[Bf-vfx] Behaviour change - when setting up tracking scene, keep the active layer

[Sean Kennedy]

Nice! Another thing that has always bugged me about "setup tracking scene" is that it creates all new nodes, yet leaves the original render layers node and composite node in there. The user has to delete them.

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On Jun 1, 2014, at 2:14 PM, "B Powell" <smalldog00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Finally! This is something that always annoyed me. As you said, after you have been using it for a while, then you get used to it, but for new users it is just confusing. 
> 
> Thanks Gottfried.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Gottfried Hofmann <gottfried at blenderdiplom.com> wrote:
> Hello VFX folks,
> 
> When you hit "setup tracking scene" in MCE, the active layer usually
> switches to the layer where the ground has been created, thus he shadow
> layer. New objects are created or appended on that layer which means
> they will be default be rendered as shadows only. This behaviour
> requires muscle memory and is confusing for new users. This patch is
> changing the behaviour in a way that the active layer is remembered from
> before setting up the scene:
> 
> https://developer.blender.org/D574
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Cheers,
> Gottfried
> 
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