Do you use Window Layouts? IDEA! Votes Please!

Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 1:40 AM
I have 10 Windows Layouts, plus the 3 new bundled with VP9 - that makes 13. Great!

I have a Layout that SPANS 2 monitors ( . . and even if you have one MEGA screen this still will have relevance for you - read on .. ), and, when editing, the the T/L Cursor is visible - front and centre and visible - Great!

I also have a Layout that involves many Panes and the Timeline is there but now surrounded by Panes, and when I switch to it, say from my BIG T/L window layout, the T/L Cursor has taken an early lunch, or has gone to the Water Cooler, or does what T/L Cursors do when you ain't paying attention - GONE! Meaning, I have to navigate to it. This kinda breaks my flow . . . .

Now, cherubs, how would you like the cursor, in these circumstances, to appear in the middle of the new Workspace T/L? No need to navigate to it - it Justis pops up ready to respond to your wishes again. I know I would!

So, VOTES please!

"Wadda we want? Intelligent Cursors! When dah we wan 'em? NOW!"

"Wadda we want? Intelligent Cursors! When dah we wan 'em? NOW!"

. .eh, thank you and good-day. . .

Grazie

Comments

AlanC wrote on 9/18/2009, 2:53 AM

Have you had your daily fix yet Grazie?
farss wrote on 9/18/2009, 3:03 AM
I think you and me had a similar conversation a long time ago.

I fully understand what you're after. The thing is Vegas sticks to the very intuitive Wondoz paradigm, everything is consistant and quite easiy to learn. SPACE plays, it plays whatever has focus OR it can check a check box if that has focus.

Not certain how intelligence can be used to solve the problem. Complex keyboard shortcuts do solve the problem but then you end up with an application that is a bear to learn e.g. After Effects. It's uber fast ONCE you get all the keyboard stuff down pat, soemthing I'm yet to do. I keep getting tripped up by the caps lock key, not the same as Shift, it seems to invoke a whole new set of keyboard actions, yish.

Bob.
Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 6:02 AM
Alan, thanks for reminding me - I think? Anyway, moving on . ..

Bob, I still think it would be neat to have what is a useful workspace NOT introduce these impediments.

Grazie
Former user wrote on 9/18/2009, 6:04 AM
Does Internal Preferences>Smooth Scroll Trackview>TRUE

Affect that in any way?

Dave T2
farss wrote on 9/18/2009, 6:35 AM
Your idea sure appeals to me. The number of times I've hit Space to hear how my audio FX sounds to only have nothing play because the FX window still has focus. Then I get focus to the T/L and ponder why my audio sounds like trash only to then realise that previous hit of Space changed dramatically something in the audio FX!

Is that in the same arena as where you're coming from?

My other gripe is having to be careful where I click in the T/L window. Everything else I use seems to be one click to shift focus, next click selects.

Hm, now I remember another idea I had to solve your problem (assuming I really grasp it). A real hardware edit controller that does not work by keyboard emulation. You press the Play button and it sends a code that will ONLY make the T/L play.

Bob.
erikd wrote on 9/18/2009, 7:09 AM
Grazie, does this help? Hit the back slash key and you are immediately transported to the location of your timeline cursor.

Erik
Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 7:30 AM
Hi Guys!

I'm back . . Just turning on the MONSTA! leaving Impulse speed and going to WARP 4.2 . .

Grazie

Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 8:03 AM
O . . K . . interesting . .

Dave T2 : Nope.

erik: I don't have the backslash \ on this "Worldtech" KB ?

Bob: I'm not sure I understand all of what you are saying. But I have a kinda Grazie-sideways sol. just applying to CSP controller. But this WOULD be good if Madison could make what IS a KB stroke into a "natural" option? As there IS a bit of the program that deals with this, then surely . . . ?

Grazie

Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 8:09 AM
Can I Chain KB Commands together?

Can scripts use KB commands?

Grazie
Jay Gladwell wrote on 9/18/2009, 8:12 AM

I vote "Yes."

I don't have the backslash \ on this "Worldtech" KB

Look at the "Enter" key on you KB. Above it are two keys--a blue one with an arrow pointing to the left and a yellow one with a " | " line and below the line is a " \ " and to the left of that "Ctr". The yellow key should have the " \ " Erik was referring to.

EDIT:
Never mind... Evidently the European KB is different from the US KB. Sorry!


Former user wrote on 9/18/2009, 8:13 AM
Your keyboard does not have backslash? That seems odd. Could you got to keyboard layout and program a key to do the backslash function?

My idea was just a shot in the dark.

Dave T2
Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 8:25 AM
Dave T2: Thanks man!! Really . .

Jay: You didn't know this but this IS a US KB. I was sold it, as that time only one of type in UK, so your comments are still relevant - I think? In any event the backslash IS there (Dave T2 yes!) but doesn't do the Cursor move? Now THAT could very well be 'cos that this IS a US KB but my drivers could be Euro-UK?

Grazie
Rosebud wrote on 9/18/2009, 12:43 PM
Grazie,
If I understand correctly your request, this simple CS script should do what you are looking for:



using System;

using Sony.Vegas;



public class EntryPoint

{

    Vegas myVegas;

    public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)

    {

        myVegas = vegas;

        myVegas.Transport.ViewCursor(true);    

    }

}

Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 1:31 PM
Gilles - THANK YOU !

I'll give it blast, maybe tomorrow now.

My wish is for this to happen automatically when I swap Windows Layouts. I'm guessing, that as you can't get at the program as such, I would need to active the script? Yes?

Grazie
Grazie wrote on 9/18/2009, 2:04 PM
I was far too nosey! - Got your script to work! Excellent!

Thanks again Gilles . ..

Grazie
farss wrote on 9/18/2009, 3:46 PM
I think I have the answer, not too certain how a script would help here as you need to take an action to run one.

If I open two instances of Vegas I click once to get focus to either instance and then I click inside that instance to do an action. Within Vegas itself the panes behave differently to windows on the desktop. If they behaved the same I think problem goes away. What I mean is one click to give pane focus, next click do something inside pane.

Bob.