Maniphest T43857

Taken proxy
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Assigned To
Julian Eisel (Severin)
Authored By
Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm)
Mar 2 2015, 10:46 AM
Tags
  • BF Blender
  • Video Sequencer
Subscribers
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify)
Antonis Ryakiotakis (psy-fi)
Julian Eisel (Severin)
Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm)
Paulo José Oliveira Amaro (pauloup)
Peter Fog (tintwotin)
Richard Antalik (ISS)

Description

System Information
Windows 8.1 x64
Renderer: GeForce GTX 860M/PCIe/SSE2

Blender Version
Broken: 2.73.9 9f6f151

Short description of error
Proxy options where taken.

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money.
But what I do have are a very particular set of skills…

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

  1. Open blend file in 2.73a release:
    taken_proxy.blend283 KBDownload
    (proxy options are there)
  2. Open blend file in recent master build (only 25% proxy option is available)

Related Objects

Mentioned In
T54259: Scene Proxies in the Video Sequence Editor
Mentioned Here
D6077: VSE: Proxy Panel Clean Up
rB9f6f151536b2: I18n: Do not skip Polish anymore, translation work has started on it.

Event Timeline

Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm) created this task.Mar 2 2015, 10:46 AM
Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm) raised the priority of this task from to 90.
Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm) updated the task description.
Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm) added projects: BF Blender, Video Sequencer.
Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm) edited a custom field.
Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm) added a subscriber: Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm).
Julian Eisel (Severin) added subscribers: Antonis Ryakiotakis (psy-fi), Julian Eisel (Severin).Mar 2 2015, 3:29 PM

@Antonis Ryakiotakis (psy-fi) did some work on this, so maybe he knows more?

Julian Eisel (Severin) assigned this task to Antonis Ryakiotakis (psy-fi).Mar 2 2015, 3:35 PM
Julian Eisel (Severin) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to Normal.
Antonis Ryakiotakis (psy-fi) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Archived.Mar 2 2015, 3:53 PM

And there, down below is a nice button with "Set Selected strip proxies" to enable the ones you want

Julian Eisel (Severin) added a comment.EditedMar 2 2015, 5:26 PM

@Antonis Ryakiotakis (psy-fi), Let me turn this a bit into a design discussion ;)
I think we could improve the way information is displayed here a bit. I went ahead and did some reorganization and came up with something like this:

Further, I don't really like the way the settings are hidden behind the "Set Selected Strip Proxies" button. For me, this button doesn't say anything about what it does, so maybe the old design was a bit better here. I guess the reason you've changed it was to fire up the operator that creates a new proxy? If so, my proposal would be: Bring back the checkboxes (or something similar), and add a button saying something like "Build/Rebuild Proxies". We could communicate visually that the settings and the operator button go together, e.g. by using a layout-box.

Antonis Ryakiotakis (psy-fi) added a comment.Mar 2 2015, 6:18 PM

Initially we had both, then we agreed that having two ways to set the proxies was confusing too. The advantage of having an operator is that it allows us to set proxy settings for all selected strips, something which would otherwise require a script. I don't mind reorganizing the panel as you show (though I'd like to keep the organization and labels ("Enabled Proxies", Overwrite under the proxies). Probably the information can go just below the buttons to keep all proxy settings together.

Julian Eisel (Severin) added a comment.Mar 2 2015, 6:49 PM

Oki, need a fresh mind for this which I don't have atm ;P Will reopen as design task and assign to me so I won't forget it

Julian Eisel (Severin) changed the task status from Archived to Unknown Status.Mar 2 2015, 6:50 PM
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Mikhail Rachinskiy (alm) added a comment.Mar 2 2015, 6:53 PM

So now we could set proxies for selected strips? Awesome! But could you please change the name of this operator to something like: "Proxy Sizes" — simple and comprehensive, and there could be more extensive information in the tooltip.

I really like what Julian did with his mockup, I wish those two operators would fit in a row:

Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) added a subscriber: Aaron Carlisle (Blendify).Nov 29 2015, 8:47 PM

This has been updated since original report. The solution now would be to remove the Set Selected Strip Proxies button would this be an acceptable fix @Julian Eisel (Severin)

Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) added a comment.Dec 24 2015, 3:58 AM

Any news here? here is the current UI

Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) added a comment.Mar 27 2016, 11:05 PM

@Julian Eisel (Severin) I came across this today https://rightclickselect.com/p/sequencer/zfbbbc/sequencer-panels-update and there is one for the Proxy Panel.

Paulo José Oliveira Amaro (pauloup) added a subscriber: Paulo José Oliveira Amaro (pauloup).Mar 29 2016, 10:47 AM
Christopher_Anderssarian mentioned this in T54259: Scene Proxies in the Video Sequence Editor.Mar 7 2018, 6:32 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Resolved.Feb 19 2019, 9:42 PM
Richard Antalik (ISS) added a subscriber: Richard Antalik (ISS).

Outdated -> closing

Peter Fog (tintwotin) added a subscriber: Peter Fog (tintwotin).Oct 15 2019, 5:29 PM

I'm sorry for digging this one up, but imo is the proxy panel still a mess.

Richard Antalik (ISS) added a comment.Oct 16 2019, 1:47 AM

Ok, but don't dig this one up pls :)

You can create todo task with how the panel could look like. Or post a patch.

Julian Eisel (Severin) added a comment.Oct 16 2019, 9:56 AM

If you don't intend to work on the implementation of this yourself, please do not create a todo/design task. These should only be created by people who intend to actually get the task done.

Peter Fog (tintwotin) added a comment.Oct 17 2019, 3:40 PM

A suggested clean up of the proxy panel is here: https://developer.blender.org/D6077