What is the difference between the Harmony Editions?

To offer more accessibility to our customers and their needs, Harmony is offered in three editions. Each edition offers a different level of complexity and features, and therefore are also priced differently. This article will outline the differences between the three editions.

What are the Harmony Editions?

The three Harmony editions that are available are as follows (click on a logo for the official product page):

Harmony Premium

The industry standard that has all of the available features. Ideal for productions that have complex needs and pipelines, but can be used for any project.

Harmony Advanced

Has many of the available features, but is missing more complex rigging, compositing and exporting options. Suitable for smaller productions that have fewer technical needs and simpler animation.

Harmony Essentials

Has the fewest amount of available features. Recommended for hobbyists and individuals who create their own content.

What features are available for each edition?

The following table provides a simplified look at what features are available in each edition. Certain basic features are not mentioned as all editions have them. Words/symbols are used to show what level of the feature is included:

All = Has all features in the category
Some = Has some of the features in the category (Anywhere between 20% - 80%)
✘ = Has none of the features in the category

Click on the corresponding links to see specifics about the edition’s features.

Features:	Essentials	Advanced	Premium
Camera Resolution	Up to 2K	Up to 4K	8K+
Harmony Database	✘	All	All
Ember	All	All	All
Drawing tools	Some	All	All
Vector layers	Some	All	All
Bitmap layers	✘	All	All
Art Layers (Overlay, Line, Colour, Underlay)	✘	All	All
Ink & Paint	Some	All	All
Onion Skin	Some	All	All
Advanced Onion Skin	✘	All	All
Shift & Trace	✘	All	All
Morphing	✘	All	All
Breakdown Assistant view	✘	✘	All
Perspective view	✘	All	All
Camera Movement	Some	Some	All
Multiplane/Z-depth	All	All	All
Effects	Some	Some	All
Particles	✘	✘	All
Node view	✘	✘	All
Node Library view	✘	✘	All
Deformers	Some	Some	All
Master Controllers	✘	✘	All
Constraints	✘	✘	All
Inverse Kinematics	✘	✘	All
3D Rotation	✘	✘	All
3D Model import	✘	✘	All
3D Model manipulation	✘	✘	All
3D Batch render	✘	✘	All
Deep Image Compositing support	✘	✘	All
Game Asset Creation and Export	✘	✘	All
Scripting (QT Script)	All	All	All
Scripting (Python)	✘	All	All