Hi again everyone. First of all apologies for the html in my last post which
doesn't seem to have translated well onto the mailing list. Am attempting to
write in plain text now. :)
Secondly thanks for the responses. I'm very excited by a lot of the ideas
being thrown around and that most people seem to be on the same wavelength re:
a small visual makeover and then seeing what substantive issues can be
addressed without requiring a major ground-up overhaul, since that's the job of
Lumiera.
It's interesting to see all the focus on transitions. Speaking as an end user,
I generally deal okay with the way they interact with effects as long as I
remember to use multiple tracks when I have an effect I want to affect only one
of the clips. But yes, it is annoying when the effect is applied to the
transition as well. It's not a problem with something like a dissolve, but
it's definitely an issue when it comes to stuff like shapewipes and you don't
want the shapewipe to be blurred, just the clip. Sometimes this is solvable by
track order and transitioning across two tracks and ensuring that the higher
track is the one without the effect, but it's not useful if you need the effect
applied to both clips (or even two different effects). The only solution to
that is to render the clip in isolation then reimport, which is very much less
than ideal.
The same problem exists in the HV version, but there I can get around it with
nested sequences, though obviously that's a convoluted solution that is again
less than ideal.
Anyway, just wanted to say that I'm glad to see this being discussed and I'll
be reading with interest even though it's not likely I'll have a huge amount to
contribute, but please let me know if there is anything I *can* do, even if
I've been quiet for a while, and I'd be very willing to help do so.
Becka.
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