[Bf-funboard] Re: Flash, Layers & Max (Thorsten Wilms)

[Karim Nassar]

> Funny, the layer manager and track view from 3dsmax 6 (demo) was what inspired me 
> to think about combining timeline and layer management. What of course reminded 
> me of Flash.
> I alreday have a bunch of screenshots from 3dsmax. I might put up a page with those 
> and some descriptions of how it works.
> 
> Oh and while I previously was all for keeping the button array, I now changed 
> my mind. It doesn't work that good on closer examination.

Well, keep in mind that not everybody is going to be using the timeline 
all the time. Even in Flash, it's not as much a given these days (I use 
Flash for rapid prototyping of programs, not animation, so my Flash 
"movies" rarely have more than a few frames). I may use blender for many 
hours for modeling and only worry about animation (timeline) when the 
model is done.

In other words, it may not be the best use of screen real-estate to have 
Layer/Object Management and the Timeline inexorably linked. Since 
Blender already has the feature to open and manage multiple window 
frames, I'd think it's better not to link things that don't have to be 
linked.

--Karim