Re: sacrilegous? insulting the gods?

[Gene Crucean <genecrucean(at)gmail.com>]

Ah sorry I should have clarified better. Too much eggnog.

What I meant was that I'd like to be able to add/subtract/organize the list. I don't like the idea of mixing shaders, plugins, data directories etc. in the same favorites list because there is no way to organize that thing. You can't even re-order them. Maybe what we need is a bookmark type of setup with that type of organization setup. Generally I only add favorites for directories 'outside' of the project directories. For eg. I have a massive maps folder that I have under my favorites that's wayyyy outside of my projects directory.

Also, something else that bothers me about the paths button is that because it's not customizable you can't change where the default links point to. For eg. if I'm creating a shader and click nodes > texture > more, my User Add-ons path takes me to...

users\gene\Softimage\XSI_5.0\Addons\Data\DSPresets\Shaders\Texture

but I only have dirtmap under that location. Now unless thats the file I wanted I have to click up 5 levels. That's 5 clicks. Then I have to dig down into...

users\gene\Softimage\XSI_5.0\Data\DSPresets\Shaders\Texture

which has most of my installed shaders. That's 4 more clicks! Now I know I can move those presets to the first location but the rigidness of the paths setup needs work imo.

What I recommend is maybe getting rid of the paths button and expanding the favorites functionality. Why not just put paths under favorites?

On 12/30/05, kim aldis <kim(at)cg-soup.com> wrote:

you can add favourites, doesn't that work for you?

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Gene Crucean
Sent: 30-December-2005 20:24

To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: sacrilegous? insulting the gods?

One small beef I have with xsi's implementation is that the paths button is way up in the upper right while all the other similar buttons are upper left, which creates a lot of back and forth mouse movement. IMO, paths should be upper left.

I also would LOVE it if the paths button was customizable. As in the paths, not the button itself.

On 12/30/05, Thomas Helzle < xsi(at)screendream.de> wrote:

Sorry, no, it is more a tool for normal windows users and those don't need that feature very often ;-)
Because of that, I normally had each sequence in it's own folder...
But with XSI not having something like .rpf or layered .psd like lightwave, I start to have the same issue, since it is annoying to have that many folders for each pass... :-(
But maybe you can use the XSI file dialogue and drag and drop the sequences to fusion?
...Replace explorer.exe as default windows surface with xsi.exe ;-) >LOL<

Best regards and a good 2006 to everyone.

Cheers,

Thomas Helzle


On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:13:03 +0100, kim aldis <kim(at)cg-soup.com> wrote:

> Does it group numbered sequences of files? I've recently started to use
> Fusion and if there's one thing that drives me completely up the wall it's
> sifting through thousands of files every time I want to find a clip to
> import.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Thomas Helzle
>> Sent: 30-December-2005 16:05
>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> Subject: Re: sacrilegous? insulting the gods?
>>
>> I also happen to not like the XSI file browser. :-)
>>
>> I use FileEx (http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/) on Windows for
>> years now, and it gives you a large file window, all the
>> windows functionality, predefinable sorting (I use "by date"
>> with new files on top), default to detail view, "Open in last
>> folder used" (by app or dialogue), and four dropdowns at the
>> bottom with recent files and recent folders used - as well
>> for the current app as for all apps - and two favourite dropdowns too.
>>
>> The XSI dialogue may be better as the default windows one,
>> but since you are forced to use it, you have no choise to use
>> other tools either. I miss a lot of the right-click tools...
>>
>> I also miss the directory dropdown from the default windows
>> dialogue and network access is a pain for me in XSI, since it
>> doesn't show the network places shortcuts I use in every
>> other software...
>>
>> I don't think the XSI file dialogue should be removed, but
>> made an option.
>>
>> Just my two cents,
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Thomas Helzle
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