Importing Models
Once you have a fully painted drawing, you can use it as a colour model and load it in the Model view. That drawing 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 to select a colour from the model and use it to paint in your Camera or Drawing view without having to pick the colour from the colour palette.
You can do more than just copy colours from a colour model. Harmony gives you the ability to copy parts of the character directly from its colour model and paste these elements into the Drawing or Camera views.
How to browse for a colour model drawing on your hard drive
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Do one of the following: |
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From the Model View menu, select Import Model. |
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Click the Import Model button or from the Model View’s toolbar. |
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Select File > Import > Colour Model. |
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In the Browser window, browse for any *.tvg drawing file on your hard drive or in the database. |
The model appears in the Model view.
How to load the default models
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In your scene’s folder, create a new folder and name it models. |
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On your hard drive copy the *.tvg drawing file you want to use as colour models in your scene. |
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Do one of the following: |
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From the Model View menu, select Load Default Model. |
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In the Model View toolbar’s extra buttons, click the Load Default Model button . |
How to copy the entire model from the Model view
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In the Model view’s toolbar, select the Select tool. |
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In the Model view, select your model. |
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From the top menu, select Edit > Copy Drawing Object or press Ctrl + C (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + C (Mac OS X). |
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Select either the Drawing view then go to the top menu and select Edit > Paste Drawing Objector pressCtrl + V (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + V (Mac OS X). |
The model now appears in the selected view.
How to copy part of the model from the Model view
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In the Model view’s toolbar, select the Cutter tool or press Alt + T. |
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In the Model view, use the Cutter tool to create a selection around the part of your model that you want to copy. |
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From the top menu, select Edit > Copy Drawing Object or press Ctrl + C (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + C (Mac OS X). |
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Do one of the following: |
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Select the Drawing view and select Edit > Paste Drawing Object. |
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Select the Timeline view and select Edit > Paste cells in the Timeline or press Ctrl + V (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + V (Mac OS X). |
The model appears in the selected view.