Since everyone else is, I'll add my comments to the mix here. :-) Wishlist. I no coder, but the metaphors *seem* to match
*** 1. Refactoring Problem: QC is rejiggery heaven…but as soon as you start putting patches into macros, you're locking yourself into a design because of the 'cost' of pulling those patches out again, reconnecting etc. Same problem exists with Virtual Macros currently — there's a cost of work to using them which prevents me from using them. Suggestion: How about spring-loading the Edit Parent button. Selecting some of the patch, and dragging over that would 'pull' all selected patches up 1 level, while maintaining connections Suggestion: Support Virtual Macros as Toby Suggests *** 2. Debugging …if I can call it that is tricky. I know you can mouse over patches points to see the output, but that's slow and cumbersome. Also this doesn't work with iterators. Suggestion: Allow the animation of pipes to show data. Add 'inspector' widget to watch data flowing through. Add support for reviewing contents of iterators *** 3. Commenting The Add Note feature is really only useful for commenting on completely frozen patches, because moving them doesn't move the note. Suggestion: I would love to be able to 'stick' these notes to patches/macros, with support for images. *** 4. Variables I'm forever using a Math patch to just hold a number. Suggestion: I know it breaks the model, but would LOVE global + local variable widgets. *** 5. Logic I'm always struggling to express some interaction logic . I find Javascript to be really clunky to use as well, so I tend to avoid that. Suggestion: Would love a 'logic/step sequencer' patch *** 6. Buttons/ sliders I'm forever inventing my own little button macros etc, even just for testing purposes. Suggestion: Some standard OS X widgets (button, slider, radio button) patches. I can provide more info, and mockups as required. Keith On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM, George Toledo <[email protected]> wrote: > Dropping a qtz into your Quartz Composer Patches folder, with published > inputs and outputs (as needed), will load a patch into your Patch > Creator/Library. When you want to edit it, open up the "patch" qtz, and it > will load the new version in all of your qtz's that use it. > I'm not in SL this moment, so I can't comment on if the help menu referred > to is talking about the same thing I'm describing. > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Christopher Wright > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Toby, (long time no see :) >> >> > useability-wise, they are a barely supported kludge, however. >> >> >> Can you be a bit more constructive on that? (I'm not calling you out or >> anything -- I'm genuinely interested in some discussion on things that are >> missing to make this feature more complete/useful). >> >> It'd be handy to get some chatter on it with perspectives of users "in the >> trenches" as it were, to know the largest/most-annoying aspects :) >> > > Chris, I know I've thrown this out there before, but I'll do so again > on-list. The most useful updates would be for environments to be supported > (as in, saving a bunch of GLSL environments for quick loading from the > patcherator), and for an "explode/edit" function to be available from any > composition, with prompts to have changes apply either globally, or just to > the qtz being worked on. > Also, issues that effect virtual macros not flattening correctly and being > portable between systems, as well as restoration issues that can cause > infinite loops are nasty. > Being able to be able to pull out patch groups from the patcherator, where > all of the patches pop onto a surface all connected, and as actually > programmed (so that an Environment would be an environment, and that > everything wouldn't just be renderers), would be extremely better. > -George Toledo > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/songcarver%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
