Harmony 17

Creativity meets efficiency

Industry leading production
animation software

Recognised and used by the world’s leading animation studios for 25 years, Harmony levels the playing field with its production animation software by bringing 2D animation and full production capabilities to students, freelancers, artists and professional animators alike.

Benefits

• Showing your creativity on your terms
• Flexibility, functionality and fluidity of the tools allow y
• ou to create with the quality of traditional animation
• All-in-one tool for efficient animation, from drawing to final production
• Save on cost and time
• Work with the digital solution chosen by the leading animation studios setting the standard

NEW Features

Harmony allows you to create artwork, animate, add special effects and sound, composite and do final production all in the same tool! It’s your one-stop-shop for everything animation — the consolidation of 5 tools in 1.

Industry-leading stylus responsiveness

Digital has never felt (or looked) so traditional

• Stabilizer for lines that are smoother than ever
• Stylus pressure responsiveness
• Tilt and angle responsiveness

Stay on-point with new rulers and guides

Drawing accuracy made simple

• New drawing ruler
• 3, 4, 5 point curved perspective guides (curvilinear)
• Isometric perspective guide

Add life to your animation

• Free form deformer
• Pumped up master controller
  • New stackable master controller (Stack Wizard)
  • Show master controllers functionality
  • Nudge functio
  • Customisation including colour, naming, shape
  • Unroll Wizard
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• RGB difference keyer (colour keyer)
• Motion blur

Upgraded performance and efficiency

• Camera view alignment guides
• Frame markers
• Preview cache for high-performance animation
• Exprt to mp4
• Animation preset settings (short-cuts
• Standard Features
   
  • Brush Engine
    Revolutionary vector/bitmap drawing technology with unlimited artistic potential.
  • Palettes and Painting
    Advanced colour palettes provide efficient control over texture and colour on every frame.
  • Traditional Paperless Animation
    Access to a complete toolset for traditional frame-by-frame animation.
  • 2D/3D Integration
    Animate 3D models and their individual parts directly in Harmony Premium for more creative control when integrating 3D elements with 2D characters.
  • Deformers
    Powerful tools to create cut-out animation from rubber hose to hand drawn looks.
  • Cut-Out Animation
    Build simple to advanced rigs with specialized tools. Master controllers save time when animating sophisticated rigs.
  • Effects and Compositing
    Add special effects, camera angles and composite scenes seamlessly. Add volume and lighting effects to characters with automatic tones and highlights that can be animated.
  • Export to Game Engine
    Create 2D animation for your game that is lightweight and compatible with game engines like Unity.
  • Pipeline Integration
    Harmony is designed to integrate with other software in a production pipeline. Import multilayer PSD and PSB files, Illustrator, PDF, bitmaps and audio.