Hi all,
I often do FX-corrections (like color correction) on my project as last step/phase, after I already positioned all my events. Unfortunately, thanks to my butterfinger, I often accidentally move an event when I just tried to change its Video-FX settings because I missed the little icon in the thumbnail and maybe moved the mouse slightly while the button was still down. Of course I can use an undo if I notice the problem immediately, but it is still a nuisance. Also, this sometimes happens if I just want to select events (worst is if I Ctrl-select events and so often unwantedly copy events because I dragged the mouse). On the other hand, when I want to move events, sometimes I accidently hit the Video-FX icon and have to close the window that pops up.
One possibility to prevent such "accidents" could be to add a feature that globally blocks/hides certain GUI-features (only GUI, actions performed by scripts should not be restricted). For example, I could imagine to hide all Event FX/PanCrop icons within thumbnails, or to prevent all actions that change event edged/offsets/creations/copies/removals. It would be comparable to the eventwide lock mode, but with higher granularity as of what to lock, and affecting the whole project, not only single events.
This would also reflect to set the GUI in certain workflow-specific "phases" of a project: A phase that only activates GUI-actions that allow project composition (but no FX, envelopes, etc), and a phase that only activates finetuning within a project (but doesn't allow the modify event edges). Eventually, such "GUI-activation-templates" could even be created manually. I could also imagine using specific keyboard shortcuts in different templates.
Just an idea, but maybe there are other ways to deal with the problem.
Andy
I often do FX-corrections (like color correction) on my project as last step/phase, after I already positioned all my events. Unfortunately, thanks to my butterfinger, I often accidentally move an event when I just tried to change its Video-FX settings because I missed the little icon in the thumbnail and maybe moved the mouse slightly while the button was still down. Of course I can use an undo if I notice the problem immediately, but it is still a nuisance. Also, this sometimes happens if I just want to select events (worst is if I Ctrl-select events and so often unwantedly copy events because I dragged the mouse). On the other hand, when I want to move events, sometimes I accidently hit the Video-FX icon and have to close the window that pops up.
One possibility to prevent such "accidents" could be to add a feature that globally blocks/hides certain GUI-features (only GUI, actions performed by scripts should not be restricted). For example, I could imagine to hide all Event FX/PanCrop icons within thumbnails, or to prevent all actions that change event edged/offsets/creations/copies/removals. It would be comparable to the eventwide lock mode, but with higher granularity as of what to lock, and affecting the whole project, not only single events.
This would also reflect to set the GUI in certain workflow-specific "phases" of a project: A phase that only activates GUI-actions that allow project composition (but no FX, envelopes, etc), and a phase that only activates finetuning within a project (but doesn't allow the modify event edges). Eventually, such "GUI-activation-templates" could even be created manually. I could also imagine using specific keyboard shortcuts in different templates.
Just an idea, but maybe there are other ways to deal with the problem.
Andy