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

Sat Dec 28 00:03:16 CET 2013

Enable H during dragging is awesome ideas. IMO it gives more flexibility.

I rarely use scale either. But let see if this feature can tidying our
noodle :)

Cheers.

Aditia A. Pratama
http://kampoongmonster.com
On Dec 28, 2013 5:14 AM, "David McSween" <3pointedit at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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