetween appear as varying degrees of semitransparency. A range of file formats aresupported—.jpeg, .png, .tif, .psd, .tga to name a few. Alpha channels are disregardedon import. It is recommended that your file be between 100 x 100 pixels and 400 x 400
pixels.
You can also import eraser tips that you exported from Harmony, so you can sharethem with colleagues.
The minimum and maximum sizes of your drawing tool produce the thick and thineffect on your stroke. This works with the pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.

Minimum and Maximum
Size

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Maximum Size: Defines the maximum width of the stroke.
Minimum Size: Defines the minimum width of the stroke in relation to and as apercentage of the maximum size.

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Property

Description

NOTE
Setting the Minimum Size value to 100% eliminates the possibility of creating
width variation on your stroke. In other words, you would be forcing a uniform
line width using the Maximum Size value.

If you check this option, the size of the eraser will be adjusted to the position of the
Proportional to Camera

camera on the z-axis. This means that if the camera is zoomed in on the scene, theeraser will be proportionally smaller so that it appears the same size in the rendered
image. Likewise, if the camera is zoomed out, the eraser will be proportionally bigger.
The Roundness and Angle parameters allow you to change the shape and orientationof the tip.
llRoundness and Angle

Roundness: The vertical scaling to apply to the tip. Reducing this setting
squashes the tip vertically, allowing you to turn round or square tips into flat
tips.
Angle: The angle at which to rotate the brush tip, counterclockwise.

NOTE
The squashing is not relative to the angle—if the tip is rotated, the squashingwill still be done relative to the tip's original orientation.

The Hardness and Spacing parameters allow you to change the softness and spacingof the marks made by the eraser tip. You can preview the hardness and spacing at the
top of the Eraser Properties window, stroke preview area.

Hardness

The hardness value corresponds to the softness of the eraser tip's edges. The lower thevalue, the softer the tip edge. The higher the value, the sharper the tip edge. Be awarethat some eraser tips are not 100% opaque, so they will always appear somewhat soft,
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Property

Description

Defines the amount of space between each stamp of the eraser. A value of 100% sets
the stamp marks edge to edge, if there is no white space around the shape. The larger
the value, the greater the space between marks. A really large value can make the eraser
stroke appear as a string of individual marks. Conversely, a small spacing value will givethe appearance of a fluid brush stroke.
Spacing is only evident when making a continuous stroke.
Spacing

Randomness

The Randomness parameters let you create a varied bitmap eraser stroke. Refining
these options can give your stroke a lovely, non-mechanical look.
You can create variation between the thick and thin of your eraser stroke just by setting
the Maximum and Minimum Size values. If you add randomness to the mix, pressure
sensitivity from your drawing tablet will still be applied. Light pressure will create
random values around the minimum, while heavy pressure will create random values
closer to the maximum. The larger the percentage, the larger the range of randomvariation.

Random Size

NOTE
Setting the Minimum Size to 100% eliminates the possibility of creating widthvariation on your stroke, whether you are applying randomness or not.
Therefore, you would be forcing a uniform line width using the Maximum Sizevalue.

Random Angle

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Property

Description

Angle is set to 45° and the Random Angle set to 10°, the software will choose values
between 40°–50° (plus or minus 5 degrees, equaling a total of 10 degrees).

Sets the range for random spacing around the set Spacing value. For example, if theSpacing is set to 50% and the Random Spacing is set to 10%, then Harmony will
choose values between 45%–55% (plus or minus 5 percent, equaling a total of 10
percent).

Random Spacing

Smoothing Tab
The Smoothing tab contains options to configure how Harmony should automatically smooth your eraser
strokes as you paint.

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NOTE
The Smoothing tab is only available when working on a vector layer, as bitmap layers do notsupport smoothing.

Property

Description

Centerline Smoothing

Defines the amount of smoothing Harmony should perform on your eraser stroke's
direction, curves and corners. A higher setting will prevent your line from being
shaky, but is liable to reduce drawing precision and turn sharp angles into curves.

Contour Smoothing

Defines the amount of smoothing Harmony should perform on outer contour of theeraser stroke. A higher setting will round sharp corners and reduce the amount ofcontrol points for the resulting vector shape.

Transparency Tab
The Transparency tab allows you to decide if your eraser has antialiasing as well as to set its flow and opacity
settings.

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The Transparency tab's options are only available on vector layers if the Eraser Type option of the
Tip tab is set to Textured Vector or Textured, Preserve Vector.. On bitmap layers, those options
are always available.

Property

Description

Enabled by default. This option causes the contours of the eraser strokes toblend with the surrounding colours, to create an illusion of smoothness
otherwise not possible due to the picture resolution.
Antialiasing

If antialiasing is disabled, the eraser will either fully erase pixels or leave themintact.

NOTE
When disabled, all other options in the Transparency tab are disabled.

The Maximum and Minimum Flow parameters let you set the range for the rate at
which your eraser's effect flows. The greater the flow, the more consistent theeffect is. If the flow is light, then the effect may look spotty. This feature works
with the pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.
llMaximum and Minimum Flow

Maximum Opacity and
Minimum Opacity

Maximum Flow: Sets the maximum rate at which colour and texture areapplied as you create a fluid stroke.
Minimum Flow: Sets the minimum rate at which colour and texture areapplied as you create a fluid stroke. It is defined as a percentage of theMaximum Flow value. If the Minimum Flow value is set to 100%, thentablet pressure sensitivity will no longer be applicable. The flow will be
set to the constant rate of the Maximum Flow value.

The Maximum and Minimum Opacity parameters are where you set the opacity
range for a eraser mark. This works with the pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.
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Maximum Opacity: Sets the transparency limit of the eraser mark when
the pressure is heavy.

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Property

DescriptionlRandomness

Minimum Opacity: Sets the transparency limit of the eraser mark when
the pressure is very light. It is defined as a percentage of the Maximum
Opacity value. If the Minimum Opacity value is set to 100%, then tablet
pressure sensitivity will no longer be applicable. The opacity will be set tothe constant rate of the Maximum Opacity value.

Th Randomness parameter lets you set the range for the randomness of the flow
and opacity. This works with the pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.
You can create variation in the flow of your eraser stroke just by setting theMaximum and Minimum Flow values. If you add randomness to the mix, pressure
sensitivity from your drawing tablet will still be applied. Light pressure will create
random values around the minimum, while heavy pressure will create random
values closer to the maximum. The larger the percentage, the larger the range ofrandom variation.

Randomness Flow

NOTE
Setting the Minimum Flow value to 100% eliminates the possibility ofcreating flow variation on your stroke, whether you are applying
randomness or not. That is, you would be forcing a uniform flow using theMaximum Flow value.

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Property

Description

You can create variation in the opacity of your eraser stroke just by setting theMaximum and Minimum Opacity values. If you add randomness to the mix,pressure sensitivity from your drawing tablet will still be applied. Light pressure
will create random values around the minimum, while heavy pressure will create
random values closer to the maximum. The larger the percentage, the larger therange of random variation.

Random Opacity

NOTE
Setting the Minimum Opacity value to 100% eliminates the possibility ofcreating opacity variation on your stroke, whether you are applying
randomness or not. That is, you would be forcing a uniform opacity using
the Maximum Opacity value.

Dual Tip Tab
The Dual Tip tab lets you set the parameters for creating a dual tip eraser. The primary bitmap eraser tip andthe dual tip always work together. You can set the parameters for the primary tip in the Tip tab and those forthe dual tip in the Dual Tip tab. The Blend mode you select determines how the tips are combined.
By default, the Blend Mode is set to Multiply and the Random Angle to 360°.

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NOTE
To use a Dual Tip, you must enable option by checking the checkbox inside the Dual Tip tab.
Additionally, if you are working on a vector layer, the Eraser Type option of the Tip tab must be set
to Textured Vector or Textured, Preserve Vector.

Tool Name

Description

Enable/Disable

The checkbox inside the tab allows you to decide whether or not your eraser uses adual tip. If this checkbox is unchecked, the options in the Dual Tip tab will bedisabled.

Blend Mode

The Blend modes let you decide how the primary tip and the dual tip are combined.

Multiply

This is the default blend mode. When the two eraser tips are combined in this mode,
they essentially cut each other out in overlapping areas, where one or both tips havean area of 100% transparency. The less opaque the eraser tips are, the lighter their
combination.

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Tool Name

Colour Dodge

Description

In this mode, the primary tip cuts out the shape of the dual tip. Where the tip shapes
overlap, within the boundaries of the primary shape, the colour and opacity appear
darker.

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Tool Name

CombineDescription

This mode treats the two tips as two different and separate erasers that have thesame colour and follow the same path.

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Tool Name

Description

Paper Texture Tab
The Paper Texture tab lets you configure a paper-like texture for your eraser. You can also add textures byimporting image files, or import paper textures that were previously exported from Harmony.

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NOTE
To use a Paper Texture, you must enable option by checking the checkbox inside the Paper
Texture tab. Additionally, if you are working on a vector layer, the Eraser Type option of the Tip tab
must be set to Textured Vector or Textured, Preserve Vector.

Property

Description

Enable/Disable

The checkbox inside the tab allows you to decide whether or not your eraser uses apaper texture. If this checkbox is unchecked, the options in the Paper Texture tab will
be disabled.

Texture Scale

Increase or decreases the size of the paper texture.

Additive

This option layers the texture on top of itself as you scribble overlapping lines in one
continuous stroke. If this option is turned off, areas of overlapping lines from a single,
continuous stroke will appear the same, in terms of darkness and texture, as nonoverlapping areas.

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Property

Description

This option defines the way separate, overlapping strokes behave. If this option isenabled, the paper texture's position does not change with each sweep of the eraser.
If this option is disabled, each sweep of the eraser produces a different texture
position. The texture orientation always stays the same.

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Ink Tool Properties
When you select the Ink tool, its properties and options appear in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Tool Name

Tool
Sets the selection mode to Lasso, which allows
you to select multiple items by drawing a lasso
around them.

Lasso

TIP
When this option is enabled, you canpress and hold the Alt key to temporarily
use Marquee mode.

Sets the selection mode to Marquee, which allows
you to select multiple items by drawing a rectangle
around them.
Marquee

TIP
When this option is enabled, you canpress and hold the Alt key to temporarily
use Lasso mode.

Show Inkable Lines

Highlights all pencil lines (no brush strokes) on theselected layer. Pencil line segments that are alreadyinked with the selected swatch colour from thecolour palette are also not highlighted.

Be Smart on Connecting Lines

As you hover and move the cursor acrossintersecting pencil lines, the path that you create
will be highlighted. When you click on your mouseor stylus the highlighted segments are inked. With
this option disabled, all the intersecting segmentsthat your cursor comes near will be highlighted
and become part of the selection, even if they were
not situated in the direction of the chosen path.

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NOTE
This option only works if the Ink tool is in
Hover mode.

Use this mode instead of the Hover Mode. In the
Hover Mode, any potentially inkable pencil line will
have its central vector line highlighted as the Inktool’s cursor hovers over it. Use Ctrl

Select Mode(Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (macOS) to toggle between
the two modes.
In the Paint tool properties, this option keeps aselection highlighted around the latest paintedzone after using the Paint, Repaint, Unpaint, orPaint Unpainted tool.

Select Newly Painted, Repainted,
and Unpainted Contours/LinesRaise

As you ink the pencil line, the segment will be
moved on top of the other intersecting strokes.
Disable this option for the line to be sent behind.
Hold down the Alt key to perform the opposite
operation as you ink.

Mitre

As you hover over two perpendicular or nearly
perpendicular segments, a highlighted path with acorner is created. Clicking on these highlighted
segments inks both segments and makes themappear as a single stroke with a corner or bend.
Options include: As Is, Round, Miter, and Bevel.

Tip StyleLets you customize the edge of the Ink tool.
Options include: Round, Flat, and Bevel.

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Line Tool Properties
The Line tool allows you to quickly draw a line segment by dragging the mouse from its starting point to its end
point.

How to access the Line tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Linetool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Pencil Properties
Just like other shape tools, this tool creates pencil lines. Hence, its tool properties are similar to the ones of thePencil tool and it can be used with pencil presets.

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Tool Name

Description

The Preview area lets you see a preview of the stroke your drawing tool will make.
Preview Area

The arrow button right of the preview area opens the Pencil Properties dialog.

Pencil Properties
DialogSize

While the Tool Properties view only gives you access to a few of the pencil properties,
a list of pencil presets and other drawing options, the Pencil Properties dialog gives
you access to all the available options for your pencil's shape and texture. For more
information on the Pencil Properties dialog, see the Pencil Properties Dialog section
below.
Defines the width of the pencil line used to draw the line.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew. You
can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves abruptly.
You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You can choose between
Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Pencil Presets
These options allow you to select, create and manage pencil presets.
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Property

Description

Presets list

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Icon

Property

Description

also lets you create and save your own. It is a good idea to create andsave pencils with precise sizes and parameters when you draw for
efficiency and consistency.
A thickness stencil saves the thickness information across the length ofthe line. When drawing with a thickness stencil, the pressure sensitivityof the tablet is discarded. A thickness stencil can be used while drawing,or applied afterwards.
You also have the possibility to apply different textures to your lines byeither using the default presets or to import your own.
You can export the pencil presets that you have created and import thosethat others have created. This is a good way for you and project
collaborators to keep a consistent look for the project.

New Brush Preset

Creates a new preset based on the current tool properties.

Delete Brush Preset

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Open a menu that contains the following options:
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Brush Presets Menu
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New Brush Preset: Creates a new preset based on the current tool
properties.
Delete Brush: Deletes the currently selected preset.
Rename Brush: Allows you to rename the currently selected
preset.
Import Brushes: Allows you to import brush presets exported
from Harmony.
Export Brushes: Allows you to export your brush presets into an.xml file.
Small Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of small thumbnails
with a preview of their tip.
Large Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of big thumbnails,
with their name and a preview of their tip.
Stroke View: Displays presets in a list, with their name and apreview of a stroke done with each preset.

Drawing Options
These options affect the way your drawing strokes are added to your artwork.

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Tool Name

Description

When enabled, your brush strokes will appear behind the existing artwork.

Draw Behind

NOTEYour brush stroke will temporarily appear over your artwork as you
draw it, until you release the mouse cursor or tablet pen.

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will automaticallysnap to the nearby contours of existing artwork, allowing you to draw
shapes that connect with other parts of your drawing.

Snap to Contour

NOTE
If you draw a line with the Line tool and make its tip snap to acontour or another control point in your artwork, they will belocked together. You can then manipulate both simultaneously
using the Contour Editor

tool. You can also separate two

drawing strokes that have been snapped together by selecting oneof them with the SelectSnap and Aligntool and moving it away.

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will automaticallyalign with the edges of strokes and shapes in your artwork, allowing you
to draw shapes that align with parts of your drawing.

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Tool Name

Description

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will snap against
the intersecting points of the grid.
Snap to Grid

TIP
To display the grid, select View > Grid > Show Grid from the top
menu or press Ctrl + '.

As you draw in the Line Art layer, the Automatically Create Colour Art
option instantly creates the corresponding strokes in the Colour Art layer.
Automatically Create
Colour Art

By default, when drawing on a vector layer, each new stroke is created as aseparate drawing object, which can be edited independently from otherparts of the artwork. When enabled, the Auto-Flatten option automaticallymerges strokes into existing artwork.
Auto-Flatten Mode

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Tool Name

Description

NOTE
Using the Select tool, you can use select and remove a segment offlattened pencil lines. Overlapping pencil lines drawn with theAuto-Flatten mode are essentially cut into segments by theoverlap and can be treated as individual lines.

When enabled, small gaps between the pencil lines you draw will beclosed by an invisible stroke to make sure your shapes are closed and thatthey can be filled with the Paint tool.

Auto-Close Gap

When drawing contours with pencil lines, the centreline is used todetermine whether or not the contour is closed, but the visible tips of thepencil line will extend a bit beyond the tips of its centreline, making it
possible to have shapes that appear closed, but are not really. This canprevent the shape from being filled with the Paint tool. Enabling thisoption when drawing with the Pencil or Line tool will prevent you fromleaving invisible gaps in your contours.

The Line Building mode is very useful when drawing long lines and curves
in small increments with pencil lines or the Line tool. As the pencil lines arecentral vector lines, it may be difficult to align the line tips perfectly tocreate a uniform stroke and close all gaps.

Line Building ModeIn this mode, you can draw lines in small increments and the tips are merge
into one single stroke.

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Icon

Tool Name

Description

NOTE
This mode only works with pencil lines or the line tool.

The Use Stored Colour Gradient option can be used when painting with agradient colour to always position the gradient in the same way it was

Use Stored Colour

stored, making it consistent across brush strokes. You can store a gradientby selecting a zone painted with a gradient with the Select tool, then

Gradient

clicking on Store Colour Gradientin the Tool Properties view.

Pencil Properties Dialog
Since the Line tool draws pencil lines, you can use the Pencil Properties dialog to customize the type of lines it
draws. To open the Pencil Properties dialog, click on the arrow button right of the stroke display area.

Size and Smoothness Tab
The Size and Smoothness tab allows you to select your pencil's size, its smoothing parameters as well as theshape of its tips and corners.

Property

Description

Maximum Size

Defines the maximum size of the pencil line. If the tool is used with a pressure

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Property

Description

sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke will vary between its maximum size andminimum size depending on the amount of pressure used. If used with a mouse, thewidth of the stroke will always be its maximum size.

Minimum Size

Defines the minimum size of your stroke as a percentage of the maximum size. If you
do not have pressure sensitivity from a pen table, the minimum size value will beignored.

Proportional to Camera

If you check this option, the size of the pencil will be adjusted to the position of thecamera on the z-axis. This means that if the camera is zoomed in on the scene, thepencil will be proportionally smaller so that it appears the same size in the rendered
image. Likewise, if the camera is zoomed out, the pencil will be proportionally bigger.

Smoothing

Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.

Contour Smoothing

Defines the number of points on the contour share of your stroke. This will smoothout the bumps and waves on tour contour shape of your brush strokes.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves
abruptly. You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You canchoose between Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Texture Tab
In the Pencil Properties view, the Texture tab allows you to select a pencil texture from the currently selected
pencil texture palette to use with the Pencil tool. You can also add, remove or rename textures, save the current
pencil texture palette as the default one, or import the pencil texture palette into your scene.

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The pencil texture palette used in the Texture tab of the Pencil Properties dialog is the one selected in the
Colour view. You can select a pencil texture palette by selecting it from the pencil texture palette list in the
Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Property

Description

Use as Default Pencil
Texture Palette

Sets the currently selected pencil texture palette as the default pencil
texture palette in your user preferences. The default pencil texture paletteis added to every scene you create in Harmony. The palette is copied inyour preferences, so it will be added to your new scenes in the exact state
it is when you make it the default pencil texture palette.

Reload Default Texture
PaletteImports the default pencil texture palette as a new pencil texture palette
into your scene's palette list, and selects it as the current pencil texture
palette.

New Texture

Allows you to import an image file into a new pencil texture swatch in thecurrent pencil texture palette. The pencil texture's effect on your pencil line
will be based on the image's transparency channel, and will follow yourpencil lines on its horizontal axis.

Delete Texture

Deletes a pencil texture swatch from the current pencil texture palette.

Rename Texture

Renames the selected pencil texture swatch in the current pencil texture
palette.

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Icon

Property

Description

Pencil Texture List

Displays the pencil textures in the current pencil texture palette and allows
you to select one to use with the Pencil tool.

Pencil Texture Palette

Displays the name of the currently selectedpencil texture palette, forreference. To select a different pencil texture palette, you must select it in
the Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Paint Tool Properties
The Paint tool allows you to fill closed areas of your drawing with the selected colour.

How to access the Paint tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Paint, Paint Unpainted, Repaint

or Unpainttool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Paint Tool Options
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Property

Description

Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple elements:lLasso: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a lasso
around them with your mouse.

lSelection Mode

Marquee: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a
rectangle around them. This is faster, as you only need to drag yourmouse from one corner of the rectangle to its opposite corner, but it may
not be as precise as you want.

TIP
You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use the other selection
mode.

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Property

Description

The Paint tool has four different modes:lPaint: Paints or repaints selected zones, whether or not they are
already filled.

lPaint Mode

Paint Unpainted: Only paints empty zones, and does not repaintzones that are already filled with colour.

lRepaint: Only paints zones that are already filled with colour, and does
not fill empty zones.

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Unpaint: Removes colour from the selected zone, replacing it withtransparency.

Paint andRemoveTextures

The Paint and Remove Texture option is used when you vectorized images asgreyscale texture style. An image vectorized as texture is a mix of bitmap filling
encapsulated in a vector-based frame. Painting a textured zones with the Paint
tool will change the tint of the textured lines. Painting the textured zones using
the Paint and Remove Texture option transforms the bitmap filling into a 100%
vector based zone and fills it with a solid colour.

This option allows you to select which layers the tool should affect. It can be
toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has two different modes. You can select amode by clicking and holding on the button.
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Apply to Visible
Drawing LayerslOff: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on the currently
selected layers. If several layers are selected, the tool will work on all theselayers simultaneously.
Apply to Visible Drawing Layers: The tool will work on all the visible
layers in the Camera view.

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Apply to Synced Drawing Layers: If the currently selected layer is
synced with another layer, the tool will work on both the current layer andits synced layer.

NOTE
This option only works in the Camera view.

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Property

Description

This option allows you to determine which drawings in the current layer the tool
should affect. It can be toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has two different
modes. You can select a mode by clicking and holding on the button.
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Off: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on the drawing
in the current frame.
Apply to All Frames: The tool will work on every exposed drawing inthe selected layer simultaneously.

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FramesRespect
Protected
ColourUse Stored
Colour Gradient

Apply to Onion Skin Range: The tool will work on every drawing
displayed in the Onion Skin. Onion Skin must be enabled for this option to
work.

The Respect Protected Colour option is enabled by default. In your Colour view,
you can protect some colour swatches to avoid repainting or unpainting thezones linked to that swatch.
If you disable this option the Paint tool will not follow the protect colour rule andwill repaint or unpaint the protected colours on your drawings until you enable
the option again.
When you paint a zone with a gradient or textured colour swatch, the gradient or
texture’s position is set relative to the size of the zone you are painting. If you
want the Paint tool to use a particular size and position, you must first store yourdesired position and size using the Select tool and then enable the Use Stored
Colour Gradient option in the Paint tool properties.

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Icon

Property

Description

In the Paint tool properties, this option keeps a selection highlighted around thelatest painted zone after using the Paint, Repaint, Unpaint, or Paint Unpainted
tool.
Select Newly
Painted,Repainted, andUnpainted
Contours/Lines

By default, if you attempt to fill a shape that has a small gap in its contour, thePaint tool will not be able to fill the shape. This option allows you to make the
Paint tool automatically add a stroke to close the shape when it detects a small
gap between two strokes in the shape.
The Close Gap setting can be set to a value between 0 and 10. This determines
the maximum size of a gap to close, in pixels. You can also use one of thefollowing presets:
Close Gapll

No Close Gap: Sets the Close Gap setting to 0, disabling the feature.
Close Small Gap: Sets the Close Gap setting to 2, making the Paint
tool close gaps that are barely visible.

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Close Medium Gap: Sets the Close Gap setting to 4, making the Paint
tool close gaps that are somewhat visible.

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Close Large Gap: Sets the Close Gap setting to 8, making the Paint
tool close gaps that are easy to notice.

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Bitmap Options
Since bitmap drawings are made of pixels instead of shapes, and that the outlines of shapes in bitmap
drawings are often feathered, it can be complicated to figure out exactly the area the Paint tool must fill whentrying to fill a zone in a bitmap drawing. For example, if the Paint tool only replaces pixels with the exact same
colour as the one you click on with the selected colour, it will leave a small gap near the outlines of the shape.

The following settings determine how the Paint tool figures out the area it must fill. When any of these settings
are increased, the Paint tool's tolerance for colour or alpha differences increases and it will a bigger area that itotherwise would.
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Property

Description

Allows you to select which art layer to use in order to determine thefillable zone. By default, this is set to Current Art, which means thelayer you are filling will be used to determine the fillable zone. However,
if you want to keep your colour art on the Colour Art layer and the line arton the Line Art layer, you can set the Source to Line Art

Source, and then use

the Paint tool on the Colour Art layer. The Paint tool will use the artworkin the Line Art layer to determine the area to fill with colour, but will still
add this colour to the Colour Art layer.
This property has the following options:llCurrent Art: Bases the zone to fill on the current art layer.
Line Art: Bases the zone to fill on the Line Art layer,
regardless of which layer you are painting on.

lColour Art: Bases the zone to fill on the Colour Art layer,
regardless of which layer you are painting on.

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Alpha

The alpha threshold that separates opaque and transparent zones. Whenfilling a "transparent" zone, the paint tool will apply the colour undersemi-transparent pixels, making them opaque. Then filling an "opaque"zone, the paint tool will replace the colour of semi-transparent pixels
without affecting their transparency.
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Property

Description

so by decreasing this setting completely. This will make it fill any pixelthat isn't 100% transparent, so it will paint your outlines completely.
However, if you're using this method to repaint outlines, they must not
be filled yet for this method to work.
If you want to paint transparent zones that have dirt or semi-transparent
spots, you can increase this setting to make the Paint tool paint behindthem instead of around them.

NOTE
Raising this setting too high may cause the paint tool to ignore
outlines that are not 100% opaque, which can cause it to think
the shape is not closed. Hence, it might fail to find a zone to fill
and not do anything.

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Colour Tolerance

The amount of tolerance the paint tool has for changes in colour whenfilling an area. Raising this setting will allow the paint tool to fill overareas that have some variations in colour, but may cause it to fill beyond
the areas you meant to paint.
The maximum amount of pixels beyond the fillable zone that the Paint
tool can fill.
When this setting is set to any value above zero, the paint tool will fill
the zone until it finds a pixel that is a different colour, value ortransparency as the one you clicked on. Then, it will start filling pixels
beyond that point, up until it filled the amount of pixels in the Maximum
Overlap setting.

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Maximum Overlap

If it lands outside of a fillable zone before it reached the maximum
overlap, it will stop filling at that point. However, if it lands into anotherfillable zone before reaching its maximum overlap, it will fill that zone aswell. Therefore, if you're filling shapes inside other shapes, you have to
set this setting to the approximate width of your outlines. Setting it
higher will make the colour spill beyond the zone you clicked on and fill
the zone outside of it, and setting it lower is liable to leave a small gap
between the fill and the outlines.

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Property

Description

NOTE
When you fill a zone with overlap, Harmony tries to detect andpreserve the outlines of your shape. This is easy to do whenfilling a transparent shape, or when repainting a shape made ofsolid outlines and a solid fill. However, if you are trying torepaint an already painted zone, it may fail to detect youroutlines and may repaint over them if the colour of your outlines
or inside the shape isn't consistent. Therefore, it is highly
recommended to avoid repainting painted zones as much as
possible when working with bitmap layers.

When enabled, the outlines of the fill will be smoothed so that they do
not look pixelated.

Antialiasing

NOTE
The effect of this setting will not be visible if you fill all the way
to the outlines, as the Paint tool will preserve the antialiasing ofexisting outlines when filling up to them.

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Pencil Tool Properties
The Pencil tool allows you to draw simple contour lines that are defined by their centerline and their thickness.
When you select the Pencil tool, the Tool Properties view displays the different Pencil modes that control how
the pencil line is drawn.

How to access the Pencil tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Pencil

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Pencil Properties
The following properties affect the pencil's size, smoothing, shape and other properties for the drawing style ofyour pencil. Those properties can be saved into pencil presets for later use.
Property

Description

The Preview area lets you see a preview of the stroke your drawing tool will make.
Preview Area

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Property

Description

The arrow button right of the preview area opens the Pencil Properties dialog.

Pencil Properties
DialogWhile the Tool Properties view only gives you access to a few of the pencil properties,
a list of pencil presets and other drawing options, the Pencil Properties dialog gives
you access to all the available options for your pencil's shape and texture. For more
information on the Pencil Properties dialog, see the Pencil Properties Dialog section
below.
Defines the maximum width of the pencil line.

Maximum Size

Smoothing

If the tool is used with a pressure sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke will vary
between its maximum size and minimum size depending on the amount of pressureused. If used with a mouse, the width of the stroke will always be its maximum size.
Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew. You
can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves abruptly.
You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You can choose between
Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Pencil Presets
These options allow you to select, create and manage pencil presets.

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Property

Description

Harmony provides a variety of pencil presets and thickness stencils andalso lets you create and save your own. It is a good idea to create andsave pencils with precise sizes and parameters when you draw for
efficiency and consistency.

Presets list

A thickness stencil saves the thickness information across the length ofthe line. When drawing with a thickness stencil, the pressure sensitivityof the tablet is discarded. A thickness stencil can be used while drawing,or applied afterwards.
You also have the possibility to apply different textures to your lines byeither using the default presets or to import your own.
You can export the pencil presets that you have created and import thosethat others have created. This is a good way for you and project
collaborators to keep a consistent look for the project.

New Brush Preset

Creates a new preset based on the current tool properties.

Delete Brush Preset

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Open a menu that contains the following options:
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New Brush Preset: Creates a new preset based on the current tool
properties.
Delete Brush: Deletes the currently selected preset.
Rename Brush: Allows you to rename the currently selected
preset.
Import Brushes: Allows you to import brush presets exported
from Harmony.
Export Brushes: Allows you to export your brush presets into an.xml file.
Small Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of small thumbnails
with a preview of their tip.
Large Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of big thumbnails,
with their name and a preview of their tip.
Stroke View: Displays presets in a list, with their name and apreview of a stroke done with each preset.

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Drawing Options
These options affect the way your drawing strokes are added to your artwork.
Icon

Property

Description

When enabled, your brush strokes will appear behind the existing artwork.

Draw Behind

NOTEYour brush stroke will temporarily appear over your artwork as you
draw it, until you release the mouse cursor or tablet pen.

When enabled, drawing a closed shape will automatically fill it with thecurrently selected Paint colour.

Auto Fill

TIP
By default the pencil line and its fill will be the same colour. If you
want to select different colours for the pencil line and its fill, you
can click on the Unlock Three Colours

button in the Colour

view, then select different colours for Brush strokes
lines

and Paint fills, Pencil.

When enabled, drawing a closed shape will automatically remove theoutstanding lines.
Trim Extra Lines

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Icon

Property

Description

When the Trim Extra Lines option is enabled, enable this option to makethe point where the beginning and end of the stroke meet into a smooth
curve rather than a hard corner.

Align Handles AfterTrim

As you draw in the Line Art layer, the Automatically Create Colour Art
option instantly creates the corresponding strokes in the Colour Art layer.
Automatically Create
Colour Art

By default, when drawing on a vector layer, each new stroke is created as aseparate drawing object, which can be edited independently from otherparts of the artwork. When enabled, the Auto-Flatten option automaticallymerges strokes into existing artwork.

Auto Flatten

NOTE
Using the Select tool, you can select and remove a segment offlattened pencil lines. Overlapping pencil lines drawn with theAuto-Flatten mode are essentially cut into segments by theoverlap and can be treated as individual lines.

Auto-Close Gap

When enabled, small gaps between the pencil lines you draw will beclosed by an invisible stroke to make sure your shapes are closed and thatthey can be filled with the Paint tool.

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Icon

Property

Description

When drawing contours with pencil lines, the centreline is used todetermine whether or not the contour is closed, but the visible tips of thepencil line will extend a bit beyond the tips of its centreline, making it
possible to have shapes that appear closed, but are not really. This canprevent the shape from being filled with the Paint tool. Enabling thisoption when drawing with the Pencil or Line tool will prevent you fromleaving invisible gaps in your contours.

The Line Building mode is very useful when drawing long lines and curves
in small increments with pencil lines or the Line tool. As the pencil lines arecentral vector lines, it may be difficult to align the line tips perfectly tocreate a uniform stroke and close all gaps.
In this mode, you can draw lines in small increments and the tips are merge
into one single stroke.

Line Building Mode

NOTE
This mode only works with pencil lines or the line tool.

Auto Adjust Thickness

The Auto Adjust Thickness tool is useful when you want to render aportion of a line thicker. When tracing a drawing on paper, you will often
go back to a section of a curve to make it thicker to add dynamism to theline. Using the Auto Adjust Thickness tool, you can draw highlight strokes
over the section to make thicker. Once you release the pen or mouse, theline becomes thicker following the shape and curve of the original stroke.
This way is much faster and smoother than using the Pencil Editor tool.

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Icon

Property

Description

You do not have to add extra points and adjust the position and Bezier
handles.

The default overlay colour is light yellow. If this colour is difficult to see
because of the background or drawing colour, you can adjust the colour.

Line Pushing Mode

The Line Pushing Mode option lets you draw highlight strokes overexisting pencil lines. You can reshape the curves. Depending how you
draw the pushing stroke over your line, the highlighted section will bereshaped in one direction or the other.
The default overlay colour is light yellow. If this colour is difficult to see
because of the background or drawing colour, you can adjust the colour.

ColourYou can change the colour of the temporary strokes that appear in thedrawing space when using the Line Pushing Mode or the Auto Adjust
Thickness option by clicking on the Colour swatch and selecting a newcolour in the Colour Picker dialog.

Pencil Properties Dialog
Pencils have extra parameters which are not accessible from the Tool Properties view. To open the Pencil
Properties dialog, click on the arrow button right of the stroke display area.

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Size and Smoothness Tab
The Size and Smoothness tab allows you to select your pencil's size, its smoothing parameters as well as theshape of its tips and corners.

Property

Maximum Size

Description

Defines the maximum size of the pencil line. If the tool is used with a pressure
sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke will vary between its maximum size andminimum size depending on the amount of pressure used. If used with a mouse, thewidth of the stroke will always be its maximum size.

Minimum Size

Defines the minimum size of your stroke as a percentage of the maximum size. If you
do not have pressure sensitivity from a pen table, the minimum size value will beignored.

Proportional to Camera

If you check this option, the size of the pencil will be adjusted to the position of thecamera on the z-axis. This means that if the camera is zoomed in on the scene, thepencil will be proportionally smaller so that it appears the same size in the rendered
image. Likewise, if the camera is zoomed out, the pencil will be proportionally bigger.

Smoothing

Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.

Contour Smoothing

Defines the number of points on the contour share of your stroke. This will smoothout the bumps and waves on tour contour shape of your brush strokes.

Shape

You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

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Property

Description

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves
abruptly. You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You canchoose between Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Texture Tab
In the Pencil Properties view, the Texture tab allows you to select a pencil texture from the currently selected
pencil texture palette to use with the Pencil tool. You can also add, remove or rename textures, save the current
pencil texture palette as the default one, or import the pencil texture palette into your scene.
The pencil texture palette used in the Texture tab of the Pencil Properties dialog is the one selected in the
Colour view. You can select a pencil texture palette by selecting it from the pencil texture palette list in the
Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Icon

Property

Description

Use as Default Pencil
Texture Palette

Sets the currently selected pencil texture palette as the default pencil
texture palette in your user preferences. The default pencil texture paletteis added to every scene you create in Harmony. The palette is copied inyour preferences, so it will be added to your new scenes in the exact state
it is when you make it the default pencil texture palette.

Reload Default Texture

Imports the default pencil texture palette as a new pencil texture palette

Paletteinto your scene's palette list, and selects it as the current pencil texture
palette.

New Texture

Allows you to import an image file into a new pencil texture swatch in thecurrent pencil texture palette. The pencil texture's effect on your pencil line
will be based on the image's transparency channel, and will follow yourpencil lines on its horizontal axis.

Delete Texture

Deletes a pencil texture swatch from the current pencil texture palette.

Rename Texture

Renames the selected pencil texture swatch in the current pencil texture
palette.

Pencil Texture List

Displays the pencil textures in the current pencil texture palette and allows
you to select one to use with the Pencil tool.

Pencil Texture Palette

Displays the name of the currently selectedpencil texture palette, forreference. To select a different pencil texture palette, you must select it in
the Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Pencil Editor Tool Properties
When you select the Pencil Editor tool, its properties and options appear in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Tool Name

Description
Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple elements:lLasso: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing alasso around them with your mouse.

Selection ModelMarquee: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a
rectangle around them. This is faster, as you only need to dragyour mouse from one corner of the rectangle to its opposite
corner, but it may not be as precise as you want.

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TIP
You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use the otherselection mode.

This option allows you to select which layers the tool should affect. It canbe toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has two different modes. You
can select a mode by clicking and holding on the button.
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Off: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on thecurrently selected layers. If several layers are selected, the tool will
work on all these layers simultaneously.

Apply to Visible Drawing
Layersl

Apply to Visible Drawing Layers: The tool will work on all thevisible layers in the Camera view.

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Apply to Synced Drawing Layers: If the currently selected
layer is synced with another layer, the tool will work on both thecurrent layer and its synced layer.

NOTE
This option only works in the Camera view.

Defines the maximum width of the pencil line.
Maximum Size

Minimum Size

If the pencil line has a constant size, this will define the width of thepencil line all over. If the pencil line has a varying size, this will define thewidth of its larger areas. Areas that are in-between the maximum andminimum size will be resized proportionally.
Defines the minimum width of the pencil line. If the pencil line has avarying size, this will define the width of its smaller areas. Areas that are
in-betwen the maximum and minimum size will be resized proportionally.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape
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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip
you drew. You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip
you drew. You can choose between Round or Flat style.

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curves abruptly. You could also define the Join style as the cornerstyle. You can choose between Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Harmony provides a variety of pencil presets and thickness stencils andalso lets you create and save your own. It is a good idea to create andsave pencils with precise sizes and parameters when you draw for
efficiency and consistency.
A thickness stencil saves the thickness information across the length ofPresets

the line. When drawing with a thickness stencil, the pressure sensitivityof the tablet is discarded. A thickness stencil can be used while drawing,or applied afterwards.
You also have the possibility to apply different textures to your lines byeither using the default presets or to import your own.
You can export the pencil presets that you have created and import thosethat others have created. This is a good way for you and project
collaborators to keep a consistent look for the project.

New Brush

Allows to create a new preset from the selected pencil line.

Delete Brush

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Rename Brush

Allows you to rename the currently selected preset.

Small Thumbnail, Large
Thumbnail, and Stroke
View

Allows you to display the presets as small square thumbnails, large
square thumbnails or a list of stroke preview.

Use as Default Pencil
Texture Palette

Sets the currently selected pencil texture palette as the default pencil
texture palette in your user preferences. The default pencil texture paletteis added to every scene you create in Harmony. The palette is copied inyour preferences, so it will be added to your new scenes in the exact state
it is when you make it the default pencil texture palette.

Reload Default Texture
PaletteImports the default pencil texture palette as a new pencil texture palette
into your scene's palette list, and selects it as the current pencil texture
palette.

New Texture

Adds a new custom pencil texture to the list.

Delete Texture

Deletes a texture preset from the list.

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Rename Texture

Renames the selected texture to keep the list organized.

Presets

Harmony provides a variety of pencil texture presets and also lets you
create and save your own.

Pencil Texture Palette

Displays the colour palette assigned to hold the pencil textures. Use theColour View menu to assign a new palette.
The Smooth operation lets you smooth out selected drawing strokes andremove extra points.

Smooth Selection

TIP
You can also smooth the selection by selecting Selected >Smooth from the top menu or by pressing Alt + Shift + S.

The Pump Pencil Pressure option is used to increase the line thickness ofa selected area on a pencil line.

Pump Pencil Pressure

Deflate Pencil Pressure

The Deflate Pencil Pressure option is used to decrease the line thicknessof a selected area on a pencil line.

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Because pencil lines are defined by their centre lines, two pencil lines thatbrush against each other may not actually make a closed shape, even if
they appear closed. If you select several pencil lines that are close
together, you can use this button to close the small gaps between thesepencil lines and make them into a single pencil line.
Merge Pencil Lines

The Reverse Pencil Thickness option inverts the thick and thin section ona selected pencil line. This option will take the thickest size on the line
and apply it to the thinnest, and it will apply the thinnest to the thickest.

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Perspective Tool Properties
The perspective tool allows you to deform artwork by creating a rectangular bounding box around it andallowing you to manipulate any of the four corners. The selected artwork will be deformed to fit the shape you
make by simulating a perspective effect.

How to access the Perspective tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Perspectivetool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Tool Name

Description

Perspective Tool Options
Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple elements:lLasso: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing alasso around them with your mouse.

lSelection Mode

Marquee: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a
rectangle around them. This is faster, as you only need to dragyour mouse from one corner of the rectangle to its opposite
corner, but it may not be as precise as you want.

TIP
You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use the otherselection mode.

Snap to Contour

When enabled, while moving a selection, the mouse cursor (along withthe selection) will snap against the nearby points and contours of yourartwork, allowing you to snap parts of your artwork together.

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Icon

Tool Name

Description

Snap and Align

When enabled, while moving a selection, the rectangular bounding boxof the selection will snap to the rectangular bounding box of any otherdrawing stroke in the drawing, allowing you to align drawing strokes
laterally.
When enabled, while moving a selection, the mouse cursor will snap
against the intersecting points of the grid.

Snap to Grid

TIP
To display the grid, select View > Grid > Show Grid from the
top menu or press Ctrl + '.

Allows you to perform drawing operations on both the Line Art andColour Art layers of your drawing simultaneously.
Apply to Line and Colour
Art

NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers enabled, they will
also be affected when this option is enabled.

Allows you to select between one of the two following deformation
modes:l

Perspective: Deforms the selection by simulating aperspective effect.

l

Lattice: Deforms the selection by simply making the artwork
fit the bounding box, without applying a perspective effect.

Deformation Mode

The difference between both modes becomes easier to understand if you
apply a transformation to a drawing of a grid to make it look like it's laid
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Icon

Tool Name

Description

Flip Horizontal

Flips the selection horizontally.

Flip Vertical

Flips the selection vertically.

Rotate 90 CW

Rotates the selection 90° clockwise.

Rotate 90 CCW

Rotates the selection 90° counterclockwise.

Operations

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Polyline Tool Properties
The Polyline tool allows you to draw complex lines or shapes by defining each point and their Bezier handles
one by one.

How to access the Polyline tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Polyline

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Pencil Properties
Just like other shape tools, this tool creates pencil lines. Hence, its tool properties are similar to the ones of thePencil tool and it can be used with pencil presets.
Icon

Property

Description
The Preview area lets you see a preview of the stroke your drawing tool
will make.

Preview Area

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The arrow button right of the preview area opens the Pencil Properties
dialog.

Pencil Properties
DialogSize

While the Tool Properties view only gives you access to the pencil size, alist of pencil presets and other drawing options, the Pencil Properties
dialog gives you access to all the available options for your pencil's shapeand texture. For more information on the Pencil Properties dialog, see the
Polyline Tool Properties section below.
Defines the width of the pencil line used to draw the shape.

Pencil Presets
Icon

Property

Description

Presets list

Harmony provides a variety of presets and also lets you create and saveyour own. It is a good idea to create and save pencils with precise sizes
and parameters when you draw and design for efficiency andconsistency.
All tools using pencil lines share the same preset list. Therefore, thePolyline, Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, and Pencil tools share the same preset
list.

New Preset

Creates a new preset based on the current tool properties.

Delete Preset

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Presets Menu

Gives access to more options for managing presets.

Rename Brush

Allows you to rename the currently selected preset.

Import Brushes

Allows you to import brush presets exported from Harmony.

Export Brushes

Allows you to export your brush presets into an .xml file.

Small Thumbnail

Displays presets in a grid of small thumbnails with a preview of their tip.

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Large Thumbnail

Displays presets in a grid of big thumbnails, with their name and apreview of their tip.

Stroke View

Displays presets in a list, with their name and a preview of a stroke donewith each preset.

Drawing Options
Icon

Property

Description
When this option is enabled, clicking close to a contour in your drawing
will add the point to that contour. The line you are building will be linked
to that contour.

Snap to Contour

If this option is disabled, attempting to click on existing contours will
always create a point very close to that contour, but not exactly on it.
Therefore, it is necessary to enable this mode if you want to create linesthat branch from into existing contours in your drawing.

NOTE
If you draw a line with the Line tool and make its tip snap to acontour or another control point in your artwork, they will belocked together. You can then manipulate both simultaneously
using the Contour Editor

tool. You can also separate two

drawing strokes that have been snapped together by selecting
one of them with the Selecttool and moving it away.

When enabled, drawing a closed shape will automatically fill it with thecurrently selected Paint colour.
Auto Fill

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TIP
By default the pencil line and its fill will be the same colour. If
you want to select different colours for the pencil line and its fill,
you can click on the Unlock Three Colours

button in the

Colour view, then select different colours for Brush strokes, Pencil lines

and Paint fills.

When enabled, drawing a closed shape will automatically remove theoutstanding lines.
Trim Extra Lines

When the Trim Extra Lines option is enabled, enable this option to makethe point where the beginning and end of the stroke meet into a smooth
curve rather than a hard corner.
Align Handles AfterTrim

As you draw in the Line Art layer, the Automatically Create Colour Art
option instantly creates the corresponding strokes in the Colour Art layer.
Automatically Create
Colour Art

Auto-Flatten Mode

By default, when drawing on a vector layer, each new stroke is created asa separate drawing object, which can be edited independently from otherparts of the artwork. When enabled, the Auto-Flatten option
automatically merges strokes into existing artwork.

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NOTE
Using the Select tool, you can use select and remove a segmentof flattened pencil lines. Overlapping pencil lines drawn with theAuto-Flatten mode are essentially cut into segments by theoverlap and can be treated as individual lines.

Pencil Properties Dialog
The Polyline tool draws the same type of line as the Pencil tool. Hence, you can configure the Polyline tool'slines using the Pencil Properties dialog, which you can open by clicking on the arrow button right of the stroke
display area in the Tool Properties view.

Size and Smoothness Tab
The Size and Smoothness tab allows you to select your pencil's size, its smoothing parameters as well as theshape of its tips and corners.

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Property

Description

Maximum Size

Defines the maximum size of the pencil line. If the tool is used with a pressure
sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke will vary between its maximum size andminimum size depending on the amount of pressure used. If used with a mouse, thewidth of the stroke will always be its maximum size.

Minimum Size

Defines the minimum size of your stroke as a percentage of the maximum size. If you
do not have pressure sensitivity from a pen table, the minimum size value will beignored.

Proportional to Camera

If you check this option, the size of the pencil will be adjusted to the position of thecamera on the z-axis. This means that if the camera is zoomed in on the scene, thepencil will be proportionally smaller so that it appears the same size in the rendered
image. Likewise, if the camera is zoomed out, the pencil will be proportionally bigger.

Smoothing

Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.

Contour Smoothing

Defines the number of points on the contour share of your stroke. This will smoothout the bumps and waves on tour contour shape of your brush strokes.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

l

l

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves
abruptly. You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You canchoose between Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Texture Tab
In the Pencil Properties view, the Texture tab allows you to select a pencil texture from the currently selected
pencil texture palette to use with the Pencil tool. You can also add, remove or rename textures, save the current
pencil texture palette as the default one, or import the pencil texture palette into your scene.

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The pencil texture palette used in the Texture tab of the Pencil Properties dialog is the one selected in the
Colour view. You can select a pencil texture palette by selecting it from the pencil texture palette list in the
Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

Icon

Property

Description

Use as Default Pencil
Texture Palette

Sets the currently selected pencil texture palette as the default pencil
texture palette in your user preferences. The default pencil texture paletteis added to every scene you create in Harmony. The palette is copied inyour preferences, so it will be added to your new scenes in the exact state
it is when you make it the default pencil texture palette.

Reload Default Texture
PaletteImports the default pencil texture palette as a new pencil texture palette
into your scene's palette list, and selects it as the current pencil texture
palette.

New Texture

Allows you to import an image file into a new pencil texture swatch in thecurrent pencil texture palette. The pencil texture's effect on your pencil line
will be based on the image's transparency channel, and will follow yourpencil lines on its horizontal axis.

Delete Texture

Deletes a pencil texture swatch from the current pencil texture palette.

Rename Texture

Renames the selected pencil texture swatch in the current pencil texture
palette.

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Icon

Property

Description

Pencil Texture List

Displays the pencil textures in the current pencil texture palette and allows
you to select one to use with the Pencil tool.

Pencil Texture Palette

Displays the name of the currently selectedpencil texture palette, forreference. To select a different pencil texture palette, you must select it in
the Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

NOTE
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Rectangle Tool Properties
The Rectangle tool allows you to quickly draw a rectangle or a square.

How to access the Rectangle tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Rectangle

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Pencil Properties
Just like other shape tools, this tool creates pencil lines. Hence, its tool properties are similar to the ones of thePencil tool and it can be used with pencil presets.
Property

Description

The Preview area lets you see a preview of the stroke your drawing tool will make.
Preview Area

Pencil Properties

The arrow button right of the preview area opens the Pencil Properties dialog.

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Property

Description

While the Tool Properties view only gives you access to a few of the pencil properties,
a list of pencil presets and other drawing options, the Pencil Properties dialog gives
you access to all the available options for your pencil's shape and texture. For more
information on the Pencil Properties dialog, see the Pencil Properties Dialog on page
157 section below.

DialogSize

Defines the width of the pencil line used to draw the shape.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

l

l

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew. You
can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves abruptly.
You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You can choose between
Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Drawing Options
These options affect the way your shape is added to your artwork.
Icon

Property

Description

When enabled, your brush strokes will appear behind the existing artwork.

Draw Behind

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Icon

Property

Description

NOTEYour brush stroke will temporarily appear over your artwork as you
draw it, until you release the mouse cursor or tablet pen.

When enabled, the shape you draw is automatically filled with the selectedcolour. By default, drawing a shape only creates its outlines.

Auto Fill

TIP
By default the pencil line and its fill will be the same colour. If you
want to select different colours for the pencil line and its fill, you
can click on the Unlock Three Colours

button in the Colour

view, then select different colours for Brush strokes
lines

and Paint fills, Pencil.

Snap to Contour

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will snap to the
nearby contours of the artwork in your drawing.

Snap and Align

When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will automaticallyalign to the rectangular bounding boxes of other strokes and shapes inyour drawing.
When enabled, while you're drawing, the mouse cursor will snap against
the intersecting points of the grid.

Snap to Grid

TIP
To display the grid, select View > Grid > Show Grid from the top
menu or press Ctrl + '.

Automatically Create
Colour Art

As you draw in the Line Art layer, the Automatically Create Colour Art
option instantly creates the corresponding strokes in the Colour Art layer.

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Icon

Property

Description

By default, when drawing on a vector layer, each new stroke is created as aseparate drawing object, which can be edited independently from otherparts of the artwork. When enabled, the Auto-Flatten option automaticallymerges strokes into existing artwork.

Auto Flatten Mode

NOTE
Using the Select tool, you can use select and remove a segment offlattened pencil lines. Overlapping pencil lines drawn with theAuto-Flatten mode are essentially cut into segments by theoverlap and can be treated as individual lines.

Use Stored Colour
Gradient

The Use Stored Colour Gradient option can be used when painting with agradient colour to always position the gradient in the same way it wasstored, making it consistent across brush strokes. You can store a gradientby selecting a zone painted with a gradient with the Select tool, thenclicking on Store Colour Gradientin the Tool Properties view.

When checked, the shape you draw will be of equal width and height,
making it a perfect square.
Draw Square

TIP
You can also draw a square by holding the Shift key while drawing.

Pencil Presets
These options allow you to select, create and manage pencil presets.

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Icon

Property

Description

Harmony provides a variety of pencil presets and thickness stencils andalso lets you create and save your own. It is a good idea to create andsave pencils with precise sizes and parameters when you draw for
efficiency and consistency.

Presets list

A thickness stencil saves the thickness information across the length ofthe line. When drawing with a thickness stencil, the pressure sensitivityof the tablet is discarded. A thickness stencil can be used while drawing,or applied afterwards.
You also have the possibility to apply different textures to your lines byeither using the default presets or to import your own.
You can export the pencil presets that you have created and import thosethat others have created. This is a good way for you and project
collaborators to keep a consistent look for the project.

New Brush Preset

Creates a new preset based on the current tool properties.

Delete Brush Preset

Deletes the currently selected preset.

Open a menu that contains the following options:
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Brush Presets Menu
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New Brush Preset: Creates a new preset based on the current tool
properties.
Delete Brush: Deletes the currently selected preset.
Rename Brush: Allows you to rename the currently selected
preset.
Import Brushes: Allows you to import brush presets exported
from Harmony.
Export Brushes: Allows you to export your brush presets into an.xml file.
Small Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of small thumbnails
with a preview of their tip.
Large Thumbnail: Displays presets in a grid of big thumbnails,
with their name and a preview of their tip.
Stroke View: Displays presets in a list, with their name and apreview of a stroke done with each preset.

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Pencil Properties Dialog
The Rectangle tool draws the same type of line as the Pencil tool. Hence, you can configure the Rectangle tool'slines using the Pencil Properties dialog, which you can open by clicking on the arrow button right of the stroke
display area in the Tool Properties view.

Size and Smoothness Tab
The Size and Smoothness tab allows you to select your pencil's size, its smoothing parameters as well as theshape of its tips and corners.

Property

Description

Maximum Size

Defines the maximum size of the pencil line. If the tool is used with a pressure
sensitive pen tablet, the width of the stroke will vary between its maximum size andminimum size depending on the amount of pressure used. If used with a mouse, thewidth of the stroke will always be its maximum size.

Minimum Size

Defines the minimum size of your stroke as a percentage of the maximum size. If you
do not have pressure sensitivity from a pen table, the minimum size value will beignored.

Proportional to Camera

If you check this option, the size of the pencil will be adjusted to the position of thecamera on the z-axis. This means that if the camera is zoomed in on the scene, thepencil will be proportionally smaller so that it appears the same size in the rendered
image. Likewise, if the camera is zoomed out, the pencil will be proportionally bigger.

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Property

Description

Smoothing

Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control
points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.

Contour Smoothing

Defines the number of points on the contour share of your stroke. This will smoothout the bumps and waves on tour contour shape of your brush strokes.
You can adjust the start, end, and join style of a pencil line.

Shape

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves
abruptly. You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You canchoose between Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Texture Tab
In the Pencil Properties view, the Texture tab allows you to select a pencil texture from the currently selected
pencil texture palette to use with the Pencil tool. You can also add, remove or rename textures, save the current
pencil texture palette as the default one, or import the pencil texture palette into your scene.
The pencil texture palette used in the Texture tab of the Pencil Properties dialog is the one selected in the
Colour view. You can select a pencil texture palette by selecting it from the pencil texture palette list in the
Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Icon

Property

Use as Default Pencil
Texture Palette

Description

Sets the currently selected pencil texture palette as the default pencil
texture palette in your user preferences. The default pencil texture paletteis added to every scene you create in Harmony. The palette is copied inyour preferences, so it will be added to your new scenes in the exact state
it is when you make it the default pencil texture palette.

Reload Default Texture
PaletteImports the default pencil texture palette as a new pencil texture palette
into your scene's palette list, and selects it as the current pencil texture
palette.

New Texture

Allows you to import an image file into a new pencil texture swatch in thecurrent pencil texture palette. The pencil texture's effect on your pencil line
will be based on the image's transparency channel, and will follow yourpencil lines on its horizontal axis.

Delete Texture

Deletes a pencil texture swatch from the current pencil texture palette.

Rename Texture

Renames the selected pencil texture swatch in the current pencil texture
palette.

Pencil Texture List

Displays the pencil textures in the current pencil texture palette and allows
you to select one to use with the Pencil tool.

Pencil Texture Palette

Displays the name of the currently selectedpencil texture palette, for

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Icon

Property

Description

reference. To select a different pencil texture palette, you must select it in
the Colour view—see Colour View on page 199.

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Reposition All Drawings Tool Properties
When you use the Reposition All Drawings tool, its properties and options appear in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Options
Icon

OptionDescription

Easy Drag

When enabled, you can drag the selection by clicking anywhere inside its boundingbox. By default, you must click on the artwork in the selection to be able to drag it.

Apply toSyncedDrawing
LayersIf the currently selected layer is synced with another layer, the tool will work on boththe current layer and its synced layer.

Operations
Icon

OptionDescription

Flip Horizontal

Flips the current selection horizontally.

Flip Vertical

Flips the current selection vertically.

Rotate 90
Degrees CW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees clockwise.

Rotate 90
Degrees CCW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

Offset X and Y

Use the Offset X and Offset Y operation fields to enter specific values andprecisely reposition the selected shape.

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Icon

OptionDescription

1. X: Type a value in this field to reposition your selection along the X-axis.
2. Y: Type a value in this field to reposition your selection along the Y-axis.
3. Up/Down arrows: Use the up and down arrows to modify the value in the
X or Y value field.
Use the Width and Height operation fields to enter specific values to resize theselected shape with precision.

Width andHeight

1. Width: Type a value in this field to resize the width of your selection.
2. Height: Type a value in this field to resize the height of your selection.
3. Up/Down arrows: Use the up and down arrows to modify the value in the
Width or Height fields.
4. Lock icon: Click the lock icon to lock or unlock the ratio between the
Width and Height values.
The Angle operation lets you to enter specific values and accurately rotate theselected shape.

Angle
1. Angle: Type a degree value in this field to rotate your selection.
2. Up/Down arrows: Use the up and down arrows to modify the value in theAngle value field.

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Select Tool Properties
The Select tool lets you select strokes and apply basic transformations such as repositioning, rotating, scaling or
skewing, using the different handles of the bounding box.
If you have text or pencil lines selected with the Select tool, their properties will display in the Tool Properties
view, allowing you to make changes to your selection.

How to access the Select tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select either the Selecttool.

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Tool Options
Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple elements:lLasso: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing alasso around them with your mouse.

lMarquee: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a
rectangle around them. This is faster, as you only need to dragSelection Mode

your mouse from one corner of the rectangle to its opposite
corner, but it may not be as precise as you want.

TIP
You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use the otherselection mode.

Easy Drag

When enabled, you can drag the selection by clicking anywhere inside its
bounding box. By default, you must click on the artwork in the selection
to be able to drag it.

Snap to Contour

When enabled, while moving a selection, the mouse cursor (along withthe selection) will snap against the nearby points and contours of yourartwork, allowing you to snap parts of your artwork together.
When enabled, while moving your selection, the rectangular boundingbox of the selection will align with the rectangular bounding boxes ofother strokes and shapes in your artwork.

Snap and Align

Snap to Grid

When enabled, while moving a selection, the mouse cursor will snap
against the intersecting points of the grid.

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Icon

Property

Description

TIP
To display the grid, select View > Grid > Show Grid from the
top menu or press Ctrl + '.

When enabled, clicking on a coloured zone in your artwork will instantly
select all the zones that are filled with the same colour.

Select by Colour

NOTE
Only the zones painted with the same colour swatch in yourpalette will be selected. If another zone is coloured with the exact
same colour, but not the same colour swatch, it will not be
selected.

Allows you maintain a selection while editing multiple drawings. Once
this option is enabled, the selection zone made using the Select tool willremain as you navigate through drawings of the same layer and drawings
from other drawing layers.

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Icon

Property

Description

This option allows you to select which layers the tool should affect. It canbe toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has two different modes. You
can select a mode by clicking and holding on the button.
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Off: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on thecurrently selected layers. If several layers are selected, the tool will
work on all these layers simultaneously.
Apply to Visible Drawing Layers: The tool will work on all thevisible layers in the Camera view.

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Apply to Synced Drawing Layers: If the currently selected
layer is synced with another layer, the tool will work on both thecurrent layer and its synced layer.

Apply to Visible Drawing
LayersNOTE
This option only works in the Camera view.

This option allows you to determine which drawings in the current layer
the tool should affect. It can be toggled on or off. When toggled on, it has
two different modes. You can select a mode by clicking and holding on
the button.
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Apply to All FrameslOff: When this button is toggled off, the tool only works on thedrawing in the current frame.
Apply to All Frames: The tool will work on every exposeddrawing in the selected layer simultaneously.

lApply to Onion Skin Range: The tool will work on every
drawing displayed in the Onion Skin. Onion Skin must be enabled
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Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to perform drawing operations on both the Line Art andColour Art layers of your drawing simultaneously.
Apply to Line and Colour
Art

NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers enabled, they will
also be affected when this option is enabled.

Operations
Icon

Property

Description

Flip Horizontal

Flips the current selection horizontally.

Flip Vertical

Flips the current selection vertically.

Rotate 90 Degrees CW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees clockwise.

Rotate 90 Degrees CCW

Rotates the current selection 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

Smooth out selected drawing strokes and remove extra points.
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Icon

Property

Description

Merges drawing objects and brush strokes into a single layer. If you draw
new lines to fix a drawing or line with many brush strokes, it can be useful
to flatten them all into a single shape. By default, lines are drawn one on
top of each other. If you intend to repaint the lines or modify their shape, itwill be easier if they are flattened.

FlattenCreate Colour Art fromLine Art

Lets you use the outline you traced on one of the four embedded layers(line art, colour art, overlay, underlay) and create invisible strokes to paintyour drawings on separate layers. This provides more inking and painting
flexibility.
You can also configure this option to create the invisible strokes on any of
the four embedded layers.

Store Colour Gradient

Use the Store Colour Gradient operation to record the selected gradient’s
position. This reuses the stored position of the gradient when drawing
new brush lines or painting colour zones. Enable the Use Stored Colour
Gradient

option in the Paint or Brush Tool Properties view to do this.

Converts the selected centre line pencil strokes into contour strokes brushlines.

Pencil to Brush

Merge Pencil Lines

Because pencil lines are defined by their centre lines, two pencil lines thatbrush against each other may not actually make a closed shape, even if
they appear closed. If you select several pencil lines that are close
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Icon

Property

Description

pencil lines and make them into a single pencil line.

NOTE
Points must be close enough to be merged. If there is a large gap
between the lines, they will not be merged.

The Reverse Pencil Thickness option inverts the thick and thin section ona selected pencil line. This option will take the thickest size on the line andapply it to the thinnest, and it will apply the thinnest to the thickest.

Reverse Pencil Thickness

Offset X

Lets you enter a value to reposition the selection along the X-axis.

Offset Y

Lets you enter a value to reposition the selection along the Y-axis.

Width

Lets you enter a value to resize the width of the selection.

HeightLets you enter a value to resize the height of the selection.

Lock

Locks or unlocks the ratio between the Width and Height values.

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Icon

Property

Description

Angle

Lets you enter specific values to rotate the selection. A positive value
rotates the selection counter clockwise and a negative value rotates theselection clockwise.

Pencil Selection
If the selection contains pencil lines, the Pencil Selection section appears at the bottom of the Tool Properties
view, allowing you to adjust the properties of those pencil lines.

Property

Description

Maximum Size

Adjusts the size of the parts of the pencil lines that are the thickest. Parts of thepencil lines that are between the minimum and maximum sizes will be adjusted
proportionally.

Minimum Size

Adjusts the size of the parts of the pencil lines that are the thinnest. Parts of thepencil lines that are between the minimum and maximum sizes will be adjusted
proportionally.

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Property

Description

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Start: Lets you select the style of the start tip, which is the first tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
End: Lets you select the style of the end tip, which is the last tip you drew.
You can choose between Round or Flat style.
Join: Lets you select the joint style. The joints are where the line curves
abruptly. You could also define the Join style as the corner style. You canchoose between Round, Mitre and Bevel style.

Allows you to apply one of the available line thickness stencils to the selected pencil
lines. Stencils set the width of a pencil lines all along its length. You can use one ofthe preloaded presets, or create your own pencil stencils.

Pencil Stencils

Adding Texture to a
Pencil Line

Pencil lines support texture. Once a pencil line is drawn, you can apply a preset
texture or load your own. Textures are independent from pencil stencils.

Text Selection
If your selection include text boxes created with the Text tool, a Text Selection section will appear at the bottomof the Tool Properties view, allowing you to adjust the formatting of the whole text box.
TIP
You can also adjust the formatting of parts of the text in the text box using the Text tool—see Text
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Icon

Property

Description

Lets you select the font in which to display the text.
Font

Makes the selected text bold.
Bold

Makes the selected text italic.
ItalicAligns the text in the selected text box to the left.

Align Left

Align Center

Aligns the text in the selected text box to the centre.

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Icon

Property

Description

Aligns the text in the selected text box to the right.

Align Right

Makes the text in the selected text box take all the horizontal space byadjusting the spacing between each word. Text that use a single line andtext in the last line of a paragraph is aligned to the left.
Justify

Allows you to set the size of the selected text.
Size

Allows you to increase or decrease the spacing between each character.

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Icon

Property

Description

Auto Kern

Sets the kerning automatically based on the font’s predefined standard.
Allows you to increase or decrease the indentation of the first line of text
in each paragraph.

IndentIncreases or decreases the space between each line of text.

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Shift and Trace Tool Properties
The Shift and Trace tool allows you to temporarily move, rotate and scale drawings, then trace over them inother drawings, using Onion Skin to keep the outlines of the shifted drawings in your drawing space. Contrary
to Shift and Trace with the Drawing Desk, you can use the Shift and Trace tool in the Camera view.

How to access the Shift and Trace Tool Properties
1. Do one of the following:l

In the Tools toolbar, double-click on the Hand

tool and select Shift and Tracein thepop-up menu.
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In the top menu, select Drawing > Drawing Tools > Shift and Trace.

The Shift and Trace tool properties appear in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Tool Name

Description

Shift and Trace Tool Options
Enable/Disable
Shift and Trace

Enabled by default. When disabled, drawings that were repositioned, rotated orscaled with the Shift and Trace tool appear in their original position.

Display Cross
Hair

Enabled by default. When disabled, cross hairs added with the Shift and Trace
tool are invisible.

Show
manipulatorsfor shift andEnabled by default. This displays the manipulator allowing you to rotate and scaledrawings for Shift and Trace, as well as to re-position their pivot point. Whenhidden, you can only shift drawings laterally.

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Icon

Tool Name

Description

traceShow theoutline of theselected shift
and trace
drawing

When enabled, the contours of each brush stroke for the current drawing willappear highlighted in cyan.

Show/Hide
Pegs

Enabled by default. When using the Shift and Trace tool, peg holes are displayed
at the bottom of every drawing to help keep track of how offset drawings are fromtheir original position and from each other. You can also click and drag on the leftor right peg hole of a drawing to rotate it around the centre peg hole. Whendisabled, those peg holes are hidden.

Peg Position

Allows you to select on which edge of the drawings to display peg holes. By
default, they are displayed at the bottom of the drawings.

Modes and Operations

Set Add Cross
Hair Mode

When selected, clicking on the drawing will add a cross hair where you click.
Cross hairs are marks that appear on the same location on every drawing in thecurrent layer and which move when you offset a drawing with the Shift and Trace
tool, and they appear in the Onion Skin rendition of neighbouring drawings aswell. This allows you to keep track of how offset each drawing is.

RemoveAll Cross Hair

Removes all the cross hairs created for shift and trace.

Reset Selected
Drawings Shift
Position

Undoes all transformations done with the Shift and Trace tool on the selecteddrawings, resetting them to their original position, angle and scale.

Reset All
Drawings Shift
Position

Undoes all transformations done with the Shift and Trace tool on all drawings,
resetting them to their original position, angle and scale.

Info
Selected Drawings

The element name and drawing name of the currently selected drawing.

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Icon

Tool Name

Description

Position

The offset of the current drawing from its original position on the x and y axes, infields, when moved with the Shift and Trace tool.

Scale

The Shift and Trace scale factor of the currently selected drawing, when scaledwith the Shift and Trace tool.

Rotation

Pivot

The Shift and Trace rotation angle of the currently selected drawing, in degrees,counterclockwise, when rotated with the Shift and Trace tool.
The offset, in fields, of the current drawing's pivot point from its centre, on the x
and y axes. The pivot point is the point from which drawings are rotated andscaled.

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Smooth Editor Tool Properties
When you select the Smooth Editor tool, its properties and options appear in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Tool Name

Description
The Smoothing Style options allow you to smooth aportion of your drawing by tracing a smoothing strokeover the zone to optimize or by selecting an area ofthe drawing with the Marquee or Lasso.
Note that by default, the Smooth Editor tool colour isyellow, it was changed to orange for screen grab
clarity.

Smoothing Style

The Show Control Points option allows you to showor hide the Bezier points around lines. When the
Bezier points are displayed, you can see the result ofyour smoothing and the number of points left on the
curve. When it is turned off, only the original artwork
is displayed.

Show Control Points

This is where you set the minimum and maximum
sizes of your drawing tool which will produce thethick and thin effect on your stroke. This works withthe pressure sensitivity of a pen tablet.

Minimum Size andMaximum Size

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Up/Down arrows: Use the up and downarrows to set the minimum and maximum sizevalue.

The Smoothness impacts the strength of thesmoothing result. The higher the value, the morepoints are removed and the smoother the curve. The
Smoothness range is from 0 to 100; the default value
is 20.

Smoothness

You can modify the colour of the control points
displayed on the artwork while working with the
Smooth Editor tool by double-clicking on the colour
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Stroke Tool Properties
When you select the Stroke tool, its properties and options appears in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Tool Name

Description

Draw Stroke as
Straight Lines

Enable the Draw Stroke as Straight Lines option if you want the new strokes
you draw to be a perfect straight line. Disable the option if you want thestroke to follow the mouse gesture.

Connect Line Ends

Enable the Connect Line Ends option if you want the start or end point of
your new stroke to connect to your existing strokes to make sure no gaps areleft in your drawing.
When enabled, drawing a closed shape will automatically fill it with thecurrently selected Paint colour.

Auto Fill

TIP
By default the pencil line and its fill will be the same colour. If you
want to select different colours for the pencil line and its fill, you canclick on the Unlock Three Colours

button in the Colour view, thenselect different colours for Brush strokes
Paint fills

Trim Extra Lines, Pencil lines

and.

When enabled, drawing a closed shape will automatically remove theoutstanding lines.

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When the Trim Extra Lines option is enabled, enable this option to make thepoint where the beginning and end of the stroke meet into a smooth curve
rather than a hard corner.

Align Handles After
Trim

Auto-Flatten Mode

By default, when drawing on a vector layer, each new stroke is created as aseparate drawing object, which can be edited independently from other partsof the artwork. When enabled, the Auto-Flatten option automatically merges
strokes into existing artwork.
Allows you to perform drawing operations on both the Line Art and Colour
Art layers of your drawing simultaneously.

Apply to Line andColour Art

NOTE
If you have Overlay and Underlay Art layers enabled, they will also
be affected when this option is enabled.

Apply to Synced
Drawing Layers

If the currently selected layer is synced with another layer, the tool will workon both the current layer and its synced layer.

Smoothness

You can modify the central line smoothness of your line using this option.
This parameter smooths the initial movement of your line. Increasing thevalue will result in a smoother line with fewer control points. Use the left andright arrows to increment the value by one full unit. Use the Up - Down slider
to quickly increment the value.

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Text Tool Properties
The Text tool lets you add text fields to your project, in which you can type text, then adjust its formatting using
various fonts and text attributes.
With the Text tool selected, you can select text within text boxes you created and change the formatting of theselection. You can also select and manipulate text boxes using the Select tool, and change the formatting of theentire text box in the Select tool properties.

How to access the Text tool propertiesl

In the Tools toolbar, select the Text

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Icon

Property

Description

Lets you select the font in which to display the text.
Font

Makes the selected text bold.
Bold

ItalicMakes the selected text italic.

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Icon

Property

Description

Aligns the text in the selected text box to the left.

Align Left

Aligns the text in the selected text box to the centre.

Align Center

Aligns the text in the selected text box to the right.

Align Right

Makes the text in the selected text box take all the horizontal space byadjusting the spacing between each word. Text that use a single line andtext in the last line of a paragraph is aligned to the left.
Justify

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Icon

Property

Description

Allows you to set the size of the selected text.
Size

Allows you to increase or decrease the spacing between each character.

Kerning

Auto Kern

Sets the kerning automatically based on the font’s predefined standard.
Allows you to increase or decrease the indentation of the first line of text
in each paragraph.

IndentIncreases or decreases the space between each line of text.

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Zoom Tool Properties
The Zoom tool lets you zoom in and out of the Camera, Drawing, Side and Top views. You can also use it to reset
the zoom level.

How to access the Zoom tool properties
1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Zoom

tool.

The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Options
Icon

Parameter

Description

Zoom In ModeUse the mouse cursor to zoom in to the Camera or Drawing view.

Zoom OutMode

Use the mouse cursor to zoom out of the Camera or Drawing view.

Operations
Icon

Parameter

Description

Perform Zoom
In

Zoom in the Camera or Drawing view.

Perform Zoom
Out

Zoom out the Camera or Drawing view.

Reset Zoom

Restores the current zoom level to 100%.

Reset View

Restores the original display by resetting any pan, rotation or zoom actions.

The keyboard shortcut is 2.

The keyboard shortcut is 1.

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Chapter 3: Toolbars
Harmony contains toolbars which, by default, are located at the top of the interface. Some views also have a
toolbar which you can reposition to suit your work style. You can show or hide toolbars, as well as customize itwith the tools you use most often and hide the ones you don't.
Top Toolbars

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File Toolbar

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Tool Presets Toolbar

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Tools Toolbar

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Workspace Toolbar

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Top Toolbars
Harmony has a series of toolbars that are added by default at the top of the interface. These toolbars can be
moved on the sides of the interface as well as within specific views.
All top toolbars can be added through the top menu Windows > Toolbars > desired toolbar.
Edit Toolbar

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Tool Presets Toolbar

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Tools Toolbar

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Workspace Toolbar

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Edit Toolbar
The Edit toolbar contains common operations such as Copy, Paste, Cut, Undo and Redo. These options can also
be found in the Edit menu.

How to access the Edit toolbar
1. Select Windows > Toolbars > Edit.

Icon

Tool Name

Description

Undo

Removes the last change made to your project.
Harmony supports multiple undo, so you can undochanges you made in the order you made them.

Redo

Redoes an operation you have undone. This commandis active only after you use the Undo command.

Cut

Removes selected objects. You can then paste theobject or its properties to another object.

Copy

Copies selected objects and properties.

Paste

Places an object you cut or copied into the location
you select in a view.

Create Symbol

Creates a symbol from selected drawing elements inthe Drawing or Camera view or a layer or cells in theTimeline view.

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File Toolbar
The File toolbar contains the common file operations such as New, Save and Open. These options can also befound in the File menu.

How to access the File toolbar
1. Select Windows > Toolbars > File.

Icon

Tool Name

Description

Open

Displays the Open Scene dialog box where you can browse for a scene
file. You can open a new scene from the current one and the previous
scene will close.

Save

Saves all changes made to the opened scene, drawings, palettes, andpalette lists.

Load Background File

Allows you to select an image to temporarily add as a background to
your drawings, for reference. This background will not be in the scene.

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Tool Presets Toolbar
The Tool Presets toolbar lets you create new tool presets and manage them.

How to access the Tool Presets toolbar
1. Select Windows > Toolbars > Tool Presets.

Icon

Tool Name

Description

New Tool Preset

Creates a new tool preset from the current tool
settings.

Manage Presets

Opens the Manage Tool Preset dialog box where you
can update, organize, and delete existing presets.

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Tools Toolbar
The Tools toolbar contains the main tools you need to work in Harmony. In the default workspace, this toolbar
located on the left-most side of the interface. A small triangle at the lower-right corner of a tool indicates that
additional tools can be selected in a pop-up menu. To access these tools, either click and hold on the tool
button, or select the tool then click on it again.
By default, the Tools toolbar displays several of its tools in pop-up menus that must be opened. It is possible to
make the Tools toolbar display every tool in its individual button instead by enabling the Flat Tools Toolbar
preference. This makes the selection of tools quicker. However, because there is not enough vertical space todisplay all tools, some tools will be hidden from the Tools toolbar by default. Which tools are displayed in the
Tools toolbar when Flat Tools Toolbar is enabled can be customized. The order in which tools are listed in Flat
Tools Toolbar mode can also be customized.

How to make every tool in the Tools toolbar display in buttons rather than pop-up
menus
1. Do one of the following:lSelect Edit > Preferences (Windows/Linux) or Harmony [Edition] > Preferences(macOS).

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Press Ctrl + U (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + U (macOS).

2. Select the General tab.
3. In the Options section, select the Flat Tool Toolbar option.

4. Click OK and restart Harmony.

How to customize which tools are displayed in the Tools toolbar when it is in Flat mode
1. Right-click on the Tools toolbar and select Customize.
The Toolbar Manager dialog appears.

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2. In the Available Tools list, select each tool that you want to add to the Tools toolbar, then click on
the Add the selected tool to the toolbar

button.

3. In the Toolbar list, select each tool that you want to remove from the Tools toolbar, then click on the
Remove the selected tool from the toolbar

Tool Name

Iconbutton.

Description
Allows you to select and reposition, scale, rotate and skew brush strokes,
pencil lines, shapes and other parts of your artwork.

SelectCutterAllows you to cut a part of your artwork, then reposition, scale, rotateand skew it.

Reposition All
Drawings

Allows you to reposition, scale, rotate and skew all drawings in thecurrent layer.

Contour Editor

Allows you to edit the vector contours of brush strokes, pencil lines andshapes in your artwork. You can add, remove, tweak and move vector
points, move the Bezier handles of the vector points as well as deform
vector outlines.

Centerline Editor

Allows you to tweak and deform a brush stroke by manipulating thepoints at the centre of its line rather than its contour.

Pencil Editor

Allows you to adjust the thickness of a pencil line at its different points
and corners, tweak the shape of its extremities and scale its texture.

Smooth Editor

Allows you to optimize contours and lines by removing its extra points,
making them easier to edit.

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Perspective

Allows you to deform artwork by applying a perspective effect on it.

Envelope

Allows you to deform and warp artwork by moving points and tweaking
lines in a grid.

Edit
Gradient/Texture

Allows you to adjust the position, angle and size of gradients andtextures in a colour zone.

Brush

A pressure-sensitive tool for creating a contour shape with a thick andthin line effect, as if created with a paint brush.

PencilA pressure-sensitive tool for drawing outlines. Pencil lines are made ofcentral vector lines, making them easier to tweak and edit than brushstrokes.

Text

Allows you to add text and to format it.

EraserA pressure-sensitive tool for erasing parts of a drawing.

Paint

Allows you to fill colour zones with a colour or texture.

Ink

Allows you to recolour pencil lines with precision by changing the colourof one segment at a time.

Paint Unpainted

Allows you to quickly fill empty zones in your artwork with a colour or
texture, leaving filled zones unchanged.

Repaint

Allows you to quickly repaint painted zones in your artwork. Empty
zones will remain empty.

Unpaint

Allows you to empty filled colour zones of their colour and texture.

StrokeAllows you to create invisible lines that can serve as colour zones thatcan be filled, or close the gaps in existing colour zones.

Close Gap

Allows you to close open shapes so that they can be filled with the Paint
tool. By drawing a stroke near a small gap in a shape, this tool will create

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a small invisible stroke connecting the two closest points around the gap.

Line

Draws a straight line segment going from one point to the other.

Rectangle

Draws a rectangle.

EllipseDraws an ellipse.

Polyline

Allows you to draw shapes, segmented lines or complex curved lines byclicking to create each point in the sequence of line segments.

Dropper

Allows you to select a colour by clicking on a colour in your artwork.

Drawing Pivot

Allows you to position the pivot on a drawing layer by clicking where youwant its location to be.

Morphing

Allows you to create and configure a morphing sequence, which willautomatically generate the in-betweens between two drawings in thecurrent layer.

Hand

Allows you to pan the Camera and Drawing views.

Zoom

Allows you zoom in and out of the Camera and Drawing views.

Rotate View

Lets you rotate the Camera and Drawing views just like with a realanimation disc.

Shift and Trace

Allows you to temporarily move drawings so you can trace over them inother drawings using Onion Skin.

When this option is selected, every time you use theTransform or

Advanced Animation tools to manipulate an element in
Animate Current Frame

your scene, the position of the element will be stored in a keyframe at thecurrent frame. This allows you to animate elements in your scene without
creating keyframes manually.

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When this option is selected, if you use theTransform or
Advanced Animation tools to make transformations to an element
AnimateOnion Skin Range

in your scene, the transformations will be stored as keyframes at the
beginning and at the end of the current Onion Skin range, as well as on
every existing keyframe in-between. This can be useful if you want toreposition an element that you have already animated, but only during a
specific range of frames, which you can define by enabling Onion Skinand setting the Onion Skin range to cover that range of frames.

When this option is selected, if you use theTransform or
Advanced Animation tools to make transformation to an element
Animate Offin your scene, the transformations will affect the element throughout thewhole scene. This can be useful if you want to reposition an element after
you have already animated it.

Transform

Allows you to select drawing layers and position, rotate, scale and skew
them.

Onion Skin

Displays the previous and next frames of an animation. Useful when
animating cut-out characters.

Advanced Onion

Enables Advanced Onion Skin, a more flexible kind of Onion Skin that canSkinbe easily configured using the Onion Skin view.

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Workspace Toolbar
The Workspace toolbar lets you load other workspaces. The first time you start Harmony, the default
workspace is loaded. Other workspaces are available such as the Hand-Drawn Animation and Compositing
workspaces; these display different views and toolbars. You can access these workspaces and any you create,from the Windows menu and the Workspace toolbar.

How to access the Workspace toolbar
1. Select Windows > Toolbars > Workspace.

Icon

Tool Name

Description

Workspace List

Allows you to select an existing workspace.

Workspace Manager

Opens the Workspace Manager where you canorganize, display, and remove workspace from yourlist.

Save Workspace

When the Automatically Save Workspace preferenceis disabled, the Save Workspace button becomes
available. This allows you to manually save your newworkspace configuration.

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View Toolbars
Harmony has a series of view specific toolbars that are only available in a given view. These toolbars can be
moved only within their view.
All view toolbars can be added, as long as the view is visible, through the top menu Windows > Toolbars >desired toolbar.

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Chapter 4: Views
The Harmony interface is composed of different views, each one designed for a specific purpose. You can modify
the location of the views by adding a new view as a tab or as a window. You can also swap the location of aview.
When a view is active, a red rectangle appears around the view. Keyboard shortcuts and top menu options areassociated with the active view. If a menu option is greyed out, it means it does not apply to the layer, drawing
or other type of selection or the option does not apply to the active view.
Colour View

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Drawing View

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Integrated Help View

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Message Log View

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Model View

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Tool Properties View

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Colour View
The Colour view is where you create colours and palettes and import existing palettes into your project. The
Colour view is also necessary for drawing, painting and creating colour styling.

How to access the Colour view
Do one of the following:l

From the top menu, select Windows > Colour.

lFrom any of the other views, click the Add View

button and select Colour.

Palette List Panel
Icon

OptionDescription

View Menu

The View menu contains all the commands and options that you canuse in the Colour view to manage colours and palettes.

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Collapse/Expand Palette
List

Allows you to show or hide your palette list and its options. By default,
the palette list is displayed, but you may want to hide it if you areworking with a single palette and want to allow more vertical space forthe colour swatch list.

Add Palette

Allows you to create a new palette.

Deletes the currently selected palette. If the colour swatch is used inyour project, zones painted with colour swatches which have been
deleted will turn red, easily identifying them so you can repaint themwith another colour swatch.

Remove Palette

Link Palette

Allows you to add a palette from a different location, be it in a scene,
job, environment or even an element to your palette list. The palette will
be linked to its original location rather than copied to your scene's
folder. Hence, if you make changes to the original palette, it will affectthe colour of elements in your scene.
If you want to import a palette as a copy into your scene's palette library,right-click on your palette list and select Import. You can also link to apalette in any location on your machine or network by selecting Link
to External.
Moves palettes further up or down the palette list.

Order Palette List

Edit Palette List Mode
Indicator

If a palette has been cloned, the highest palette among the original
palette and its clone(s) will be used by Harmony.
In Harmony Server, this icon appears when you have the modifying
rights on your scene's palette list. While several users can work on ascene at the same time, only one user may have the right to modify apalette list at any given time.

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NOTE
In Harmony Stand Alone, you can always modify your scene's
palette list. On Harmony Server, you must unlock your palette
list before making modifications to it.

Show Colour Palettes

Shows only colour palettes in the palette list. This is the default option.

Show
Pencil Texture Palettes

Shows only pencil texture palettes in the palette list.

Show All Palettes

Shows both colour and pencil texture palettes in the palette list.

Palette List
Icon

Description

In Harmony Server, this indicates that you have the rights to modify the palette.

Indicates that the palette is stored at the same level as its palette list. For example, a palette that is stored
in the scene's palette library and which is listed in the scene's palette list, or a palette that is stored in anelement's palette library and which is listed in that same element's palette list.
Indicates that the palette file is stored in an external location, such as a different scene, an element in adifferent scene, a job other than the scene's job, or an environment other than the scene's environment.
This means the palette is liable to be missing if it is moved from its original location, or if the scene isexported from the database into an offline scene or to a different database.
This indicates that the palette is stored at a higher level than its palette list, making it a shared palette. For
example, a palette in your scene's palette list that is stored in the palette library of the scene's job or
environment, or a palette in an element's palette list that is stored in the palette library of the scene.
Indicates a potentially dangerous situation. For example, a palette file that is stored in one of the scene's
element folders, but which is added to your scene's palette list. The whole scene can use the palette, butsince it's stored inside an element, deleting that element will make your whole scene lose access to thatpalette.

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Navigation Panel
Icon

OptionDescription

Previous Drawing

Navigates to the previous drawing in the loaded drawings list.

Next Drawing

Navigates to the next drawing in the loaded drawings list.

Previous Column

Switches to the previous column in the loaded columns.

Next Column

Switches to the next column in the loaded columns.

Line Art

View and edit the drawing's line art layer.

Colour Art

View and edit the drawing's colour art layer.

Preview Line Art and Colour Art

If enabled, both the drawing's line art and colour art layers will bevisible. If disabled, only the art layer you are currently working on
will be visible.

Colour Swatch List Panel
Icon

OptionDescription

Add Colour

Adds a new colour swatch to the bottom of your colour list.

Remove Colour

The Remove Colour button lets you delete the currently selectedcolour swatches. If the colour swatch is used in your project, andconfirmation dialog will appear prompting you to confirm that you
want to delete the colour. Zones painted with colour swatches whichhave been deleted will turn red, easily identifying them so you can
repaint them with another colour swatch.

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Allows you to import a bitmap image as a texture, which can be
painted with just like a colour. When used with the Brush or Paint
tools, bitmap textures are tiled inside the shape they fill. The scaling
and position of the texture inside their shape can be tweaked with theEdit Gradient/Texture tool. When used with the Pencil tool or one of
the Shape tools, a bitmap texture will follow the pencil line's
direction.

Add Texture

Set Current Brush Colour

When enabled, the colour you select in the colour view will beselected for the Brush tool.

Set Current Pencil Colour

When enabled, the colour you select in the colour view will beselected for the Pencil tool, as well as other tools that create pencil
lines, such as the Line, Rectangle, Ellipse and Polyline tools.

Set Current Paint Colour

When enabled, the colour you select in the colour view will beselected for the Paint tool.

Link/Unlink Three Colours

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tools. When disabled, you can select individual colours for the Brush,
Pencil and Paint tools.

In Harmony Server, this allows you to get the modifying rights to theselected palettes.

Edit Palette Mode

Since several people can work on any given scene at the same time,and a palette can be shared between scenes, palettes may be loadedin read-only mode when opening a scene on a Harmony database.
Then, an user would only be able to edit a palette by first activating
Edit Palette Mode. This prevents several users from making changes
on the palette at the same time, since a user cannot activate Edit
Palette Mode on a palette that is already being edited by someone
else. This also prevents users from accidentally making modifications
on important palettes.
In Harmony Server, this icon appears when you have the modifying
rights on the currently selected palette.

Edit Palette Mode Indicator

NOTE
In Harmony Stand Alone, you can always modify yourpalettes.

Each colour swatch available in the Colour view can have its own
name, making it easy to identify which colour is used to paint whatpart of your character or background.

Colour Swatch NameNOTE
Two colours can have the same name. Harmony identifies
colours by an identification number.

Colour Swatch

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information for a colour in your palette. It is represented by arectangle displaying the colour in the list.

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Drawing View
Only the selected drawing is displayed by default in the Drawing view. You can use features, such as the lighttable to display the current drawing of all the enabled layers of your scene in washed-out colours, or the Onion
Skin to display the previous and next drawings of the currently selected drawing layer.

How to access the Drawing view
Do one of the following:l

From the top menu, select Windows > Drawing .

lFrom any of the other views, click the Add View

Icon

button and select Drawing.

SectionDescription

View Menu

The View menu contains all the tools and options thatyou can use in the Drawing view to draw, animate andpaint.

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This is the main space in the Drawing view. It is where
you draw and where the drawings are displayed.

Drawing Area

The Zoom menu lets you enlarge or reduce the Camera
or Drawing view display.
To make the camera frame size always match the sizeof your view, select the Fit to View option. Click thedrop-down arrow and select a zoom level or press 1
and 2.

Zoom Menu

The Drawing Name field displays the name of theselected drawing, as well as the layer containing it. If
the cell does not contain any drawing, an Empty
Cell text is shown in the field.

Drawing Name

Tool Name

The Tool Name field displays the name of the selected
tool. If you temporarily override a drawing tool using akeyboard shortcut, the tool’s name will be highlighted
in red. You can temporarily override a tool by holding
its keyboard shortcut without the Alt key. For
example, the Select tool shortcut is Alt + S. If you holddown the S key, you will switch to the Select tool.
When you release the key, you will return to the tool
you were using.

Frame NumberThis field displays the current frame of the animation
you are working on.

Cursor Coordinates

This indicates the position of the your pointer in thedrawing area.

Colour Picker

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drawing.
The Drawing Thumbnails panel displays a list with
thumbnails of the loaded drawings. The highlighted
drawing is the one displayed in the drawing area. You
can select the drawing you want to paint directly fromthis list.

Drawing Thumbnails
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Integrated Help View
Use the Integrated Help when you are unsure about what a certain menu item is or the function of a specificpreference in the Preferences panel.
If you keep the Integrated Help window open for the entire duration of your work session, then you can use theforward and backward arrows to scroll through a history of the help information that you called up during yoursession.

How to access the Integrated Help view
1. Do one of the following:l

From the top menu, select Windows > Integrated Help.

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From any of the other views, click the Add View

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Message Log View
The Message log view displays information gathered during a render task, such as which frames and at whattime they were each rendered. The view also contains a list of the colour recovery operations.

How to access the Message Log view
Do one of the following:l

From the top menu, select Windows > Message Log.

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Model View
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Once you have a fully painted drawing, you can use it as a colour model and load it in the Model view. Thisdrawing can be used and loaded in any of your Harmony scenes.
Once a drawing is loaded in the Model view, you can use the Dropper

tool to select a colour from the modeland use it to paint in the Camera or Drawing view without having to pick the colour from the colour palette.

How to access the Model view
Do one of the following:l

From the top menu, select Windows > Model.

lFrom any of the other views, click the Add View

Icon

button and select Model.

SectionDescription

View Menu

The View menu contains all the tools and options thatyou can use to manage models.

Model View Toolbar

The Model View toolbar contains all the tools andoptions you can use in the Model view to navigate
through and manage models.

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Tool Properties View
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The Tool Properties view contains the most common options and operations related to the currently selected
tool. When you select a tool from the Tools toolbar, the Tool Properties view updates.
For example, if you choose the Select tool, the Tool Properties view will display the options and operations
related to it, such as Snap to Contour, Apply to All Drawings, Flip Horizontal, and Flatten.

NOTE
To learn more about the options appearing in the Tool Properties view, see Tools Properties on
page 38.

How to access the Tool Properties view
Do one of the following:l

From the top menu, select Windows > Tool Properties.

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From any of the other views, click the Add View

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