introduction & inquiry

[samsc]

Richard & List,
My name is Ken Delvo and this is my first post here.

I have started using Catalyst recently and have been looking after them on several tours for XL.

My question or request is:

While using in stand-alone mode, is there a way to enter values into fields?

For instance... rotation. Currently you can put the cursor over the field and roll the mouse to change values.

What about?
click in a field, enter a known value, hit enter.
Tab to next field, enter value, hit enter.

If we want a layer to rotate, we know that we must set the rotation to over 720° Would be nice if you could just type in a value.


Anyway I really am getting into the application and discovering new things.
Keep up the good work.

Ken Delvo
kendelvo (AT) earthlink (DOT) net

you can right click on some values in the fields - but this brings up 'raw' values rather than real user values -
the complexity comes about because of the way this arose by being controlled through dmx.
it needs a different gui to represent this - and i havent quite got around to finishing it.

you can actually type in a real value for rotation - ( in recent versions as shown here )

[SourceChild]

Hey Richard,

Can you enable this in V-FX, C-FX, File, Lib, and play mode? I just finished a hugh show using Local Presets and being able to type in these values is faster than scrolling.

One of a few requests I was hoping to make actually.

[kdelvo]

Richard,
Thanks for enabling these numeric entries. Spent some time today using them. Would the ability to TAB thru these fields, in addition to the fields SourceChild requested, be possible?
This would make numeric entry quite fast. less mousing around : )



The application is becoming quite functional in standalone mode!

[SourceChild]

Richard,
Thanks for enabling these numeric entries. Spent some time today using them. Would the ability to TAB thru these fields, in addition to the fields SourceChild requested, be possible?
This would make numeric entry quite fast. less mousing around : )



The application is becoming quite functional in standalone mode!

I tend to agree with this. However, I have a few other thoughts about the LAYERS window.

As a lighting programmer, I like the way that I can add individually attribute changes one by one through the outside Library window PRESET tab or by clicking to Edit a Preset in the inside Libraries window.

Many times though, I wish that I could use the LAYERS window to change only attributes I wanted to capture into a preset whereby only the "touched" attributes would "track" through.

Could there be a way to have a tab thru function for entering values in the LAYERS window where only edited values would show up in a capture. Something where the options would be "Snapshot All or Snapshot Touched."