WEBINARMoving from Toon Boom Studio to Harmony Essentials

AGENDA

TOPICS• About Harmony• Tips• Resources• Feature Equivalents• Features not Included in Harmony• Harmony Features not in Studio • Q&A

DETAILED RECAPYou can find a detailed recap of this webinar in theMIGRATING FROM TOON BOOM STUDIO TO TOON BOOM HARMONYdocument that will be sent to you after this webinar.

ABOUT HARMONY

Harmony offers professional drawing, animation and compositing tools in a user-friendly

environment. It also contains additional features that are not found in Studio.

ABOUT HARMONY

When migrating from Studio to Harmony, it is recommended to start with the Harmony Essentials edition.

ABOUT HARMONY

Harmony has additional features that are not in Studio.

Some Studio features are not available in Harmony, while some others are found in the Advanced or Premium editions.

ABOUT HARMONY

TIPS

Harmony and Studio do not have the same keyboard shortcuts.

Harmony gives you the possibility to switch your shortcuts to use Toon Boom Studio’s whenever possible.

STUDIO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Harmony exports your animations without any background, as it has alpha channel support, which results in a black background.

You’ll have to add a colour card to the timeline and set it to the desired colour.

EXPORTING WITH A WHITE BG

Harmony is available in two styles: light and dark. By default, the dark style is enabled. You can switch to the light style through the Preferences dialog box.

The Camera view has a dark grey background, which can be changed to a different colour, such as white, through the Preferences dialog box.

USER INTERFACE COLOURS

Although you cannot open Studio projects directly in Harmony, you can export SWF files from Studio and import them in Harmony to transfer your artwork, layers and some of your keyframe animations.

IMPORTING STUDIO ARTWORK IN HARMONY

In Studio, most tool options can be found in the Tools and Element menus.

In Harmony, most tool options are found quite conveniently in the context-sensitive Tool Properties view.

TOOL OPTIONS

RESOURCES

Learn the basics of Harmony by watching these kick-start videos available in the Resources section of the Toon Boom website.

• Introduction to Harmony

• Harmony Interface

• Basic Character Rigging

• Camera and Multiplane

• Introduction to Effects

Get detailed information on all features at docs.toonboom.com.

VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTATION

FEATURE EQUIVALENTS

TOOLSStudio Feature Harmony Feature

Drawing Tools toolbar Tools Toolbar

Sceneplanning toolbar Tools Toolbar and Advanced Animation Toolbar

Select tool (Sceneplanning) Transform Tool and Disabled Animate Mode

Select tool (Drawing tool) Select Tool

Edit Texture Edit Gradient and Texture

Scissor tool Cutter Tool

ANIMATION

Studio Feature Harmony FeatureLip-sync Lip-sync

Bones Deformation

Motion Tool Transform Tool with Enabled Animate Mode

Turn On Peg Only mode Peg Selection mode

Animation Properties Scene Settings

VIEWS

Studio Feature Harmony FeatureLibrary View Library View

Pen View Tool Properties View

Cell View Library View

Propreties View Layer Properties View

Text View Tool Properties View

EFFECTS

Studio Feature Harmony Feature

Colour Transform Effect Colour Scale Effect

Clipping Effect Cutter Effect

Drop-Shadow Effect Shadow Effect and Quadmap Node

Preview Movie Test SWF, Render and Play, Render Mode

FEATURES NOT IN HARMONY

NOT INCLUDED

Studio Feature Harmony AvailabilityXsheet (Exposure Sheet)

Not available in Harmony Essentials. Available in Harmony Advanced. Available in Harmony Premium.

Stop-Motion Capture Not available.

Instant Weather Effects and Particle EffectsNot available in Harmony Essentials. Not available in Harmony Advanced. Professional Particles available in Harmony Premium.All editions offer timeline effects.

Instant Motion Not available.

Multiple Scenes in One Project Not available.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

ADDITIONAL HARMONY ESSENTIAL FEATURES

• EXPORT TO UNITY • SMOOTH EDITOR TOOL

• STORYBOARD PRO EXPORT SUPPORT • ENHANCED ONION SKIN

• SCRIPTING • MOTION PATH VISIBLE ON DRAWING LAYERS

• KINEMATIC OUTPUT FOR DEFORMATION • ENHANCED CUTTER TOOL

• ENVELOPE TOOL • ADDITIONAL TIMELINE EFFECTS

• ENHANCED SCENE PLANNING AND COMPOSITING • SET EASE FOR MULTIPLE PARAMETERS

• ENHANCED TIMELINE

Q&A