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

Fri Dec 27 23:14:16 CET 2013

Hmm im often scaling groups of nodes on x axis to tidy them up for
tutorials.
On 28 Dec 2013 03:39, "Sean Kennedy" <mack_dadd2 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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