lör 2007-12-29 klockan 16:30 +0100 skrev Herman Robak: > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:53:26 +0100, Martin Ahnelöv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> Since still images don't have a native "duration", it is perfectly > >> OK to extend their duration by dragging the end of the vertical bar > >> you see on the timeline. You may have to zoom the timeline view > >> until the bar gets a few pixels wide. The view controls are at > >> the bottom of the timeline window. > >> > >> > >> Variations of the question above come up from time to time. > >> Are there some hints that the GUI could give new users to make > >> this more discoverable? (apart from a "wizard" telling "You just > >> loaded a single image to the timeline." *sneer*) > >> > > > > You mean something like that the arrow transform itself to an arrow > > (pointing to the right if you are dragging the end of the clip, etc) > > when it hovers over a drag-able area? > > > > With arrow I don't mean the pointer, but like... the dubble-arrow that > > could be seen in various gtk-apps when you resize columns and > > separators. > > I'm not sure if I follow. Cinelerra's pointer _does_ change > appearance to a double-arrow when you hover above a clip boundary. > Did you mean something else?
Ah, I see. I don't notice these things anymore ^^; > > There are at least two challenges: > > 1) Discovering where you should hover the mouse. > > 2) Finding single images and dragging their start/end > when they are just two pixels wide on the timeline. > > > Cinelerra could do "helpful" things that would aid some users > but disorient others, like changing the zoom level whenever a > small item is dropped on the timeline. Any better suggestions? > Yes, when dropping still images to the timeline, they could be one second long by default (or rather, a user-defined length). How often do you use images of one frame's length, anyway (if you aren't combining multiple png's into a animation, see the note about customisable length). Just a thought, Gasten _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
