I have to agree with Gianmichele. It's overkill to create a new UI for the first-time user, especially as they will need to switch over to and learn the full one eventually.
What I would like to see (and as a fellow game dev this should come naturally!) is an inline tutorial displayed in a series of window overlays. It would avoid users learning a second UI and be reusable for on-demand help for advanced topics. On 30/03/2012 10:57, Gianmichele Mariani wrote: > I can understand your point of view, but most of the things that you > describe, except for the Object/Edit/Other various modes and the cosmetics, > can already be done in Blender. > > I think we're trying to solve lack of a good documentation by just changing > Blender's interface. And believe me changing to edit mode is a lot easier > than having to find an editable mesh modifier in 3ds max! > > I have made a fully functional Maya keymap, that other artists in the > studio where I work are using, easing their transition in a tremendous way. > Unfortunately due to a bug in the export/import code I have not made it > public yet (you can download the startup.blend file from the bug attachment > in the tracker if you want to try it). I'm also recording a pretty > extensive video guide for Maya users that want to quickly migrate to > Blender. > > I think that clearly documenting this is a much clever way of attracting > other artists to the software, rather than trying to change drastically > Blender. > > Hope this helps. > > Just my 2c. > > Gian > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Jorge Rodriguez > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello! I've submitted my GSoC proposal about making an interface for >> Blender that is targeted to new users: >> >> >> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/vino/21001 >> >> I would love to hear some feedback and thoughts on how I can improve the >> proposal and thus my chances of it being accepted. Thanks! >> >> -- >> Jorge "Vino" Rodriguez >> [email protected] >> twitter: VinoBS >> 919.757.3066 >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
