[Bf-compositor] [enh] thumbnail previews + node border color

Fri Dec 27 18:38:47 CET 2013

I love the idea of making H work while dragging! 

I don't scale much in the compositor, so I'm not sure about the S key. 

Sean

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On Dec 26, 2013, at 4:37 AM, "Jeroen Bakker" <j.bakker at atmind.nl> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Should it be better to make the 'H' key work during dragging. Currently the H-key cancels the dragging. But enabling this you could start a drag and when you think you would like to have the       folded version press the H-key if the node connects release the drag. Now pressing the H-key would unfold the node and everything is the way you want it.
> 
> We should also check out the S-key to make it work better:
> When a single node (or no node at all) is selected scale from center of mouse pointer with an distance like we have during proportional editing in the 3d view. We could also have this option available during drag.
> 
> Just some thoughts.
> 
> Jeroen.
> 
> On 12/17/2013 01:31 AM, Sean Kennedy wrote:
>> Am I correct in understanding Aditia's post is just requesting that in the preferences, there be a toggle for having nodes collapsed into their smallest view when added?
>> 
>> I do often have the problem of not being able to drag&drop a node where I want it because the wires are too close or the node is too big. Collapsing it solves this. I'm not sure I like the idea of nodes being collapsed upon adding, though. What if there was something else, like, when you drag a node to move it, it auto collapses while you drag it, then reverts to whatever state it was in when you let go of the mouse button? Or maybe a keyboard shortcut for that kind of behavior. I'm sure there's probably already a keyboard shortcut for collapsing the nodes, which would make all this discussion not relevant to my workflow. :)
>> 
>> Regarding tree navigation, wouldn't an ideal solution be a small thumbnail node view? Photoshop and Nuke have similar things that work great. The photoshop one gives you that nice little red box to show you right where you're zoomed in at.
>> 
>> Nuke's (bottom right corner of the node view)
>> http://opticalenquiry.com/nuke/images/4/45/Nuke_interface_2.png
>> 
>> Photoshop's
>> http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/351/273/35127321_640.jpg
>> 
>> Is there a better way you guys can think of for tree navigation?
>> 
>> sean
>> 
>> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:29:39 +1000
>> From: 3pointedit at gmail.com
>> To: bf-compositor at blender.org
>> Subject: Re: [Bf-compositor] [enh] thumbnail previews + node border color
>> 
>> Would this Collapse feature allow you to select a region of nodes to shrink? It wouldn't save space as the nodes don't move closer when collapsed but I guess they are easier to follow.
>> 
>> Is there a benefit to a feature like Auto-condense upon auto-collapse?  That is to keep the relative space between nodes constant when they are smaller.
>> 
>> On 16 Dec 2013 03:25, "Jeroen Bakker" <j.bakker at atmind.nl> wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>> 
>> We should discuss the "auto collapse node feature". It sounds like a workaround for a bigger subject: Tree navigation.
>> Can someone put it on the wiki?
>> 
>> Greetings, 
>> Jeroen.
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/13/2013 10:46 PM, Aditia A. Pratama wrote:
>> Hi Jeroen & Monique
>> Thanks a lot for your magic :) Btw, can we have hide node preference (not hide preview) ? IMO it will increase space in editor, also avoiding miss attaching node.
>> So,the workaround when we add a new node, it will be in hide mode. We can navigate it more easily and attach it to any noodle. After that we can expand it or use property panel to adjust the node.
>> Thanks and Cheers.
>> Aditia A. Pratama
>> http://kampoongmonster.com
>> On Dec 13, 2013 7:51 AM, "David McSween" <3pointedit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wow, this development group has already born some fruit for the holidays! Thanks to everyone for clear and insightful design and special thanks to devs for fitting the code into their schedule.
>> 
>> On 10 Dec 2013 05:50, "Jeroen Bakker" <j.bakker at atmind.nl> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> The changes for thumbnail previews and node border colors have been
>> merged with trunk.
>> 
>> In the compositor only the input previews will be visible by default.
>> all others are made invisible. Via the hide/show preview these can still
>> be made visible.
>> 
>> The node colors can be altered in the UserPreferences. We should poke
>> the themes maintainers to update their themes.
>> Also there is a small glitch that need to be updated by them.
>> 
>> Please give us feedback about the usage. So what would be our next priority?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Jeroen & Monique
>>   - At Mind -
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