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Better quality preview support

Written by genete the 26 Aug 09 at 15:11. Global category: Graphical User Interface. New

Current quality preview and render control for the Synfig Studio canvas is controlled by a number:
0: worse quality
1: best quality
2: lower quality than 1
...
9: lower quality than 8
10: lower quality than 9

It would be good that:
1) There were less quality status
2) The user could know what does each predefined quality does
3) There were a custom (or several custom) quality status that define individually quality of layers, effects, etc. So the user can have total control of what's displayed each time.

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OpenGL migration

Written by rylleman the 22 Jul 09 at 16:36. Global category: Miscellaneus. New

Continue and complete the render engine migration to OpenGL that Uiomae started early 2009 but had to abandon.

The migration will boost Synfigs performance considerably.

Forum thread discussing this;
http://synfig.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=362&hilit=openGL

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Audio suport in Synfig Studio

Written by genete the 20 Jul 09 at 15:51. Global category: New Layers. New

Synfig Studio doesn't support audio. To properly work as a complete animation solution it should support audio to be exported when the movie is exported.
Audio is also used for lip sync what is very difficult to so right now in Synfig Studio.

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Import of Pencil XML format

Written by zelgadis_ksee the 14 Aug 09 at 16:10. Global category: Other. New

Directly import native files of Pencil ( http://pencil-animation.org/ ).

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Allow user to protect layer parameters from being animated

Written by zelgadis_ksee the 17 Aug 09 at 04:42. Global category: Miscellaneus. New

Sometimes we want to have some parameters not being animated at all. At current state of things, when changing such parameter we should always ensure that animation mode is turned off. If we doing animation and want to change such parameter we need leave animation mode, change it and enable animation mode again. That's boring. Everyone of us being in situation when he forgets to leave animation mode and as result parameters becomes animated.

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Solution #1: Allow user to set if Param could be animated or not

Written by zelgadis_ksee the 17 Aug 09 at 04:42.

Currently in Synfig layer params are hardcoded such as they split on those who are could be animated and those who couldn't. For example, ChildrenLock is in group of those who animated (and everyone wonders why).

I propose to let user to decide for each individual parameter if it could be animated or not by right-clicking on value node in Params panel and set or unset "Forbid animation" flag. Some params should have "Forbid animation" flag set by default (like ChildrenLock param).

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Text tool

Written by ghosthand the 3 Aug 09 at 04:28. Global category: Other. New

The text tool lacks many options to manipulate and can be confusing for new users.

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Solution #1: Improve the text tool

Written by ghosthand the 3 Aug 09 at 04:28.

Some thoughts on some basics that can be improved or added:

*Synfig should be able to detect installed fonts on start up.
*A drop down menu in the Tool Options should be available that lists installed fonts. Currently, the user has to manually type in what font to use.
*Rotate, Scale, and Mirror Tools do not work properly, if at all, on inserted Text.
*Support for vertical text also.
*Text on a Bline.

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Smart linking of tangents

Written by zelgadis_ksee the 29 Jul 09 at 12:51. Global category: Miscellaneus. New

As described in Sewing BLines (http://synfig.org/Sewing_BLines), when linking red tangent to yellow they are placed opposite against each other. This is normal from the program's point of view, but not normal for new users. Even more, to avoid this effect user needs to made some complex steps (see http://synfig.org/Sewing_BLines#Solution). It takes a lot of time if we have lot of verticles to sew their tangents.

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Solution #1: Automaticaly insert Scale(-1) convert at the link time

Written by zelgadis_ksee the 29 Jul 09 at 12:51.

* When linking tangents with the same color, program should act as usual.
* When linking tangents with different color program should automatically add Convert->Scale (-1) to avoid their opposite placement.

To allow linking two tangents in opposite position, I suggest to add a new menu option for tangents "Link Opposite". When linking two tangents with this option:

* When linking tangents with the different color, program should act as it acts now - no additional converts added.
* When linking tangents with the same color program should automatically add Convert->Scale (-1) to place them opposite against each other.

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