[Kdenlive-devel] GUI

[Rolf Dubitzky]

On Saturday 28 December 2002 10:34 pm, Jason Wood wrote:
> This is not that essential at the moment - it is _very_ easy to fiddle
> around with the layout of the menus and toolbars in a KDE application - you
> don't even need to recompile! So we can try different layouts and see which
> works best.

Ok, I just wrote down everything that came to my mind, with no partcular 
priority

> It is now displayed on the status bar. I think it would be useful for the
> current mouse position to be displayed as well, but that is not yet
> implemented.

Great idea.

> I am not too worried about the From/To/Current/Length input boxes - they
> need to either be replaced with a custom widget anyway (one that can accept
> and edit time at frame accuracy), or they need to be removed. For the
> moment, they are just there for show :-)

I see ;-) 

> This all needs discussion, I am a little unsure as to the best way to
> handle the monitor from this point on. The way I see it, there are two
> possibilities
>
> 1. Have the monitor have two modes. In one mode, it displays the entire
> timeline for previewing purposes. IN the other mode, it only shows the
> currently selected clip, which can be trimmed and dragged to the timeline.
>
> 2. Have a separate monitor for each mode.
>
> Which do people prefer? Are there any other options?

How about only a single mode in which the monitor window displays whatever 
timeinterval is selected in the timeline. 
Here is how MovieDV works:
 There are two different kinds of 'Selections' in the timeline. First, you can 
select a clip, or mor clips and drag them around, (that's what kdenlive can 
do alrready). Second, you can select 'time intervals' by clicking/draging in 
the ruler (not the timeline opbjects). If you then press 'play', you'll get a 
preview of the interval you have selected. If there is an eaay way 
(context-menu/button) to 'Select All' in the timeline ruler, then you can 
watch the whole thing.

> > - Why are there so many Video Tracks in the timeline even if I just
> >   use one? Isn't one more than currently in use enough?
>
> Just because ;-)

;-) Ok, I agree that we need at least three to show that we can (read: want 
to) do more than just A/B-track editing ;-))

Cheers,
Rolf

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