[Bf-committers] Google Summer of Code Idea

[Timothy Baldridge]

This is why I think some type of internal SQL database would be nice.
It would make keeping track of filenames way easier. Like what happens
if you try to create a proxy of a proxy?

Timothy

On 3/12/07, Alexander Ewering <blender at instinctive.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Timothy Baldridge wrote:
>
> > I think he's talking of something like Apple FCP can do. Basically you
> > have a large project on a workstation (let's say 1080p HD res), then
> > you create an offline 320x240 version. This version is about 1/25th
> > the original size. Copy this project to the laptop and you can edit on
> > the road. When you get back to the office, simply open the more recent
> > project on the workstation, relink it to the HD footage, and render
> > the project out.
> >
> > Or better yet, simply edit the video and the lower res in real-time,
> > then use the HD res for rendering the final project.
> >
> > Can't tell you the number of times I've wanted this feature.
>
> OK, well, then Blender would need an automatic way to take all image/movie
> strips in the current scene, re-render them to the same filenames in a
> different directory, or some such, and then re-link the strips to the new
> files... that would be "Create offline version".
> For returning to the "online version", it would just need to re-link the
> strips to the original directory's files...
>
> You can already edit the video at lower-res in real-time by simply lowering
> the sequencer scene's resolution...
>
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