[Bf-committers] Modernizing Video Sequencer Editor UI

[Paulo José Amaro]

David, would your idea be some kind of Volume Mixer, but without a master
(yet, I hope)?

Like this: http://bit.ly/1j31EtA

It would be better to disable not available strips at the current time, so
the user has better feedback about what strip to change:
http://bit.ly/1j31GSd

And we can go on and to add the left options Mute and Pan:
http://bit.ly/1j31IJS

I think it could help a lot the Meta volume issue. A master volume control
also would be useful. What do you think?


On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:22 PM, David McSween <3pointedit at gmail.com>wrote:

> The addition of audio controls for Meta strip is a 'very' useful addition
> for video (synced) editing. That is, the ability to easily move video with
> related audio (in sync) around the timeline.
>
> Of course this is the suggested process for 'sync' editing in the VSE. But
> it is quite hard to trim the audio, embedded in a meta strip, by animating
> it's volume in relation to the previous shots.
> You must edit a meta strip and when you do you loose all reference to the
> other media and must use markers, this becomes messy very quickly.
>
> This one change is very important for non-animation or mixed media editing
> used in performance or drama work.
>
> However there is a drawback. How would you determine the correct audio to
> apply a volume adjustment to?
> Proposal:
> Can I suggest that the tracks inside, that carry audio strips, be exposed
> as a volume property? That way you could fade the right audio component up
> or down without changing all of them at the same time.
>
> D
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Paulo José Amaro <pauloup at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > David, I'm glad to know you like it. I tried to find a UI mailing list,
> but
> > I had no luck. If there's any place most appropriated to discuss this
> > topic, please let me know.
> >
> > *1 - I agree with you, but the Jump To Cut addon has too much options
> that
> > should be revised before inclusion to avoid cluttering the UI. Still
> then,
> > Multicam should (also) have these options because they relates with the
> > workflow implied by it.
> >
> > *2 - I forgot to include Adjustment Layer, but now you've said, I check
> up
> > and currently it do have Trim options. In my proposal, these options
> should
> > be in the Strip tab and I'll update the proposal soon as I can. Thank you
> > for pointing me about it.
> >
> > 3* - I agree that Pan should be better placed in the Strip tab, but it's
> > not clear yet. I'll wait for more feedback before making this change.
> >
> > If you're talking about the Preview + Sequencer mode that mixes the strip
> > and non strip options in the same panel, I think the Preview options
> should
> > be placed on their own tab. But it certainly deserves further
> > investigation.
> >
> > Best regards!
> > Paulo
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 5:02 AM, David McSween <3pointedit at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Paulo, this looks like a great proposal but I wonder if this is the
> > > right mailing list. Where can the UI team be contacted*?*
> > >
> > > *Quick response though:*
> > > *1- The navigation tools from addon "Jump to Cut", should be VSE
> timeline
> > > generic tools instead of strip specific.*
> > > *2- Adjustment Effect Strips should have Trim options (start/end frames
> > > etc.) as they are not locked to parent strip length.*
> > > *3- Audio strips have more than one function (volume), Pan at least
> > should
> > > appear with volume. Pitch could stay on the input tab.*
> > >
> > > *Improving user understanding is very important as the VSE is not like
> > > other Non Linear Editors. But I wonder how your tabbed approach fits in
> > the
> > > preview window which also has a properties panel, which provides other
> > non
> > > strip specific functions (like proxy preview resolution, OpenGL etc.).*
> > >
> > > *Cheers*
> > > *D*
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*Paulo José O. Amaro*
*Estudante na UFSJ-MG-Brazil. Blogueiro na CasaTwain.com*
*Freelancer* em artes gráficas, edição de vídeo, modelagem 3D, interfaces
web, CSS3, HTML5, Javascript, Wordpress e padrões web.