Re: FLASH: Re: Flasher wish list

[Jeff Sibley]

>

> >

> > I am currently using several good 3D design programs that have very intuitive

> > interfaces that utilize hierarchical folders that allow you to specify objects

> > to folders thus forming child / parent family relationships. For instance if you

> > put a hand model in an arm folder and the arm folder in the body folder than all

> > objects in the body folder are linked together forming a jointed arm

> > relationship.

> >

> > I would like to see Flash allow for a Hierarchical folder arrangement in the

> > layers listings of the timeline window. Why use individual scenes in separate

> > windows when all the scenes could be listed in a few folders on one timeline

> > window. Any scene could be viewed at anytime by double clicking on any folder

> > and having it pop open, revealing all levels of the scene in parent / child

> > hierarchical fashion. No searching over several timeline windows required. And

> > because the scenes are composed of parent / child folders, the scene can be

> > viewed in as much detailed as needed by simply opening or closing object folders

> > inside the main scene folder. This would provide a simple and clean interface

> > where everything can be viewed in one window with no searching simply by

> > expanding indivual folders as much as needed thus eliminating unnecessary

> > clutter.

> >

> > More importantly, if all movie objects are listed in parent / child relationship

> > fashion than there would be no need to specify where a movie clip or variable

> > resides (example: /mc instance:variable name), simply name them and the program

> > would know how to align them since they are already aligned on the timeline.

> >

> > This parent / child relationship would also offer other benefits such as tying

> > transitions to a folder would allow everything in the folder to have the same

> > transition; closing a folder would automatically lock everything in the folder;

> > folders could form the basics for a BONES structure where objects in child

> > folder are logically connected to objects in a parent folder (example: hand

> > objects in an arm folder would be connected at the joint allowing for realistic

> > animation).

> >

> > Also, there should be a way to fold up parts of the timeline frames. For

> > instance, if you have a movie 400 frames long, why not allow the use to take the

> > first 200 frames of the opening animation and collapse it into a one frame

> > folder so you don't have to scroll 200 frames to get to the rest of the movie.

> > The movie could be encapsulated in several folders making the entire 400 frame

> > movie viewable in one window, no scrolling required.

> >

> > All this would make for a cleaner and more intuitive interface.

> >

>


Just saw a sample of Adobie's "Ground Zero's" interface, It appears that their

treatment of layers is based on Hierarchical Folders. It seems that Adobie has a

better understanding of how to make an intuitive interface. But it remains to be seen

how well the programing capabilities have been implemented into the interface.



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