Creating a Pencil Texture Palette

Creating a pencil texture palette allows you to manage your own pencil textures as you wish. You can create separate pencil texture palettes for different characters, props and backgrounds as needed, and share them among the people collaborating on your project like you would with colour palettes.

Creating a pencil texture palette is as simple as creating a colour palette. When creating a palette, you have the option to create it as a colour or a pencil texture palette.

NOTE

If you are using Harmony Server, make sure you have the rights to modify the palette list by doing one of the following:

  • From the top menu, open the Edit menu and ensure the Edit Palette List Mode option is checked
  • Right-click on the palette list and select Get Rights to Modify Palette List.
  • From the Colour view menu , select Palettes > Get Rights to Modify Palette List
  1. In the Colour view, click on the Show Pencil Texture Palettes button to display your pencil texture palettes.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • In the Colour View, click the New Palette button over the palette list.
  • From the Colour view menu, select Palettes > New

The Create Palette dialog box opens.

  1. In the Create Palette dialog, enter the new palette's name. Make sure your palette name contains information to be easy to identify, such as the name of the character and information about the type of setting for this palette, if any.

  1. In the Palette Type drop-down, select Pencil Texture.
  1. Click OK.

The palette appears in the drawing element’s palette list.

  1. In the Colour view, click on the Show Pencil Texture Palettes button to display your pencil texture palettes.
  1. If you want to add the palette to an element's palette list, select a drawing from the element for which you want to create a palette in the Timeline, Xsheet or Camera view.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • In the Colour View, click the New Palette button over the palette list.
  • From the Colour view menu, select Palettes > New

The Palette Browser dialog box opens.

  1. In the Palette Location panel, select the location where you want to store the palette file. If you are using Harmony Server, you can store the palette in any environment, job, scene or element on your database. In Harmony Stand Alone, you can store the palette in the scene, inside one of its element, or inside its provisional job or environment. For more information, see About Palette Storage Locations.
  1. In the New Palette Name field, enter the name for the new palette. The palette list above this field lists the palettes that already exist in the selected location. Make sure you enter a name that is not already used by another palette.
  1. In the Palette Type drop-down, select Pencil Texture.
  1. In the Palette List panel, select whether you want the palette to be added to the Scene Palette List, or to the Element Palette List of the currently selected element. Note that in the latter case, the palette will only be usable by the element. For more information, see About Scene and Element Palette Lists.

  1. Click OK.

The new palette appears in the palette list.