- Modules
- Drawing with Harmony Essentials
- Painting Drawings
Painting Drawings
T-HFND-004-011
The main tool you will use to paint your drawings with is the Paint tool. The Paint tool can be used in several different modes, which can be customized in the Tool Properties view.
The Paint tool paints closed zones, including brush strokes and pencil lines. If there are gaps in the lines defining a zone, you must close them using the Brush, Pencil, or Close Gap tools or the Automatic Close Gap option.
How to paint drawings
- In the Timeline or Xsheet view, select the cell on which you want to paint.
- Do one of the following:
- In the Tools toolbar, click the Paint tool.
- Press Alt + I.
In the Tool Properties view or Tools toolbar, you can select additional painting modes.
- The Paint mode paints everything it touches, including empty and filled zones.
- The Paint Unpainted mode paints only empty zones. Any line or filled zone will remain unchanged.
- The Unpaint mode unpaints everything it touches, including empty and filled zones.
- In the Colour view, select a colour.
- In the Drawing
or Camera view, start painting. Click on a zone or pencil line to paint it, or trace a lasso or marquee selection to paint several zones or pencil lines at the same time.
NOTE: The last colour you select while using the Paint tool will be used the next time you select the Paint tool if you're using the unlocked painting tools in the Colour view.
Authors
Marie-Eve Chartrand
Christopher Diaz
chrisdiazart.com
Time Estimated 10 mins
Difficulty Level Beginner
Topics List
- Drawing with the Brush or Pencil Tool
- About the Tool Properties View
- About the Brush Tool
- Drawing with the Brush Tool
- Drawing with the Pencil Tool
- About the Select Tool
- Selecting
- About Shape Tools
- Drawing with the Rectangle, Ellipse, and Line Tools
- About the Cutter Tool
- Cutting Artwork
- About the Contour Editor Tool
- Reshaping a Drawing with the Contour Editor Tool
- About the Centerline Editor
- Reshaping Brush Strokes
- About the Eraser Tool
- Erasing
- Modifying the Eraser Settings
- Painting Drawings
- About the Stroke Tool
- Drawing with the Stroke Tool
- Closing Gaps
- About the Edit Gradient and Texture Tool
- Using the Edit Gradient and Texture Tool
- Activity 1: Basic Drawing