UI Experiment: Image Sequence Collapse #119193

Harley Acheson · 2024-03-08T03:14:19+01:00

Harley Acheson commented

2024-03-08 03:14:19 +01:00

Proof of concept (only) allowing image sequences to be collapsed.

An option to only show only the beginning of image sequences. Done in a way that makes it easy to see missing members. Thumbnails are not made for hidden items, which can make working with large numbers of related images easier and quicker.

This looks like more change than there really is, with most of it making filelist_readjob_list_dir traverse an already-sorted list top to bottom rather than reversed. Two integers added to FileListInternEntry, about 30 lines to find sequences, 18 to format the sequence start names correctly.

This proof of concept is just reusing the current "show hidden" filter. You'll have to imagine there being a separate toggle for this.

Proof of concept (only) allowing image sequences to be collapsed. --- An option to only show only the beginning of image sequences. Done in a way that makes it easy to see missing members. Thumbnails are not made for hidden items, which can make working with large numbers of related images easier and quicker. ![SequenceCollapse.gif](/attachments/688306c9-8617-4689-ada2-8a9fa4b46280) This looks like more change than there really is, with most of it making filelist_readjob_list_dir traverse an already-sorted list top to bottom rather than reversed. Two integers added to FileListInternEntry, about 30 lines to find sequences, 18 to format the sequence start names correctly. This proof of concept is just reusing the current "show hidden" filter. You'll have to imagine there being a separate toggle for this.

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Harley Acheson added 1 commit 2024-03-08 03:14:29 +01:00

8c36612019 UI Experiment: Image Sequence Collapse

Proof of concept (only) allowing image sequences to be collapsed.

Harley Acheson added this to the User Interface project 2024-03-08 03:15:06 +01:00

Manuel Grad commented

2024-03-08 10:34:33 +01:00

First-time contributor

The functionality is awesome and in line with a lot of other apps that do it like this. This gives a much better overview of the rendered sequences in a folder and also makes selecting sequences a breeze.

"Show hidden" as the naming of that option is pretty bad though in my opinion, hidden files are usually something else in a file browser.
Most other apps use something along the lines of "Show Sequences" or "Show sequences as single lines"

When there are missing files in a sequence you also might consider displaying it like this:
image_##.jpg ( 02–05 , 07–10 )

instead of splitting it into two lines:
image_##.jpg (02-05)
image_##.jpg (07-10)

The functionality is awesome and in line with a lot of other apps that do it like this. This gives a much better overview of the rendered sequences in a folder and also makes selecting sequences a breeze. "Show hidden" as the naming of that option is pretty bad though in my opinion, hidden files are usually something else in a file browser. Most other apps use something along the lines of "Show Sequences" or "Show sequences as single lines" When there are missing files in a sequence you also might consider displaying it like this: image_##.jpg ( 02–05 , 07–10 ) instead of splitting it into two lines: image_##.jpg (02-05) image_##.jpg (07-10)

Hadrien commented

2024-03-08 11:38:09 +01:00

First-time contributor

Great, that's super welcome. Saves space, makes missing files obvious, informs you of the frame range immediately. Maybe use a slightly different icon, to spot sequences at a glance ?

I'm not sure there is something fitting on the icon sheet yet, is there ?

I tried making an icon... see attachments. It's a copy of the compositor icon, with the "top layer" taken from the image file icon.

Great, that's super welcome. Saves space, makes missing files obvious, informs you of the frame range immediately. Maybe use a slightly different icon, to spot sequences at a glance ? ![SequenceCollapse.png](/attachments/a53d113e-b2f8-4fbb-8682-5ba0ab04d9fc) I'm not sure there is something fitting on the icon sheet yet, is there ? I tried making an icon... see attachments. It's a copy of the compositor icon, with the "top layer" taken from the image file icon.

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Harley Acheson commented

2024-03-08 17:14:12 +01:00

"Show hidden" as the naming of that option is pretty bad though in my opinion, hidden files are usually something else in a file browser.
Most other apps use something along the lines of "Show Sequences" or "Show sequences as single lines"

For sure. I tried to mention in the first comment that this is just temporary, as an easy way to see it working without extra work, but I might not have been clear enough.

More importantly, I only just noticed that we deal with sequences by selecting all of them rather than just the first of them. This would mean that I would need to maintain this sequence information "higher up" so that selecting a sequence parent (when collapsed) will select all in the children.

But this also exposes another problem. If selecting the parent also selects the (hidden) children, then you'd get a list that is ordered by your current browser sort order (by date, size, etc).

I'll keep giving this some thought, but this is just an evening/weekend thing, so might close this if solutions don't become apparent quickly.

> "Show hidden" as the naming of that option is pretty bad though in my opinion, hidden files are usually something else in a file browser. > Most other apps use something along the lines of "Show Sequences" or "Show sequences as single lines" For sure. I tried to mention in the first comment that this is just temporary, as an easy way to see it working without extra work, but I might not have been clear enough. More importantly, I only just noticed that we deal with sequences by selecting all of them rather than just the first of them. This would mean that I would need to maintain this sequence information "higher up" so that selecting a sequence parent (when collapsed) will select all in the children. But this also exposes another problem. If selecting the parent also selects the (hidden) children, then you'd get a list that is ordered by your current browser sort order (by date, size, etc). I'll keep giving this some thought, but this is just an evening/weekend thing, so might close this if solutions don't become apparent quickly.

Harley Acheson commented

2024-03-09 20:00:09 +01:00

Current road blocker is that the current file list operated on for selection is after filtering. So how to select and return items that are filtered? Needs thought.

This pull request has changes conflicting with the target branch.

source/blender/editors/space_file/filelist.cc

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