On Feb 26, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Deke Kincaid <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, the hotkeys are in the docs:
> 
> http://help.thefoundry.co.uk/nuke/8.0/Default.html#getting_started/using_interface/using_color_controls.html#To_use_the_color_wheel_in_the_color_picker_dropdown
> http://help.thefoundry.co.uk/nuke/8.0/Default.html#user_guide/hotkeys/hotkeys.html%3FTocPath%3DAppendices%7C_____1
> 
> Just drag over the color wheel while holding the hotkeys: 
> 
> Cmd/Ctrl to affect Hue(mac/win)
> Shift to affect Saturation
> Ctrl/Cmd+Shift to affect value (mac/win).
> 

Hey Deke

I see that, but this is not as intuitive, accurate or repeatable as being able 
to use the up/down arrow keys to increase / decrease values and using left 
right to adjust how coarse an adjustment you are making. Or simply punching in 
a value that you may have been given by someone else or are copying from 
another setup. Another great thing about the arrows keys is that you can 
operate them blindly and just stare at the screen while you walk the color on 
to the target in a very precise and controllable fashion.

You can't do as well with the mouse and modifier controls, which are fidgety, 
more difficult to control and less accurate. This approach may work for 
programs like After Effects or Lightroom, but I think most of our work is far 
more sophisticated and demands greater control, than a consumer product 
requires.

The controls are also far too small. You're trying to manipulate a slider or 
color wheel that is barely an inch across in terms of pixel real-estate and the 
control is very coarse.

I am not against progress or maintaining that Nuke is some sacred cow that 
can't evolve from it's original design, but this is a step backwards in terms 
of functionality and GUI.

I and many others would be very grateful if we were able to choose in 
preferences which slider GUI Nuke defaults to. We should at least be given that 
option. I think we went through a similar change a few years ago and ultimately 
it was abandoned, because it too was deemed a step backwards and back then we 
were given the choice to set our default in preferences.

I hope I didn't come off as too critical or rude, but I have to use these nodes 
hundreds of times a day and if my job becomes more difficult, then I am apt to 
become a little vocal.

Cheers,

Feli




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