The Contour Editor lets you reshape vector shapes, brush strokes and lines in your drawings.
Artwork in Harmony is made of vector shapes. Vector shapes are defined by points, the lines joining the points together (contours) and the curve vectors, represented by Bezier handles, which make the curve of said lines.
The Contour Editor tool allows you to select a contour or point, and change the position of points, add and remove points from the shape, rotate, lengthen and shorten curve handles to influence the curve of contours between those points, or drag contours between points to change their curve directly.
How to access the Contour Editor tool properties
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Contour Editor
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The tool's properties are displayed in the Tool Properties view.
Tool Modes
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Selection Mode |
Allows you to choose the method to visually select multiple elements:
TIP You can press and hold the Alt key to temporarily use the other selection mode.
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Snap to Contour |
Snaps your selection or point to any line you position it on. As soon as you move it close enough to another line, your point or selection will snap to it.
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Snap and Align |
Snaps the selected anchor point to any existing line while displaying temporary rulers as a guide that you can also snap your anchor point to.
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Show Contour Editor Controls |
When enabled, selecting several control points will make a manipulator bounding box appear. You can use this manipulator to scale and rotate the selection of points.
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Marquee: Allows you to select multiple elements by drawing a rectangle around them. This is faster, as you only need to drag your mouse from one corner of the rectangle to its opposite corner, but it may not be as precise as you want.
Operations
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Smooth Selection |
The Smooth operation lets you smooth out selected drawing strokes and remove extra points.
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You can also smooth the selection by selecting Drawing
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