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Colorways in Lotta

Myrna Ailabouni
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Viewing the Colorways Workspace

Now you access the various colorways features using the Colorways workspace.

To view the Colorways workspace:

  1. On the Main toolbar, click the workspace selector (on the far left side of the toolbar). It may display Home or the name of another workspace that you are currently using.

    Lotta.pngHome workspace

    Animation.pngAnimation workspace

    Colorways.pngColorways workspace

    FAH.pngFold & Hang workspace

    A menu is displayed.

    home2021.1L.png

  2. Click Colorways. The Colorways workspace is displayed.

    cwspace.png

The Colorways workspace consists of the following:

Resources Tab

The Resources tab displays two further tabs:

  • Colors (displayed by default)

    res-tab-2.png

    This tab is detailed in the following table.

    Label

    Description

    1

    Colors in Use

    Display of colors in use. When you hover over a color, the thumbnail of materials that use that color displays with a red and yellow icon.

    color.png

    2

    Colorway Selector

    Click the drop-down and click a colorway to display the personal palette for the selected colorway.

    3

    Personal Palette

    Gives you quick access to commonly used colors. Click add.png to display a pop-up thumbnail of the selected color. Drag it to a space on the palette. Alternatively, drag a color from the available colors to the personal palette. When you select a color, you can click any of the colors displayed in the personal palette.

    4

    Color Library Selector

    Click the drop-down to display the available color libraries.

    5

    • search2.pngSearch

      Type in the color you want to search for.

      Note: Depending on the width of the tab, the search box may or may not display. If it is not displayed, click search2.png to display the search box.

    • list-view.pngList View button

      Click to display List View

    • grid-view.pngGrid View button

      Click to display Grid View

    6

    Display of all colors. If you click on a color, in the Colorways display, materials using the selected color are highlighted in blue.

  • Asset Libraries

    For more information, refer to Asset Libraries.

Colorways Toolbar

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The Colorways toolbar displays the following tools:

  • Clone - Click to clone a colorway.

  • Import - Click to import a colorway.

  • Delete - Click to delete a colorway. Delete is disabled if there is only one colorway.

  • Search - Type in the search box to search for materials.

  • Filter - Click the drop-down, then click the materials filter you want. The selected filter determines what materials are displayed.

  • thumbnail2.png - Click to select the size of the thumbnail image to display.

  • Grid View - Click to toggle between a grid view of the preview images (only) and the regular view. The selected colorway is displayed with a blue border.

    • The grid view displays only the colorways thumbnails.

    • Change the order by dragging a thumbnail. This order is maintained if you switch to the regular view.

    • Resize the thumbnails by dragging the slider at the top of the view.

  • 3D Window - Click to toggle between displaying the 3D window or hiding it.

  • 2D Window - Click to toggle between displaying the 2D window or hiding it.

  • hamburger-menu.png - Click to display a menu, then click on the option you want:

    • Deselect All Materials

    • Delete All Unused Materials

    • Reset View

Colorways Display

Each colorway is displayed in a row, with a column for:

  • Colors in use

  • Fabrics

  • Seams

  • Artwork

  • Trims

  • Preview

display.png

Tip

  • Resize the column widths by dragging the column borders.

  • Change the order of the columns by dragging any column to its new location.

  • Change the order of the rows by dragging the handle on the left of the colorway.

  • Change the size of the material thumbnail images by clicking thumbnail2.png on the Colorways toolbar, then clicking the size you want.

  • Hide one or more columns by right-clicking a column header, and selecting which columns you want to hide. Repeat the process to display the column.

  • Select multiple materials by pressing Ctrl (Mac: Command) and clicking.

Preview

The Preview column displays the latest snapshot of the colorway. If no snapshot is available, a grid of some of the colors in use is displayed.

At the top of the Preview column:

  1. Click Refresh to generate snapshot images.

    refresh.png

  2. Drag the slider to change the size of the preview images.

Note

If an adjustment is made to the garment file, the application automatically recognizes that the existing snapshot needs to be updated. In such a case:

  • warning-icon-4.png is displayed on the snapshot; and

  • refresh-y.png is displayed

    snapshot-warning.png

    To remove the warning icon, click on it to generate a snapshot.

Context View

When you select a material in the Colorways workspace, the Context view displays the following sections:

  • Actions

  • Copy/Paste Special

Note

The actual options displayed in the sections change according to the material selected in the Colorways display. For example, if fabric is selected, the options are different from when artwork is selected.

contxt-view.png
contxt-view-3.png
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The following table describes the available Context view options.

Option

Description

Assign to All Colorways

Adds the selected material to all colorways, and assigns it according to how the source material is assigned.

For example, assume fabric A is assigned to sleeve pattern pieces. If fabric A is assigned to all colorways, the fabric is added to all colorways, and is assigned to the sleeve pattern pieces.

Note: If this action is done for a material which is not assigned to any pattern piece, the material is simply added to the colorway.

Link Materials/Unlink Materials

Note: Displays only for artwork or piece assignable trims

  • Click a material (or multiple materials), then click Link Materials to create the link.

  • Click a material (or multiple materials) that are linked, then click Unlink Materials to remove the link.

For more information, refer to Linking in Colorways.

Select Linked

Note: Displays only for artwork or piece assignable trims

Click a material (or multiple materials) that are linked. Each such material that is linked is highlighted in blue.

For more information, refer to Linking in Colorways.

Edit Color

To replace the diffuse color of a material:

  1. Click the thumbnail. The color picker is displayed.

  2. Click the color you want to use, then click outside the color picker.

Note: This option is disabled for complex materials such as smart buttons and zippers and multilayered materials.

Edit Material

Click edit-shadow.png to edit the selected material.

For more information, refer to:

Copy Material

Click a material, then click Copy Material to copy the material properties to memory. You may then paste the material properties, or parts of them, to another material.

contxt-view-2.png

To paste the material properties:

  1. Click the material you want to paste to.

  2. In the Context view, click one of the following:

    • Paste Material - Paste all the properties

    • Colors Only - Paste only the colors

    • Textures Only - Paste only the textures

    • Physics Only - Paste only the physical properties

When you use this feature, whatever you paste overwrites the original material property.

Note

The Colorways dialog box is also available. For more information, refer to Colorways Dialog Box.

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