smeighan / nutcracker

RGB Effects builder for Chistmas Animations
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Generate Custom Models comments are request for change #74

Open MrChristmas2000 opened 8 years ago

MrChristmas2000 commented 8 years ago

In the 'Generate Custom Models' function, during the Run Capture Pattern routine it would be good to have an 'Abort' or 'Cancel' button. If you have a mode with a large node count and something goes wrong such as too much light coming from a reflective surface you have to wait till it cycles through the whole pattern process before starting over.

On the 'Start Frame' screen in the 'Generate Custom Models' function there is no information for a user to know whether to use the 'Manual' or 'Automatic' function to determine the bulb locations and what the difference might be or how to do the manual method. And there is no 'Next' button either where it tell you to click next if you are happy.

After you click 'Automatic' you jump to the 'Bulb identify' screen where if you don't click the 'Update' button nothing happens. The first time I used it I didn't realize that you had to click the 'Update' button to see the red circles appear.

Also it would be nice to know what changing the Blur, Sensitivity, Minimum Separation, Contract is supposed to affect the bulb selection. I played with the sensitivity and it didn't work as expected.

Also what is the difference between the 'blue' and 'red' bulb identifiers?

In my opinion at this point this needs to be performed against a dark or black background for best results, so there is no reflective objects behind or near the element being modeled.