About Preferences
An important feature of Toon Boom Harmony is the Preferences dialog box. From here you can customize your interface, tool behaviour and shortcuts. Throughout this guide, you are often required to go to the Preferences dialog box to set parameters and options.
NOTE: To learn about the different preferences available, refer to the Preferences Guide.
When working with Harmony Stand Alone, your custom preferences are stored in:
- Windows:
- Toon Boom HarmonyPremium: C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Toon Boom Animation\Toon Boom Harmony Premium \full-1400-pref
- Toon Boom HarmonyAdvanced: C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Toon Boom Animation\Toon Boom Harmony Advanced\full-1400-pref
- Toon Boom HarmonyEssentials: C:\Users[\user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Toon Boom Animation\Toon Boom Harmony Essentials\full-1400-pref
- Mac OS X:
- Toon Boom Harmony Premium: /Users/[user_name]/Library/Preferences/Toon Boom Animation/Toon Boom Harmony Premium/full-1400-pref
- Toon Boom Harmony Advanced: /Users/[user_name]/Library/Preferences/Toon Boom Animation/Toon Boom Harmony Advanced/full-1400-pref
- Toon Boom Harmony Essentials: /Users/[user_name]/Library/Preferences/Toon Boom Animation/Toon Boom Harmony Essentials/full-1400-pref
On Mac OS X, the Library folder is a hidden folder. To display the display the folder, told down the Alt key.
- Linux:
- /home/[user_name]/Toon Boom Animation/Toon Boom Harmony Premium/full-1400-pref/
- /home/[user_name]/Toon Boom Animation/Toon Boom Harmony Advanced/full-1400-pref/
When working with Harmony Server, your custom preferences are stored in:
- User: [Server_Name] > USA_DB > users > [user_name] > stage > full-1400-pref
How to open the Preferences dialog box
- Do one of the following:
- Windows/Linux: From the top menu, select Edit > Preferences.
- Mac OS X: Select Harmony > Preferences.
- Press Ctrl + U (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + U (Mac OS X).