Is there any way I can change the background color of the program?

[christineavatar]

I am trying to change the program background color to a paler shade. How can I do that?

[alank99101739]

Do you mean in the UI or in a scene? In a scene you can fill a rectangle in a paint program then load that image as a puppet, scale it to cover the screen, and put it behind character. Nit sure what the latest UI supports.

[christineavatar]

Thanks AlanK. I am seeking to shift the user interface. Some of my characters are dark skined and I have trouble seeing their various 'parts'.

[alank99101739]

Oh, I see. So its in the rigging panel for your artwork? In the bottom right corner in the central puppet panel (where the artwork is shown), next to the percentage value, is a little square. You can click this to toggle between black/white/checkerboard background colors. I think that will do what you need.

Another hack is to add a new colored (e.g. white) rectangle to your artwork behind everything else the same size (or smaller) as the bounding box of your your existing artwork, then make the layer independent and hide it when done. If you make the rectangle larger than the existing artwork it can mess up the origin position, but if a little smaller or the same size it should not move anything. If you make it independent it should not mess up any warping and you can just un hide it when rigging, then hide it when done.

But I think the above button is best and will hopefully satisfy your needs.

A bit of a hack, but if 

[christineavatar]

This is the problem I am dealing with. I need to have the background a lighter shade so that I can see what I have. There must be a way to change the backgrounds so that I can see.

[alank99101739]

Ah, on the control panel. No idea sorry... (and not near a computer at moment)... but you can use your own images for those buttons. I remember okay samauri describing it once in a video. I think it was something like you sneak in additional hidden layers into the artwork with whatever drawing you want (e.g. hand on solid white square so visible, or a lighter version of the existing artwork) then you could tell ch to use the image you select as the button label. But hide it in the puppet so not visible when using the puppet. Allows you to use any icon you like (e.g. put "L" onto left eyebrow to clarify which is the left vs right as they look similar).

[christineavatar]

Thanks so much. I'll check out Okay Samauri on YouTube to see what instruction he offers. If Adobe had a suggestion box, I'd like to add a varied background color into it.

[alank99101739]

There is a feedback button in CH - top right corner I think? It used to be in the forums too, but inside the app I think is the easiest way now.