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Tools Toolbar

The Tools toolbar contains all the main tools you need to work in Harmony. In the default workspace, this toolbar located on the left-most side of the interface. A small triangle at the lower-right corner of a tool indicates additional tools under the main tool. To access these tools, hold down the left mouse button until the additional tools appear, then select one.

You can display the Tools toolbar horizontally if you find it more efficient for your workflow. Be sure to restart Harmony in order to see the new position of the Tools toolbar.

Tool Name	Icon	Description
Select		Lets you select elements from the Camera and Drawing views.
Cutter		Lets you cut a drawing area to move, copy, cut or delete it.
Reposition All Drawings		Lets you reposition, scale, rotate or skew all drawing strokes on every drawing included in a layer.
Contour Editor		Lets you add, remove or modify points on a vector line and control them.
Pencil Editor		Lets you modify the thick and thin contours of a pencil line.
Smooth Editor		Lets you optimize contours and reduce the number of points on a line.
Perspective		Lets you deform a drawing selection and alter its perspective.
Envelope		Lets you deform and warp part of a drawing using a grid envelope and Bezier handles.
Edit Gradient/Texture		Lets you modify the position of a gradient or texture colour within a specific zone.
Brush		A pressure-sensitive tool for creating a contour shape with a thick and thin line effect, as if created with a paint brush.
Pencil		A pressure-sensitive tool for drawing the final images, such as character nodes, cut-out puppet and clean animation. Creates a central vector shape.
Text		Lets you type text in your project using various fonts and text attributes.
Eraser		A pressure-sensitive tool for precisely erasing parts of a drawing.
Paint		Lets you paint both empty and filled zones.
Ink		Lets you paint only the segment you clicked on between two intersections to be painted.
Paint Unpainted		Lets you paint only empty zones. Lines and filled zones remain unchanged.
Repaint		Lets you paint zones except empty zones. Any zone that is not painted remains intact.
Unpaint		Lets you unpaint empty and filled zones.
Stroke		Lets you draw stokes, connect line ends and flatten lines.
Close Gap		Lets you close small gaps in a drawing by creating small, invisible strokes between the two closest points.
Line		Lets you draw straight lines which you can then edit.
Rectangle		Lets you draw rectangles which you can then edit.
Ellipse		Lets you draw ellipses which you can then edit.
Polyline		Lets you draw polylines lines which you can then edit.
Dropper		Lets you pick a colour directly from a drawing.
Drawing Pivot		Lets you set pivots on a characters, drawings and symbols.
Morphing		Lets you control a morphing sequence by placing different types of hints to help Harmony morph the animation the way you want it.
Hand		Lets you pan the Drawing or Camera view.
Zoom		Lets you zoom in and out of the Drawing or Camera view.
Rotate View		Lets you rotate the Drawing or Camera view just like with a real animation disc. Can also be used in Perspective view.
Animate Mode		Automatically creates a keyframe on the drawing layer. Used to animate layers over time.
Transform		Lets you create a global selection so you can reposition, scale, rotate and skew as one unit, which is useful for cut-out characters.
Inverse Kinematics		Lets you pull on a character's extremities, such as the hands and feet, and have the rest of the body follow. Can be used on any piece connected in a hierarchy.
Onion Skin		Displays the previous and next frames of an animation. Useful when animating cut-out characters.

The content reflects the features found in the latest Harmony 14 release. To download the latest upgrade, go to https://www.toonboom.com/my-downloads

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