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Things I would like to see in the FX Tree...

Things I would like to see in the FX Tree...

2004-08-17 - By Axel Akesson

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Hey list,
I've been using the FX Tree in 4.0 extensivly lately. comping stuff in
film res, very cool stuff! But I have some things I would like to see in
it. Feel free to fill up the list.
This is what I can remember now:

1. Reload function a la Render Tree to clean up unused nodes. In a
way it's cool that things stay there (even if you close and reopen the
scene) but things can get a bit messy.
2. Option to output alpha directly from a raster paint clip...
right now you have to go through a Luma Extract node.... aoch...
3. Speed and stability improvement.
4. Ability to turn a pass directly into a paint clip.
5. More photoshop like tools in the paint module.
6. Better Depth of Field operator, the one in there now is a bit
unusable because of lack of AA in zpic. The one in Photoshop CS works
with normal depth mattes, which is cooler.
7. Shift + Click allows for multiselecting operators. this should
be included ASAP.
8. When I rerender a pass the clip should be replaced
automatically.
9. When you import a pass or an image sometimes it's placed in
another area than the working area. Which makes you zoom out and pan to
move the new clip to the new place. a bit of a workflow hog.
10. A very nice thing would be if you could define an "Update area"
and this is the only thing that updates. When working on heavy combines
things can go very slow and this could be a solution to speed it up a
bit.

Cheers,
Axel
Virtual Republic

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Hey list,<o:p></o:p>

I’ve been using the

FX Tree in 4.0 extensivly
lately… comping stuff in film res, very cool stuff! But I have some
things I would like to see in it. Feel free to fill up the list.<o:p></o:p>

This is what I can remember now:<o:p><
/o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>Reload function a la Render Tree to clean up unused
nodes. In a way it’s cool that things stay there (even if you close
and reopen the scene) but things can get a bit messy.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>Option to output alpha directly from a raster paint
clip... right now you have to go through a Luma Extract node.... aoch...<o
:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>Speed and stability improvement.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>Ability to turn a pass directly into a paint clip.<o
:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>More photoshop like tools in the paint module.<o:p><
/o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>Better Depth
of Field operator,
the one in there now is a bit unusable
because of lack of AA in zpic
.
The one in Photoshop
CS works with normal
depth mattes, which is cooler.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>Shift + Click
allows for multiselecting operators&
#8230;
this should be included ASAP.<o:p></o:p>
</li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>When I rerender
a pass the clip should be replaced automatically.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>When you
import a pass or an image
sometimes it’s placed in another area than the working area. Which makes you zoom out and pan to move the new clip
to the new place… a bit of a workflow hog.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'>A very nice thing would be if you

could define an &#8222
;Update
area“ and this
is the only
thing that updates. When working on heavy combines things can go very
slow and this could be a solution to speed it up a bit.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>

<o:p> </o:p>

Cheers,<o:p></o:p>


Axel<o:p></o:p>

Virtual Republic<o:p></o:p>

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