[Bf-funboard] Warning when auto keyframe active

[Matjaz Lamut]

Hello,

The most elegant solution would be to colour the frame cursor when
recording is enabled.

- It's the one UI element that appears in all time-related editors.
- It's also a prominent (visible) UI element in said editors.
- Frame cursor tells from the start that the colour change has to do
something with animation even for unfamiliar users (rather than possibly
giving the false impression of an error in an editor with a red line around)
- The rest of the interface can stay nice, calm grey (or whichever colour
one is using)
- Very simple :)

See screenshots for the proposal.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1482587/Blender%20UI/BlenderRecordOff.png
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1482587/Blender%20UI/BlenderRecordOn.png


Regards,
Matjaž Lamut





On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:11 PM, <lemo_net at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> I agree. I got a lot of trouble with animators letting auto key on.
> A red time line could be cool.
> Bertrand
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bassam Kurdali <bassam at urchn.org>
> Sender: bf-funboard-bounces at blender.org
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:06:24
> To: <bf-funboard at blender.org>
> Reply-To: bassam at urchn.org, bf-funboard at blender.org
> Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Warning when auto keyframe active
>
> fwiw this comes up when working on group projects; jumping into a file
> where someone has left autokeying on, and getting surprised by it.
>  a red border around the viewport doesn't seem like a terrible solution
> - even a thin, non annoying one would be noticable. And it fits with
> e.g. changing the border around the camera when we have locked camera to
> view.
>
> So I think this is a reasonable suggestion. with colored border around
> the viewport seeming like a best option.
> or... we could modify dr. epilepsy(1) to turn on when autokey is
> depressed.
>
> (1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WGQ6_T6HRA
> On Mon, 2012-09-17 at 18:19 +0200, Bol Bib wrote:
> > I second this request,would be very useful to have some kind of (color?)
> indicator,prefarably in  or around  the viewport,since the timeline is not
> always around.
> >
> > -some ways: border around viewport
> > -blinking record button (might be too intrusive tho)
> > -other..?
> >
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:37:13 +0200
> > > From: pietro.grandi.3d at gmail.com
> > > To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> > > Subject: [Bf-funboard] Warning when auto keyframe active
> > >
> > > Hi there,
> > > this is my first post. I'm Pietro Grandi, italian 3D artist and happy
> > > blender user!
> > >
> > > I wish to suggest a feature: sometimes I forget the "auto keyframe"
> toggle
> > > on and I continue with my work... the result is that I come with lot of
> > > keyframes that I have to remove manually. Could we have a warning,
> like a
> > > red bar or something like this?
> > > I mean something similar to 3D Studio max, where in 'auto keyframe
> mode'
> > > you can see lot of red everywhere.
> > >
> > > This can sound stupid, maybe, but I think that could be useful.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Pietro
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