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- About the Contour Editor Tool
About the Contour Editor Tool
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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.
Since pencil lines are defined by a single line with a line width, you can use the Contour Editor to easily modify the shape of pencil lines. In contrast, brush strokes are full vector shapes, so the Contour Editor can be used to modify their shape.
The Contour Editor can be used to tweak vector artwork in all sorts of ways. It can be used to perfect a pencil line, correct shapes, or create complex shapes out of a basic ellipse or rectangle.
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
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