[Bf-taskforce25] defaults & tweaks list

[Nathan Vegdahl]

> * Autokey & autokey insert available enabled by default.

   I'm all for this.  But failing this, I'd at least like to have
"insert available" as the default behavior for when the user does turn
autokey on.

   Also, since everything is animatable now, I think it makes sense
for autokey to affect changing settings as well (like material color).
 And "key available" is the only way to do this sanely, since people
don't usually intend to animate settings.

> * Graph/Dopesheet/NLA show selected only by default.

   Agreed on graph and dopesheet.
   But the NLA editor is a global animation mixing tool, and IMO
shouldn't change it's display based on selection anymore than the
sequence editor should.  At least not by default.

--Nathan V


On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Brecht Van Lommel<brecht at blender.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been keeping a list of small things I think could change. Some are
> default changes, others are small code tweaks. Most of these are quite
> simple, only a few are more work.
>
> Also something I noticed is that will some defaults have changed in
> the .B.blend, these are now out of sync with the defaults in the code
> when creating a new datablock (when not copying from an existing one).
> This is just a note to myself and others who do such changes, to keep
> these in sync.
>
> Brecht.
>
>
> Rendering
> ---------
>
> * Do Composite and Do Sequence enabled by default. But, they will only
> operate if there are nodes or sequencer strips respectively.
> * Stamp time,data,frame,scene,filename metadata into image file (not
> render). Rename it "metadata" perhaps?
> * Larger bake margin.
> * Normal map default to tangent space for baking.
> * Render to image window should render to an already open image window,
> if there is no image open in that window
> * Panorama should be a camera, not scene setting.
> * Organize output formats by image/multilayer/movie in the menu.
>
> More work:
> * Rather than FFMPEG and Quicktime, the format menu could have entries
> like Xvid, H.264, etc with simple quality controls, in addition to
> Custom Quicktime and Custom FFMPEG for people who like to do fine
> tuning.
>
> Shading
> -------
>
> * Texture rgb color something else than the purple. Probably best to
> still use a color, but a nicer one?
> * Material preview sphere+sky could use nicer sky colors.
> * Default mist depth non-zero (maybe 8, half number of grid lines).
> * Object color in preview .blend should be white like the default.
> * Object material looks different with and without materials slots, with
> no material assigned.
> * Texpace Mesh could be an option in the texture tab as an option for
> Orco, to clarify what it does. Probably not actually make it a material
> option.
>
> More work:
> * Texture influence, individual amount for each option.
> * Replace sticky coordinates by UVs + texture mapping mode. Have not
> verified this is possible, but MSticky also consists of two coordinates,
> so perhaps it is just a matter of interpolating UVs differently? In any
> case, I don't think people use this option much if at all.
>
> Particles
> ---------
>
> * Particle system normal velocity default to 1.0.
> * Particle size much smaller (1.0 -> 0.05).
> * Random distribution by default.
> * Color by material by default.
> * Fields strength 0.0 -> 1.0.
> * Render emitter by default.
>
> Files
> -----
>
> * Hide .dot files in file browser by default, and also hide tilde~
> files.
> * Enable/disable .blend file compression should be a property of
> the .blend file, not a user pref. a user pref could be to enable/disable
> it by default on new files.
>
> Animation
> ---------
>
> * Autokey & autokey insert available enabled by default.
> * Graph/Dopesheet/NLA show selected only by default.
>
> Other
> -----
>
> * Wave modifier half default speed, and smaller UI range.
> * Remove Ev.M.Stack setting for collision, can be controlled with
> collision modifier position.
>
> More work:
> * Memory limit for Undo. But this needs some kind of auto-detection to
> obtain a reasonable limit depending on the computer?
>
>
>
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