Drawing with Invisible Lines
There are two different ways to draw invisible lines.
Using the Pencil tool, you can draw as strokes only, meaning that the line will be invisible. This can be useful for drawing tones and highlights directly on the character.
The Stroke tool draws invisible lines only. You cannot add thickness to the line, unlike the Close Gap tool that creates a short, straight line between two points. The stroke line will stay exactly where you draw it. This tool can be useful for closing a zone in a particular way or creating some hard shadows or highlight areas.
Sometimes, it may be difficult to see your strokes, especially if your colours are similar to the blue stroke colour. In Harmony, you can display the strokes and washed-out the colours of your drawings so that the invisible lines stand out.
1. | In the Timeline or Xsheet view, select the cell on which you want to draw. |
2. | In the Tools toolbar, select the Pencil tool or press Alt + /. |
3. | From the top menu, select View > Show Strokes or press K. |
4. | In the Tool Properties view, set the Pen Style size to 0. You can also adjust the smoothness. |
5. | In the |
If you forgot to enable the Show Strokes option before drawing, as soon as you draw a first stroke, a Message dialog box opens.
Select the Don’t Show This Message Again option if you do not want the dialog box to notify you about the Show Strokes option.
6. | Click OK. |
7. | You can modify the stroke shape with the Contour Editor tool. |
1. | In the Timeline or Xsheet view, select the cell on which you want to draw. |
2. | In the Tools toolbar from the Paint drop-down menu, select the Stroke tool or press Alt + V. |
3. | From the top menu, select View > Show Strokes or press K. |
4. | In the Tool Properties view, you can adjust the smoothness. |
5. | In the |
If you forgot to enable the Show Strokes option before drawing, as soon as you draw a first stroke, a Message dialog box opens.
Select the Don’t Show This Message Again option if you do not want the dialog box to notify you about the Show Strokes option.
6. | Click OK. |
7. | You can modify the stroke shape with the Contour Editor tool. |