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Bug 632412 - Better visual representation of transitions in the timeline canvas
Better visual representation of transitions in the timeline canvas
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: pitivi
Classification: Other
Component: Transitions
Git
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: 2.0
Assigned To: Pitivi maintainers
Pitivi maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-10-17 22:57 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2015-10-20 13:22 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
mockup (33.38 KB, image/png)
2010-10-17 22:57 UTC, Jean-François Fortin Tam
Details
updated mockup (19.87 KB, image/png)
2014-02-09 18:40 UTC, Jean-François Fortin Tam
Details

Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2010-10-17 22:57:27 UTC
Created attachment 172571 [details]
mockup

The current implementation of transitions simply shows a thin rectangle above the clips whose overlapping parts form a transition.

This is not the best way to represent it because:
- it is not obvious to the user that this means there is a transition going on
- the current implementation makes it nearly impossible to edit the curves that happen during that transition

Attached is a mockup of what I'd like to see instead. Not only is it prettier and a bit more informative, but it also gives additional information (such as the duration of the transition in seconds) and it allows the user to manipulate the keyframes on the boundaries of the transition (if we want to allow that kind of thing).

It could even allow the user, in the case of crossfades, to have a custom curve for transitions (but I'm not sure this is really something that is needed).

Eventually, when we have poney-shaped transitions (bug #609353), the user could simply drag and drop a transition onto this "crossfading/transition area".
Comment 1 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2014-02-09 18:40:16 UTC
Created attachment 268600 [details]
updated mockup

It seems I forgot to attach the newer version of this UI mockup, part of the 2012-2013 timeline facelift design document.
Comment 2 Thibault Saunier 2015-10-20 13:22:00 UTC
This bug has been migrated to https://phabricator.freedesktop.org/T2648.

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