the ONE thing you'd like to see most

i've mentioned a number of my wish list items before but i thought i'd put this another way and let others add theirs as well. i dont know if there is time enough for any of these to be done before a release or the next version, but if there is but there is ONLY time for ONE THING to be changed or added, what would yours be?

the one thing that drives me crazy with almost any filter i make is, there arent enough control components do to everything i want to do. and i dont mean enough variety, i mean simply that 10 is way too few! so, that's my ONE THING; NO RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MANY CONTROLS CAN BE USED IN ONE FILTER!! there is no good reason to limit this. let the user apply his own judgement as to how many is too many. so, if only one more change could be made, that's what i'd like.

ok, now i'm serious about this. i've beta tested before and i know there often isnt any time to add anything new or make any serious kinds of alterations. so, limit this to just ONE THING per person. dont do 3 or 4 or you may find that your ONE THING gets left out. if it turns out that most folks all want that one same thing, this sometimes has a chance of making it into the next release...sometimes.

and dont treat this thread like a petition to try and force the developers into something. it's not meant that way at all. if they have time and have the inclination to make that one change, then fine and good. and, if they dont have the time or dont have the inclination, then fine and good also. there is NOTHING guaranteed here or even suggested that there might be a chance to see that ONE THING. this is strictly at the discretion of the developers and meant only as a 'if you can do it, we'd love it' type thing.

craig

Since most of the functionalities of the additional components I'd like to see can somehow be assembled even with the current set I also think that the limit on the amount of controls is the most important issue at hand that should be worked on.

I agree with you byRo. There are ways to work around the control limit but not the forced 'squareness' of everything.

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byRo wrote: it looks so simple to resolve this problem

Not quite so. There is a lot of subtle internal dependencies that also need to be examined. It's like an ecosystem -- you remove one element and the whole thing breaks apart.

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: byRo wrote: it looks so simple to resolve this problem Not quite so. There is a lot of subtle inner dependencies that also need to be examined. Posted: June 1, 2006 6:34 am

I know. That's why my smiley is winking at you.

Rô

I noticed that the maximum value of the pixel size is always the shorter edge of an image - maybe it would already help if that maximum side would be the longer side - like this there wouldn't be any repetition of the gradient within the visible image area.

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byRo wrote: ONE THING Angry - Free the Profile Gradient from the restriction to a square!

byRo, I think I have an idea. Can you think of any other specific components to free from "squarification"?

Vladimir

The Seamless ‘square’ format is only needed for the Texture Filters, and filters created for this category need to be kept seamless, however could this feature not be turned off for all the Effects Filters. What would be the reason for tiling an effect?

Ken.

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uberzev wrote: Maybe could have a way of voting for which new feature is made a priority?

Such voting would greatly depend on what choices are available for voting, and how these choices are worded. I'd suggest to simply post all ONE-THING-candidates right into this thread -- I believe this will work better because your choice won't be limited to the poll options.

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uberzev wrote: Might want to sticky this topic.

Done.

And my ONE THING I'd like to see most is My Filters TREE (See attached image). So, in the options I would get to set where My Filters folder is in my HD (Browse...) and I would build the tree as I want to.

Just updating the image of ONE THING |My Filters TREE:

Ok I want to change my vote, Kraellin you were right after all.

My newest filter uberLENS 2 won't be getting any new features in the future because I've already exauhsted the 10 control limit. I'd really love to add some frosted/cracked glass effects without losing the current controls.

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Kraellin wrote: is there no way to read the length and width of an image and apply effects based on that?

None that I can find.

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Kraellin wrote: hmmm, too bad. maybe that one shld be added to the wish list also.

We already have an idea regarding this on our long-term list.

I vote for the ability to assign scratch disc(s) to another drive. I've crashed a few times already trying to build something too memory intensive. Some sort of resource status bar at the bottom of the application wouldn't be a bad thing either.

Terri

Hey all,

My single top feature request, as indicated here, is a version for After Effects 7.0. Basically a plug-in that reads a custom filter file written by the standalone GUI and creates an effect out of it.

This could be a great way to create and share custom effects for AE.

-Stu

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Mike Blackney wrote: At the moment I've been sending rasterised text to FF from Photoshop

that's an interesting idea.

and yes, making one's own fonts seems like a natural for FF.

craig

Splines Im sure there is a simple method of doing this that as of yet eludes me but to be able to take a shap (lets say one generated from a profile gradient) and make it follow a spline (with simulated z axis so that all 3 x y and z are represented) and be able to control spacing of said shape or if its extruded.
Also for the external section to add a grab clipboard (this will import whatever is selected at the time and use it as the source image including its alpha

Layers

under patterns righs and circles ( I realize you can use a profile gradient to do this and have done it in some of my filters ) I think this will free up developers for creativity and get them away from having to focus so much on mechanics

Glad to heere that and by the way ""rings""
I did notice that the one topic you didnt touch was splines I realize this really lies more in the realm of 3d apps But comming from a world of using splines in apps like blender I know just how many doors they open up
Hey I never said I wasnt asking for my cake and to eat it to

Id like to reiterate again how impressed I am with your product but now that Ive started reviewing posts here its even more impressive your apparent dedication to constant improvement
I hope that you keep your distance from complacency like you have it is what sepperates the good from the truly great

well, having gone through several updates now, my ONE THING has changed. vlad was kind enough to add more controls, for which i'm quite greatful, but now i need to control the controls aint i a stinker, vlad? like you said elsewhere, we're never satisfied.

i've posted this suggestion before, but it's now become my number one wishlist item, so i'm posting it again. i do filters with many, many controls. i dont upload them for a number of reasons, but i do use them. most all of these multi-filters use a fair number of switches. and therefore, most all of them branch out into sub-modules or sub-trees. my request is in order to remove the clutter of all these controls, if it's possible, i'd like to either ghost out the controls in the sub-tree when it's not in use or to hide it completely. in other words, if the switch isnt switched to that branch, ghost out or hide the controls in that branch. hiding would actually be better. when you moved the switch to a different position, that new branch's controls would then show up and the old one would ghost or disappear. the BIG advantage to this is that not only do you have fewer controls to view at any given time, but you know exactly what ones are active.

if drop-down menus on controls ever get implemented, this would work also. just put a drop down on the switch control. but i'm guessing from previous discussions this isnt going to happen any time soon, if at all.

the other way would be fly-out panels with menu items on a switch control. but again, i'm guessing that isnt going to happen either.

i've actually found a way to put in a dummy 'spacer' item to divide my controls in the listing. so, i can group my controls into their respective branches with a divider between the groups. that helps, but it can still get a bit confusing, even for me the creator of same. i can only imagine the confusion others might have not knowing what goes with what in the controls (and that's actually one reason i dont upload any of these). it would also help to have a 'dummy' spacer control component though.

anyways, that's my biggest wishlist item currently. and i thank vlad and the FF team for the really great integrity in their testing and the great response to user feedback. it's a pleasure dealing with you guys, even if that may not be true in reverse (i try not to whine too much )

Craig