Digital Video | Toonz 5.2 Harlequin

Toonz 5.2 Harlequin New Features

Multiple PROJECTROOTs
It is possible to define and use more than one PROJECTROOT.

Automatic Current Project Switch
Automatically change the current project when loading a scene belonging to a different project.

Scene Importing
It is possible to import one or more scenes from an external project to the current one without loading them.

Assets Collecting
It is possible to import all the material of a scene in the related project, transforming absolute path in relative paths.

Freehand and Polyline Selection
Freehand allows you to select the area you outline by clicking and dragging; Polyline to select the area you outline by defining a series of lines.

Selection Tool Shift Key Movement Constraint
If you press the Shift key while dragging the selection, the movement will be constrained on the horizontal or vertical direction.

Strokes Grouping
Drawing strokes can be grouped to better manage lines and areas, and their layering order.

Strokes Layering
Layering order for strokes and stroke groups can be managed to set lines and areas that lie on top or stay behind.

Freehand and Polyline Eraser
Freehand and Polyline options available for the Eraser tool.

Freehand and Polyline Pick RGB
Freehand and Polyline options available for the Pick RGB tool.

Break Sharp Angles Option for Brush Tool
Automatically breaks the drawn vector into sections if very sharp angles are drawn, thus creating drawn shapes that are simpler and easier to fill.

Auto Group Option for the Geometric Tool
It automatically defines any drawn closed geometric shape as a group, thus creating a separate layer.

Global Frame Controls
Scene timing can be adjusted by inserting or deleting global frames in the xsheet.

Global Key Controls
Animation involving several columns can be controlled at once by inserting or deleting global keys.

Level Replacing
An animation level exposed in the xsheet can be easily replaced by another animation level, preserving any editing performed in the sequence of column cells.

Sub-xsheet Cloning
A new sub-xsheet can be created from a given in a new column, with the same content.

Global Key Option for the Edit Tool
It allows you to set keyframes for all the edited object transformations (scale, rotation, position, etc.) at once.

Global Key Option for the Skeleton Tool
It allows you to set keyframes for all the edited object transformations (scale, rotation, position, etc.) at once.

Improved Skeleton Visualization
The Skeleton visualization is neater and less intrusive.

Improved Inverse Kinematics for the Skeleton Tool
It is possible to fix several sections of the puppet skeleton when animating it with inverse kinematics.

Snap Option for Hook Tool
It allows you to place hooks exactly at the center of closed shapes, or in the same position of hooks defined for other animation levels.

Audio Files Available in the Scene Cast
Loaded audio files are available in the audio folder of the scene cast; it is also possible to open the Level Settings dialog and retrieve or modify the file path.

Improved Viewer and Flipbook
The Frames slider, the FPS slider, and the RGBM buttons have been added in the Viewer and in the Flipbook.

Outline FX
Available in the TLV folder, it allows you to change the thickness of the external lines of the TLV levels.

Sharpen FX
Available in the Images Adjust folder, it allows you to add sharpness to drawings and images.

Tile FX
Available in the Background folder, it allows you to tile textures, images and backgrounds.

Pattern option in Texture and Pinned Textures FXs
It turns the texture to a pattern that preserves the original source image colors but varies them according to texture brightness.

FXs Overlaying Mode
Add, Color Burn, Color Dodge, Darken, Lighten, Multiply, Screen, Subtract, Glow FXs affect all underlaying columns, unless a single column is specified.

Saving for Previewed Frames
The previewed frames can be saved according to the name, location and format set in the Output Settings dialog.

Shrink Value for Rendering
It is possible to render the scene using a shrink factor both in the Output Settings and in the Add to batch Render List popup.

Toonz File Converter.
An offline tool allows the conversion of PLI and TLV Toonz files into other image file formats (e.g. TIF, PNG, TGA, etc.).

Bug Fixing and Improvements
Several bug fixings and improvements implemented.