In 2.8 would it be possible to make the redo/undo system very robust, enough to be able to open a tutorial that is like a saved redo cache? Maybe with some way to open note cards at each 'redo'?
This way a tutorial could be a file you run in blender, Just another odd thought, Thanks again Ton and the gang, Jacob Merrill. On Jan 3, 2016 11:16 AM, "Xavier Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the user is refering to the message you recieve when opening a non > blender file with the main blender "Open..." (wm.open_mainfile) operator > and not when opening it in the image editor or clip editor or compositor or > sequencer (most first time users don't even know what those are). > > This is a very common misshap for new user wating to edit video, they open > Blender, go to the menu File->Open-> deactive the extension filtering and > open an avi. > > In this case Blender does not "crash to the desktop" but the import fails > gives an error message "File format not supported in filename.avi" which > gives the user the impression that importing the video fails. When in fact > he did not try to import a video but to open a blend file. > > > > 2016-01-03 10:53 GMT-02:00 Sergey Sharybin <[email protected]>: > > > Hi, > > > > Crash should not happen, the file is to be submitted to the bug tracker. > > > > The file might not be supported by FFmpeg, in this case it should be > > relatively easy to improve the error message. It's also possible the file > > is simply encoded by proprietary codec which we can never enable for our > > builds. > > > > In any case, it'll help a lot having such file reported to the tracker. > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Here is a friendly mail from a Linux user I had. He failed using > Blender > > > for a simple video task. > > > http://download.blender.org/institute/firsttime.pdf > > > > > > I'm happy that KDEnlive worked for him, and I explained to him that > > > Blender is an advanced 3D creation suite which you have to invest time > in > > > to understand it well. > > > > > > Nevertheless, three lessons we can learn from this: > > > > > > 1) Meaningless tooltips > > > > > > The "System info" menu has as tooltip "Generate system info". That's > > > insufficient. It leaves very relevant information to the notifier > button > > > that's very easy too miss. > > > > > > 2) Meaningless error message > > > > > > "Report Error. File format is not supported in...". > > > > > > What is that supposed to mean? Errors can easily give more details, > > > especially mentioning the function or operator that throws the error > > and/or > > > about the context or editor it is in. > > > > > > 3) Blender support section: Tutorials. > > > > > > http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/ > > > > > > There is no beginner tutorial on blender.org for newbies how to > quickly > > > get a video edited. > > > Anyone knows one? Then I'll add it there. > > > > > > -Ton- > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org > > > Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute > > > Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bf-committers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > With best regards, Sergey Sharybin > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
