Toon Boom Harmony 21.0.3 Release Notes

This version of Harmony does not natively support the new Apple silicon processors (M1 and later). On systems using these new processors, this version of Harmony runs through Apple’s Rosetta 2. This may cause compatibility issues when running on the new ARM-based macOS systems. For full compatibility with the new Apple silicon systems, use Harmony 21.1.

NOTE The Python plugin, which allows Python 2.7 scripts to be run from Harmony, no longer loads by default on macOS Big Sur and Monterey. You can force the Python plugin to load by enabling the FORCE_LOAD_PYTHON_SCRIPT hidden preference.

Here is the list of changes and fixes in Harmony 21.0.3, build 18334 (2022-04-14).

Fixes and Changes

General

  • Kinematic Output nodes do not work when there is an auto-fold, auto-muscle or fold node in the chain. HAR-7935

  • Onion skins don't work with deformers. HAR-7856

  • IK Tool does not work properly. HAR-7968

  • Influence regions on deformers cannot be modified. HAR-7879

  • Loading a keyboard shortcut set makes default shortcuts stop working. HAR-7865

  • The Remove Unused Palettes dialog lists palettes that are used in the scene and allows deleting them. HAR-7889

  • Scene locks are not always released when closing Harmony. HAR-8092

  • Shift+B to navigate down the hierarchy is blocked by Transformation-Switch nodes. HAR-7886

  • Pencil textures disappear in OpenGL when modifying a colour pot. HAR-8204

Camera View

  • The last segment of an envelope deformer does not deform properly when rotating using the Show Manipulator option from the Deformation toolbar. HAR-8220

  • Colour-Scale effect is not visible in OpenGL when connected directly under an element node. HAR-7993

  • Colour changes from Colour Override and Colour Selectors are applied to drawings connected to Animated-Matte-Generator nodes in OpenGL renders. HAR-7766

Drawing Tools

  • Strokes are offset when drawing if a constraint type node and an Apply-Peg-Transformation node are used on the drawing element. HAR-8048

  • Textures in brush lines repeat near the stroke’s edges if a pencil line was displayed during the session. HAR-7985

Control Center

  • Importing multiple scenes in the same operation is critically slow. HAR-8020

  • Hard links and symbolic links options do not work when importing scenes if the database is configured using a shortcuts.conf file. Files are copied instead of linked. HAR-8018

Node View

  • Dragging a node cable to the left of an existing group port while holding ALT does not create a new port. HAR-7626

  • Selecting nodes in the Node view using CTRL+A/command+A is critically slow since version 20. HAR-8223

Rendering

  • Random drawings missing in renders when using multiple rendering threads. HAR-8225

  • Poor quality when rendering movies using OpenH264. HAR-7877

  • Weighted Deform nodes sometimes produce incorrect results when rendering in batch. HAR-8139

Scripting

  • Colour modifications done using Color.setColorData are not saved. HAR-8112

Utilities

  • Brush textures are ignored when copying a TVG to an art layer using utransform’s Art Layer options. HAR-7809

  • New keepTexture option available in Pix2vec’s 4 colour vectorization (-4colours) to preserve brush textures. HAR-7918