I would like to add that on a 2560x1600 display the new controls are truly miniscule. On a 4k monitor, which will not be uncommon in the next year, that color wheel could end up the size of a US dime.
feli On Feb 26, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Feli <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > [email protected] 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users ______________________________________________________________ [email protected] 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com
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