User Interface

I just have a couple of problems with the UI. I think it should be more graphical oriented.

- There should be two types of controls.
-- A 'user control' for modifying settings in the main window and edit window.
-- A 'filter control' for modifying settings in the edit window only.
-- This could be toggled with a checkbox on the control so you don't end up having two of each control.

- All the components should be edit in place. You should be able to:
-- Enter data directly into a control (or right click to change control settings).
-- Right click on a property and enter the value directly.

- There needs to be a dropdown control type.
- Each of the components should have a checkbox for each parameter to put that on the main window without having to use a component (which would remove a lot of clutter).
- There needs to be limits on the colour control (I may want the user to pick a colour which is a certain brightness which currently uses extra components and time when rendering), and all other controls.
- There should be a side by side comparison mode so you can see a before/after version of your image (either two whole images or half and half).
- In the filter editor, the panel on the left should be resizable so you can see more/less of the image/ and should be collapsable like the component panel.
- There needs to be two more levels of zoom in for people with high resolutions.
- Lastly, the lines between controls should be of a type: straight (current method), L shaped, S or Z shaped and the line should be able to start from the top, left or bottom sides of the component and be moveable. With some of the filters I've seen it's hard to modify them for your own use or understand how they work with lines all over the place.

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Zone12 wrote: - There should be a side by side comparison mode so you can see a before/after version of your image (either two whole images or half and half).

You can use the Show Original checkbox on the Toolbar.