"New Image" UI improvement #99771

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Julien Kaspar · 2022-07-16T18:05:02+02:00

Julien Kaspar commented

2022-07-16 18:05:02 +02:00

NOTE: This design is still under discussion and is incomplete.

Current Issue

The UI for image creation in Blender doesn't make it very easy to pick an optimal resolution and could be improved for usability.

Experienced Blender users might know that you can:

Drag over both fields to edit both at the same time
Type * or / to multiply or divide the resolutions to keep standard resolutions

Proposal

We need to make these options more obvious and readily available:

Add a dropdown for common resolutions (128,256,512,1024,2048,...)
Add a toggle to either keep image square. When disabled choose resolution for both dimensions.
Add an option to type in a custom resolution

This still needs mockups and further discussion.

NOTE: This design is still under discussion and is incomplete. # Current Issue The UI for image creation in Blender doesn't make it very easy to pick an optimal resolution and could be improved for usability. ![Screenshot 2022-07-16 175721.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F13296310/Screenshot_2022-07-16_175721.png) Experienced Blender users might know that you can: - Drag over both fields to edit both at the same time - Type `*` or `/` to multiply or divide the resolutions to keep standard resolutions # Proposal We need to make these options more obvious and readily available: - Add a dropdown for common resolutions (128,256,512,1024,2048,...) - Add a toggle to either keep image square. When disabled choose resolution for both dimensions. - Add an option to type in a custom resolution This still needs mockups and further discussion.

Julien Kaspar commented

2022-07-16 18:05:02 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

Julien Kaspar commented

2022-07-16 18:05:02 +02:00

Added subscribers: @JulienKaspar, @JosephEagar, @Jeroen-Bakker, @DanielBystedt, @Limarest

Julien Kaspar changed title from ~~Paint Mode: New Image UI~~ to "New Image" UI improvement

2022-07-16 18:05:31 +02:00

Ludvik Koutny commented

2022-07-16 19:40:07 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Rawalanche

Ludvik Koutny commented

2022-07-16 19:40:07 +02:00

To keep the UI cleaner, it'd make sense to have dropdown of common resolutions and then one of the options being "Custom", so that when anything else than "Custom" is selected, the resolution size UI element(s) are hidden or frozen.
In similar manner, when the square aspect ratio checkbox is checked, the Width and Height value fields should be replaced with a single "Size" field.

Just in general, not applicable items should always be hidden so there's the least amount of information thrown at the user as possible.

To keep the UI cleaner, it'd make sense to have dropdown of common resolutions and then one of the options being "Custom", so that when anything else than "Custom" is selected, the resolution size UI element(s) are hidden or frozen. In similar manner, when the square aspect ratio checkbox is checked, the Width and Height value fields should be replaced with a single "Size" field. Just in general, not applicable items should always be hidden so there's the least amount of information thrown at the user as possible.

fwfeet commented

2022-07-16 19:42:17 +02:00

Added subscriber: @costa

fwfeet commented

2022-07-16 19:42:17 +02:00

Just throwing my 2 cent comment.
About dropdown, maybe better using presets since blender uses it in other parts?

Just throwing my 2 cent comment. About dropdown, maybe better using presets since blender uses it in other parts? ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F13296405/image.png)

Julien Kaspar added this to the Sculpt, Paint & Texture project 2023-02-08 10:20:48 +01:00

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"New Image" UI improvement #99771

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