From: Reinhard A. <pr...@we...> - 2003-08-24 21:18:01
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Hi Jason, i still haven't received an answer if a timeline cursor is really necessary, right? Or have I miss it someway? greetings Reinhard kde...@li... schrieb am 21.08.03 17:57:28: > > kde...@li... schrieb am 20.08.03 05:56:58: > > > > On Monday 18 Aug 2003 2:05 pm, Reinhard Amersberger wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm back from vacation and checked out the shortcut dialog and you are > > > right .... Reinhard "IS" very happy with it!! ;-)) Cool!! :-) > > > > > > Just a question ... is it planned to activate the different sections of > > > Kdenlive (timeline, clip monitor, Projekt list, effect list, ...) via > > > shortcuts? > > > > Probably - there is the whole issue of keyboard focus that needs to be sorted > > out first though - basically, if you click a window at the moment, that > > doesn't guarantee that the keypresses go to that window. The most obvious > > example of this is pressing the "delete" key on a clip selected in the > > project list. Intuitively, it should delete the clip from the project list, > > whilst what actually happens is that it deletes the selected clips in the > > timeline. > > > Yes, I think it is very important that the performed action has an effect depending of the actual activated window only ... so I think you have enough to do to solve this "fraudulent" behaviour ;-) > > > > > So, in combination with a special mode (assemble), maybe this > > > could offer an fast way to create rough video cuts ... > > > > > > What I mean is: > > > Choose a clip to be displayed in the clip monitor, set in and out points, > > > hit a key (to define in shortcut dialog ;-) to add this area to the > > > timeline behind the last active/inserted/assembled clip ... and so on. If > > > this (assemble) mode is de-activated the selected area could be > > > inserted/positioned into a new track on the right side of the timeslider > > > > There would be no need to for an extra assemble mode - but what is missing and > > would be needed is the idea of a keyboard cursor in the timeline - I believe > > we talked about something similar a couple of months ago. Then, in the > > > > Yes, I can remember vaguely ... > > > > timeline you would be able to position via the keyboard where the next clip > > should go - with it automatically moving to the end of a clip that has just > > been added. > > > > So it's possible, stick it on the wishlist on the sourceforge project page so > > I don't forget ;-) > > > Hhhmmm ... yes, I can do this, but ... is there really a need for this keyboard cursor? > > Because I think you would need to have another viewer window that show the frame at the actual keyboard cursors position ... > Also you would need to have specific shortcuts to move the keyboard cursor around ... > > But what about the things that are already there? I mean the In points, Out points and the time slider of the timeline. > > I think maybe you just need to offer a way to specify one (or some) active track(s) and the kind of how to insert the source?!? > > Just some examples: > Assuming having in/out points in source viewer and timeline and source viewer is activated. > > Press number key "4" to do a 4-point-edit. > this means: the marked source area, by in/out point, will be fitted between in/out point of timeline. > > Press number key "3" to do a 3-point-edit. > this means: the source will be inserted from in point to out point of timeline beginning at in point of source viewer. > > Press number key "2" to add the source at the right side of the time slider and automatically move the time slider to the end of the added source clip. > > Press number key "1" to add the source at the right side of the time slider without moving the time slider to the end of the added source clip. > > > So this way you possibly be able to offer ALL edit modes I can imagine right now. > > And if the user do this actions by drag and drop something to the timeline ..... an dialog could pop-up to let the user choose the needed insertion method, if the situation is not clear. > > Okay, I know there are lots of questions/problems left (what if source material is shorter than time between in/out point in 3-point-editing??? what if marked source area is longer or shorter in 4-point-edit??? should an dialog be opened to let the user choose the mode in unclear situations??? how to move In/Out points by keyboard shortcuts??? ........), but this is again JUST ANOTHER IDEA ;-) > > > greetings > Reinhard > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines > at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 > _______________________________________________ > Kdenlive-devel mailing list > Kde...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdenlive-devel |