About Toon Boom Harmony

Mac OS X: Displays product, version, licensing and copyright information.

Exit

Windows/Linux: Closes the Control Center window and ends the current session.

Create

Opens a Create Environment dialog box, where you can enter a name for a new environment.

Delete

Lets you delete an environment from the database. You cannot delete an environment unless it is empty; delete all of the environment's scenes and jobs before activating this command.

Change Asset Lock

Enables or disables the automatic Global Lock on the scenes under the selected Environment.

Vectorize Queue

Opens the Vectorize Queue dialog box where you can display the progress and prioritize the drawings that the system is converting to the TVG vector file format.

Create

Opens the Create Job dialog box where you can add a new job to the selected environment.

Your job must have a name that is unique to the animation database (for example, you cannot have two jobs with the same name even if they exist in different environments; they are all in the same database).

Delete

Removes a job from the selected environment. When a job is deleted, its scenes, elements, drawings, palette library, and database information are permanently removed. If you want to archive a job, you should only delete the job after you have used the command to create the archive.

Before you activate this command, verify that the selected jobs are not currently in use.

Change Stage

Opens the Change Stage of Jobs dialog box where you can record the current stage of the environment's jobs in the production process. You can change the job from In Production to Completed, or from Completed back to In Production if you need to perform further work.

Create

Opens the Create Scene dialog box where you can add one or more scenes to the selected job. You can also choose to:

Copy

Opens the Copy Scene dialog box where you can copy a scene's exposure sheet into another scene. You can select a source and destination scene in which to copy the Xsheet data.

Delete

Removes a scene from the database. Before you activate this command, make sure all users are logged out of Toon Boom Harmony and that no files are currently in use.

When a scene is deleted, its exposure sheet, elements, drawings, palette library and database information are permanently removed. If you want to archive a scene, you should only delete the scene after you have used the command to create the archive.

Before you activate this command, verify that the selected scenes are not currently in use.

Move

Opens the Move Scene dialog box where you can move one or more scenes and their associated files to a file location of your choice. The Move Scene command allows you to select one or more scenes and calculate the amount of space you will need at the new location to accommodate the moved scene.

Before you activate this command, make sure all users are logged out of Toon Boom Harmony and that no files are currently in use.

Rename

Opens the Rename Scene dialog box where you can enter a new name for the selected scene. Before you activate this command, verify that no users are using the scene, all users are logged out of Toon Boom Harmony and that no files are currently in use.

Force Unlock

Unlocks a scene was locked in Stage. Generally, a scene unlocks when it is closed by a user. However, if a computer crashes while a scene is locked and in use, a scene may remained locked even if it is not open.

An unlock confirmation message appears detailing the consequences of using this option.

If you activated this command for more than one scene, you will be prompted for confirmation to unlock each scene separately.

Force Unlock Version

Unlocks a version of a scene that has been locked by Stage. Generally, a scene unlocks when it is closed by a user, however if a computer crashes while a scene is locked and in use, a scene may remained locked even if it is not open.

An unlock confirmation message appears detailing the consequences of using this option.

If you activated this command for more than one scene, you will be prompted for confirmation to unlock each scene separately.

Force Checkin

Checks in a scene that was checked out, but not checked back in.

Use this command only in extreme cases. Otherwise, two versions of the same scene will be in use, which will cause conflicts.

Checkin

Checks in a scene that you checked out.

Checks out a scene. If a scene is already checked out, it is available as read-only and you cannot make any changes to it.

Change Priority

Opens the Choose New Priority dialog box where you can set the priority of the rendering and vectorizing tasks for one or more scenes. The priority is set using a sliding scale where 0 is the highest priority and 10 is the lowest.

Activating this command affects all subsequent scenes you create. You can change the priority of a scene already sent to the batch processing queue by using the Change Priority button in the queue.

Change Stage

Opens the Change Scene Stage dialog box where you can record the current stage of progress in a scene in an environment or a production.

This command is inactive if the scene's approval policy has been set to Manual in the Change Approval Policy dialog box.

Reorder

Opens the Reorder Scenes dialog box where you can change the sequence of the scenes in a job.

Clear

Deletes a scene's exposure sheet. Only exposure sheet files are deleted from the database, not image files.

A delete confirmation message appears, detailing the consequences of using this option and requests that you contact your Technical Director if you are unclear about this procedure.

Before you activate this command, make sure that all users are logged out of Toon Boom Harmony and that no files are currently in use.

Send to Vectorize

Converts the Send to Vectorize command to convert the selected drawings to the TVG vector file format.

Send to Unvectorize

Opens the Send Scenes to Unvectorize dialog box where you can convert a scene's vector drawings into bitmap drawings.

Send to Unvectorize

Opens the Send Elements to Unvectorize dialog box and converts an element's vector drawings into bitmap drawings.

Send to Unvectorize

Opens the Send Drawings to Unvectorize dialog box and converts selected vector drawings into bitmap drawings.

Users

Opens the User List dialog box where you can display all valid Toon Boom Harmony users in the network. You can add, delete, or modify users in this list.

Change Approval Policy

Opens the Change Approval Policy dialog box where you can select a manual or automatic approval of the production status at each stage of each scene.

Vectorize Style

Opens the Vectorization Styles dialog where you can select the vectorization style you want to apply to drawings before sending them to the vectorization queue.

Export

Opens the Export Scenes dialog box where you can transfer copied data from the database to a different directory.

You can also export scenes to Stage (offline version) by selecting Export Offline.

Import

Opens the Import Scenes dialog box where you can transfer copied data from another directory into the database.

Lock When Opening Scene

No Lock, Scene Lock, Version Lock, Asset Lock options

Database Lock Manager

Help

Lets you view the Control Center integrated help system.

Customer Improvement Experience Program

The Customer Experience Improvement Program allows Toon Boom to collect usage information. The data does not contain any personally identifiable information and cannot be used to identify you. The data will consist of a basic hardware description, a project summary and usage information. The information is used only for software improvement purposes, as well as for sharing with third parties for the same reason.

This program is enabled by default but is voluntary. If you prefer not to participate, you can opt out when you first launch the software, by using a global preference, or by a command line argument.