Managing Scenes
When creating a scene, you must select the path where you want to store the scene data and where you want the new scene to appear in the Scenes list. You can create a single scene or create multiple scenes at the same time.
When creating a new scene or when renaming a scene, the scene's name cannot exceed 23 characters.
When creating scenes in the Harmony Cloud module, you should enter the scene names exactly as they appear on the actual animation. This ensures that the information in your environment is consistent with the actual animation.
The job and scene names are alphanumeric and can include underscores (_), but no spaces, or other special characters. The environment name is case sensitive.
You do not have to enter the word "scene" when entering scene names. The system automatically adds scene- in front of the name. For example, when you type"3" in the Scene Name field, the scene name automatically displays as "scene-3" throughout the file system. The scene name will have "scene-" as a prefix, but that will only be visible when looking at the scene on the file system. The scene will appear without this prefix in all the Harmony applications.
It is possible to configure your Harmony Clouduser account to allow for opening a scene in Stage directly from the Cloud interface—see Setting Up the User File Location
How to create a scene
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In the Environments & Jobs section select the job in which you want to add a scene. |
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Do one of the following: |
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Click the Settings button and select Create New Scene. |
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Right click and select Create New Scene. |
The New Scene dialog box appears.
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In the Name field, enter the scene name. |
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In the File System list, click the path where you want to store the files. |
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If you do not see the desired path in the list, specify a different path in the Filesystem field. |
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If you are unsure which disk drive to select, consult your technical director or system administrator.
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The information in the File System list displays:
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Available drives on which you can store new scenes. |
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Space that is currently available (in megabytes). |
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The percentage of space the drives are currently using. |
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Select where you want to place the scene in the Scenes list |
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From the Add Scenes list, select where you want to place the scene in the Scenes list. These are the options: |
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At Bottom: Places the new scenes at the bottom of the list |
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At Top: Places the new scenes at the top of the list |
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Before Selected: Places the new scenes before the selected scene |
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After Selected: Places the new scenes after the selected scene |
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Name Sort: Arranges the new scenes alphabetically. |
How to append multiple sequential scenes
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In the Environments & Jobs section, select the job in which you want to add a scene. |
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Do one of the following: |
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Click the Settings button and select Append Scenes. |
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Right click and select Append Scenes. |
The Append Scenes dialog appears. Fields in red are mandatory.
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Fill out the fields where the following is expected: |
- The number the first scene being appended should contain.
- The prefix for each scene we are appending.
- The number of zeroes to pad the scene number.
Example: The number 3 with padding of 4 would be 0003.
- The suffix for each scene you append.
- The number of scenes you want to append.
- The file system list.
- Add a file system that is not in the list.
- Indicate where you want to place the scene in the Scenes list from the Add Scenes. You have the following options :
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At Bottom: Places the new scenes at the bottom of the list. |
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At Top: Places the new scenes at the top of the list. |
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Name Sort: Arranges the new scenes alphabetically. |
How to open a scene in Stage
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Select the Database tab. |
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Select the Database Management tab. |
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Select an environment and then a Job. |
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Select a scene from the Scenes list. |
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Right-click on the scene and select Open in Stage. |