[Bf-compositor] [enh] labels and reorder inputs to help link nodes

[Francesco Paglia]

Hi all,
link nodes is quite an hard task now, especially if we have too many nodes
that requires to zoom out a bit and if we decide to use collapsed node to
maintain the tree more clean.

I'd like to propose to add a sort of labeling solution so once we have to
plug in a noddle we just drag it on the node (without caring on the right
position)  and an easy to read panel can appear with the list of all the
available input so we can choose which one we need.

I made just a quick mockup to shot my idea, hope you will find it
interesting to discuss since in my opinion this solution can incredibly
speed up the workflow without having to zoom in and out every few seconds.

Here the sample:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-maT-WogxB40/UvN0LVE5eRI/AAAAAAAAIAA/z3E51gAxRFc/w1150-h874-no/LABELING.png

always going on the same path would be very efficient to have in the side
panel the complete list of the inputs that can be resorted easily...
Imagine this:

I drag a node in an input of a   "RGB curves" node,
I make an error and instead of plugging the noddle to the "image" input I
put it in the "black level"
it would be a very great addition the ability to simply drag in the "inputs
panel" the linked value to the desired input...

Here a quick visual mockup

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0uWo0AFcuag/UvN7ri2wb3I/AAAAAAAAIA4/SPlyYSkeuFA/w1292-h594-no/resort_inputs.png

Thanks
Francesco


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Francesco Paglia
Vfx and Production Supervisor
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