[Bf-funboard] Feature request: customizable VSE strip labels/captions (or at least more logically arranged)

[David McSween]

I gather that the open movies use a structured path to indicate scene/
shot/ version etc. So that they probably don't need an alternate naming
convention per strip. But smaller projects require adhoc tracking
especially when sourcing media from novel or unusual locations. If you are
getting media from a LAN or WAN then you could be in a world of path hurt,
with path-ception burying the asset name from view.

I also imagine that we are talking about adding another asset 'variable',
hanging the API? Anyway perhaps this could be leveraged to link strips
together (as met strips have their drawbacks. It would be nice to select
based on this altered name. This would mean that you might be able to group
strips via naming convention?

This small but important work flow change (writing names) can be found with
many other VSE suggestions at the forum thread:

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?299319-Help-redesign-the-Blender-Video-Sequence-Editor
!

Cheers,
David Mcsween
On 21 Mar 2015 07:30, "slinkeepy ." <slinkeepy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I use blender (currently 2.74) for my video editing projects (and apart
> from a few issues, love it!), but have felt for a long time there should be
> a way to customize the text displayed on the VSE strip overlays...
>
> I never have a need to see at a glance the full path of the file or the
> strip ID... so why can't I remove/change it? Simply the filename and
> framecount would be ideal for me. Information overload clouds the data
> that's meaningful, and as the view is zoomed out, the labels become useless
> (as it aligns left, cutting out what I want to see).
>
> In particular, I would love it if the multicam selector strips could at
> least display the selected channel *before* the strip ID, so as I zoom the
> view out I can easily see which channel it is set to (would be a very quick
> code fix I assume). A center align would go great with that too!
>
> Ideally if string make-up was customizable, alignment would also be too.
> And maybe it's too complex, but even some sort of adaptive string display
> would be good... i.e. when there's room, display full detail. When strips
> size is too short, display a cropped detail selection.
>
> If someone would like to add this functionality but it is not considered a
> priority, I would be happy to fund it - email me!
>
> David
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