[Bf-committers] Re: patch to change the step when changing frame with up or down arrow keys.

[Alexander Ewering]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, raphael wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There is a misunderstanding due to my poor English skills.
> With Up and Donw arrow key, user can go to the next/previous 10 frames.
> This "step" is fixed to 10 in blender code ( actually, there are no vars for 
> this).
>
> With this pacht, users can change this value. So, it is not related to audio 
> sync.
>
> Let's take an example: i want to animate a drummer who plays on
> a fixed tempo. If this tempo is equal to 120 bpm, i know that i'll
> probably have to place some keys each 12.5 frames ( frames are "int",
> so , each 12 frames).
>
> At the present time, and for this beat, i have to use up arrow (+10) and 
> 2xleft arrow keys to jump to the next frame.... it's faster if i just
> have to press up arrow one to go 12 frame further. That why i made this
> patch.

Ahhhhh, now I understood you right. :)

Well, of course, this only works if you have BPM values where the
corresponding frame interval is integral... but yes, I would see how it can
be useful.

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