{"id":4134,"date":"2025-02-21T01:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demoblogs.ecuad.camrose\/?page_id=4134"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:17:09","slug":"toon-boom-harmony-preferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/resources\/digital-animation-methods-and-software\/paperless-2d-animation\/toon-boom-harmony\/toon-boom-harmony-preferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmony Premium, Preferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>For drawing purposes, to activate the Overlay and Underlay sublayers<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature will open two additional sublayers on a drawing layer. They work well for rough animation and planning purposes. For instance, you can utilize the Underlay for \u201cunder-drawing\u201d and the rough posing and keys. You would then employ Line Art for clean lines and Colour Art for fills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to the preferences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mac OS = Main Menu &gt; Harmony Premium &gt; Preferences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Windows OS = Main Menu &gt; Edit &gt; Preferences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then turning to the top region of the Preferences window, you will find a collection of tabs. Click on \u201cAdvanced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at the Advanced section:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under Advanced Options, choose \u201cSupport Overlay and Underlay Arts.\u201d Then, press the OK button to activate the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Returning to Harmony Premium\u2019s Camera and Drawing windows, at the top-right of the interface, in addition to buttons [ L ] for Line Art, and [ C ] for Colour Art, you should now find [ O ] for Overlay, and [ U ] for Underlay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Settings for cutout puppet animation<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are preferences you will want to set for preparing rigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to the preferences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mac OS = Main Menu &gt; Harmony Premium &gt; Preferences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Windows OS = Main Menu &gt; Edit &gt; Preferences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to check the following buttons (in addition to what is already activated, by default).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the General tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Auto-Save &gt; Save scene automatically<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Options:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focus on mouse enter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shortcut zooms on mouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Settings:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Default separate position for pegs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stop-motion keyframes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Default pass through composite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Levels of Undo &gt; Do not exceed 200<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Advanced tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advanced Options\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support Overlay and Underlay Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced display (this allows you to open multiple windows for different displays)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uncheck \u201cElement Node \u2018Animate Using Animation Tools, Default Value.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is important! It will ensure that we only select our pegs and not our drawings when we animate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back to<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/resources\/digital-animation-methods-and-software\/paperless-2d-animation\/toon-boom-harmony\/toon-boom-harmony-preferences\/\">Top of the Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/resources\/digital-animation-methods-and-software\/paperless-2d-animation\/toon-boom-harmony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toon Boom Harmony<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Main Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For drawing purposes, to activate the Overlay and Underlay sublayers This feature will open two additional sublayers on a drawing layer. They work well for rough animation and planning purposes. For instance, you can utilize the Underlay for \u201cunder-drawing\u201d and the rough posing and keys. You would then employ Line Art for clean lines and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":1846,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5010,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4134\/revisions\/5010"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/mrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}