01-07-2024, 06:22 PM
The Beats & Page Counter in Timeline is a useful feature. I spend most of my time in the Research tab, would it be possible in a future version to include it on the Whiteboard? Maybe next to the synchronize views icon.
01-07-2024, 06:22 PM
01-08-2024, 02:00 PM
Hi,
Yes, something like this is in the cards. Basically, the timeline and the whiteboard are growing towards each other, as basically an "overview" timeline and a "detail" timeline. DaVinci Resolve has adopted the same pattern. Things like emotion graphs and big-picture concerns go in the timeline, and the whiteboard is for the nitty-gritty of the beats themselves.
Since the time information already exists, it should be quite simple to make the whiteboard header show time. What's holding it up is a bigger-picture insight about what's needed. What is the totality of things anyone might want to see in the whiteboard header, and how much could/should people be able to see at one time.
For me personally, I feel that the scene headings don't give me the sense of knowing where I am that I was expecting. But a planned feature will automatically color scenes based on int/ext or night/day, or by location color. Then that view could become important for knowing where you are.
The bad version of this would be a big stack of information blocking the upper third of the whole whiteboard area. So I'm trying to get a picture of what's actually useful to be able to see in one go.
Yes, something like this is in the cards. Basically, the timeline and the whiteboard are growing towards each other, as basically an "overview" timeline and a "detail" timeline. DaVinci Resolve has adopted the same pattern. Things like emotion graphs and big-picture concerns go in the timeline, and the whiteboard is for the nitty-gritty of the beats themselves.
Since the time information already exists, it should be quite simple to make the whiteboard header show time. What's holding it up is a bigger-picture insight about what's needed. What is the totality of things anyone might want to see in the whiteboard header, and how much could/should people be able to see at one time.
For me personally, I feel that the scene headings don't give me the sense of knowing where I am that I was expecting. But a planned feature will automatically color scenes based on int/ext or night/day, or by location color. Then that view could become important for knowing where you are.
The bad version of this would be a big stack of information blocking the upper third of the whole whiteboard area. So I'm trying to get a picture of what's actually useful to be able to see in one go.
01-08-2024, 07:13 PM
That would be great. I' writing my first feature and spend most of my time in the research tab.