Better value slider control

This section is dedicated to the feature & improvement requests (be sure what you are asking does not exist yet in TVPaint Animation ;) )
Post Reply
User avatar
Peter Wassink
Posts: 4283
Joined: 17 Feb 2006, 15:38
Location: Amsterdam
Contact:

Better value slider control

Post by Peter Wassink »

Can we have more control on the dragging of values using the sliders?
sliders.png
sliders.png (4.29 KiB) Viewed 10843 times
I like the way you can get a more precise result holding Shift key while dragging in a programm like Blender.
The value increase would remain its lineair correlation with the pen movement,
but it would increase 10 times slower while holding Shift, so that it becomes very easy to get a precise value.
Peter Wassink - 2D animator
• PC: Win11/64 Pro - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - 64Gb RAM
• laptop: Win10/64 Pro - i7-4600@2.1 GHz - 16Gb RAM
User avatar
schwarzgrau
Posts: 1238
Joined: 23 Jan 2012, 22:08
Location: Offenbach / Germany
Contact:

Re: Better value slider control

Post by schwarzgrau »

Oh yeah, thats really something which would made adjusting values sooo much easier
Windows 11 22H2 / TVP 11.7.0 PRO WIBU / Cintiq 22HD
Windows 11 22H2 / TVP 11.7.0 PRO WIBU / Mobile Studio Pro 16" (2019)
Android 13 / TVP 11.7.0 / Galaxy Tab 7 FE
INSTAGRAM
User avatar
D.T. Nethery
Posts: 4125
Joined: 27 Sep 2006, 19:19

Re: Better value slider control

Post by D.T. Nethery »

Peter Wassink wrote: 08 Jan 2021, 12:08 Can we have more control on the dragging of values using the sliders

I like the way you can get a more precise result holding Shift key while dragging in a program like Blender.
The value increase would remain its lineair correlation with the pen movement,
but it would increase 10 times slower while holding Shift, so that it becomes very easy to get a precise value.
Good idea. That would be useful.

Animator, TVPaint Beta-Tester, Animation Educator and Consultant.
MacOS 12.7.1 Monterey , Mac Mini (2018) , 3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7,
16 GB RAM , TVPaint PRO 11.7.1 - 64bit , Wacom Cintiq 21UX 2nd Gen.
,Wacom Intuos Pro 5 , Wacom driver version 6.3.39-1
User avatar
Peter Wassink
Posts: 4283
Joined: 17 Feb 2006, 15:38
Location: Amsterdam
Contact:

Re: Better value slider control

Post by Peter Wassink »

i was thinking about this again... but this " +Shift = 10 times slower " could be implemented more general, not just limited to the sliders.

but also in the tools... so for panning, setting circles, spline handles, crop tool... etc. etc.
everywhere you'd possibly want to have an option for more precision
It could even be a solution in the much mentioned instance handle problem in the timeline
Peter Wassink - 2D animator
• PC: Win11/64 Pro - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - 64Gb RAM
• laptop: Win10/64 Pro - i7-4600@2.1 GHz - 16Gb RAM
User avatar
Peter Wassink
Posts: 4283
Joined: 17 Feb 2006, 15:38
Location: Amsterdam
Contact:

Re: Better value slider control

Post by Peter Wassink »

and.. regarding the lineairty of brush sizes.. it would probably still make sense to have some function in the increase other then a linear connection.

see image:
Screenshot 2021-03-16 145655.png
Screenshot 2021-03-16 145655.png (62.39 KiB) Viewed 9833 times
as you can see... a lineair increase gives you very few steps in the small brush size range... where you'd typically want more size options.
while at the large side of the spectrum each increase only gives you a marginally bigger brush in terms of surface percentage increase.

(btw those profile are ment to illustrate the increae rate this is somewthing that could stay "under the hood"

or maybe the brush scaling should use a different factor...
instead of increasing the diameter in pixels
increase the surface in percentage; for example every step 25 % bigger

we'd have to figure out what would be a pleasent increase.
But the idea is that you design controls that are sensible for artist using them daily.

Increasing that user experience is where TVPaint can still win a lot.
Peter Wassink - 2D animator
• PC: Win11/64 Pro - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - 64Gb RAM
• laptop: Win10/64 Pro - i7-4600@2.1 GHz - 16Gb RAM
Post Reply