Kirupian Swift 3d v4.0 Improvement List

[cybergold]

How about we make a large list on what people think Erain should improve on Swift version 4.0? And then when we get enough, we can send it as an official forum submission. Swift's forum doesn't get as much traffic as here.

[mdipi]

better modeling. i used the trial and i couldnt figure it out.

[DDD]

they have a gigantic list from the wishlist already I frequent that forum and had a peak at it. But lets do it.

1. the ability to save a new material from one you have altered.


This is a biggie. When you are tweaking a material you just created you cannot resave it as a new material you have to remember the setting then create a new material then input your settings and save that one. Boy I have many many more

[DDD]

GHOSTING....

2. We must have ghosting in the next one. And hiding objects and still have them impact the scene would be nice

so that is #2 and #3

[cybergold]

~Export to Temporary Folder~ The ability to choose to automatically save to a temporary file on rendering images. Maybe that will decrease the crash potential, because the program is storing all those files within itself for you to preview. Kind of like you having them all open at the same time.

[cybergold]

~Boolean Cyber Modelling (previously 3d cropping-edited-)~ Example: you place a sphere on the side of a cube, and choose to crop the circle from the cube. and then you get an inner sphere inside of the square. =)

[DDD]

yeah that would be cool....that is called boolean modelling cyber.....cropping is a lil diff.....but yes that would be nice.

we need to have a list made that someone edits and adds to.

[cybergold]

You are right, can't have comments that are not part of the list. Or too much extra type.

[.soulty]

better memory handling, easier texture creation and handling. easier selection of objects, more advanced integration and recognition with illustrator files including more advanced eps support, export to a dfx format or some sort of mesh for chance to open in larger 3d app (maya, max ,cinema). More integration with flash MX. Give me a sec, there is more :)

[DDD]

hey their flash integration is excelllent in v3...the export to layer thing is awesome...the best by far of any proggy

[.soulty]

Originally posted by 3d-iva
hey their flash integration is excelllent in v3...the export to layer thing is awesome...the best by far of any proggy

Yeah I know its awesome , i said better, I want more! :P

::i was thinking along the lines of interactivity from swift to flash, now that would be something crazy :crazy:

[Ibn Batutah]

~Set the point of rotation on an object ~ Swift makes everything rotate from the center, there should be an option to choose the Rotation Location

[senocular]

you can change the pivot point - the point of rotation. Theres an option on the left to move the object, the pivot or both. Its both by default


the big one from me (of many) is manual input of rotation values

[mjULTRA]

i think it would be great if they could add a cancel button when rendering. I find it frustrating that once you click render, you hafta wait until the image is fully rendered. (unless there is already a way to do this that i'm not aware of.. )

[.soulty]

yep! . lol there is one at the bottom of the render window :P

[ironikart]

Since it's a wish list, how about some mesh editing tools that allow you to pull individual vertices. Primitives don't give you much to work with unless you can modify them.

It sucks that you can import complex models but to edit them you have to go to other apps:+)

[cybergold]

~Linking Objects to Skeletons~ So that you can attach objects to skeletons, I wouldn't of had to animate this one limb by limb, joint by joint.

http://www.freewebs.com/cybergold/roboty.html

[mjULTRA]

****, that Cancel button didn't really stand out down in the corner, but i see it now. Thanks soulty..

[DDD]

we need to format this list...if we really intend to send it.....I spoke to someone at erain....and they said they would very much like to see out list and add whatever is not there to it....So who wants to format a list and add to it periodically.....I nominate cybergold.....he started this post.

[senocular]

well they have a forum for this at erain

[DDD]

tru......but we can submit by email also or post a link to a post here on their forum. It was just a thought..... and they expressed interest. Plus some more publicity for this forum.... 2 birds 1 stone. :)

[chris9902]

a better work space

like flash MX

it is really hard to see what your doing:angry:

[cybergold]

~Toggle the Screen~ If you are ever using a camera in swift, and you get too close to an object, or you are inside of a closed area, it is difficult to move the camera around. You have the option to either go to another view, and move it with the keyboard, type in x,y,z values, or if all else fails, click on the zoom icon at the top (which puts all objects in feild of view). I think it would be easier if they could add a method much like Macromedia Flash, where if you hold the spacebar, you can toggle the screen view, without effecting objects.

[cybergold]

~Looping 3d objects~ I have a robot walking, and it would have been great if I could loop him walking, instead of having to recreate all the frames one after the other, right now i am doing the method of exporting as PNG and merging it with a scene in Flash, which does not get very good detail because reflections and shadows can't be placed.

[cybergold]

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[cybergold]

~Render Multiple Files~ This option could be used to render more than one animation at a time, once Swift is done rendering one animation, it automatically starts on the next one and so on, and it sends each file's animation to it's own temporary folder (which the user chooses for each animation)

[DDD]

cyber....nothing was there?

[cybergold]

:hair: don't know why, let me try uploading again... It does not work, for some reason. It's just a robot outline walking. I guess you can right click and say save target as if you would like, it works like that.

[cybergold]

~PNG imports~ It would be great if Swift could support PNG's so when you apply them on a surface, there is transperency on it.

[cybergold]

~Path Wrapping and Extruding~ Take the Path of a Map of the Earth with longitude and latitude lines on it. When you import this into Swift, it would be wonderful if swift wrapped it on a surface(in this case, a circle), and then extruded what was colored.:bounce: The end result would be a hollowed out globe with longitude and latitude lines on it =) I've always wanted this option, I've seen how effortlessly it can be done in 3ds, just by putting a PNG on a circle. Can someone post up an example of what i mean? :sure:

[grimdeath]

Man the thing i want the most on swift 3ds new app is a better timeline, man its a B!t@h to move an object from one possition to the other if they could implement a f6 lie flash that would be awesome or a paste in place feature, oh and to make all the timeline options like position, scale, rotation etc.. move all at once instead of 1 by 1 it would speed things up

[ironikart]

I'll second that timeline. It's a pain to work with, almost impossible to animate anything more complex than a ball bouncing.

I don't think it needs a skeletal bones system. Things like that would be nice, but then the price would increase. Just look at plasma, lots of cool options but you end up paying for it.

[cybergold]

~Selecting Multiple Frames on the Timeline~ This would be good too. (Ironikart, you have a good point about that skeletal system)

[cybergold]

~Grouping Lights and Objects~ It would be great to have the option to group lights and objects together, especially for objects that are animated. It would also be much easier to copy and paste if you are making a scene with many lights, as opposed to copying and pasting each and every light in its location. (-:

[cybergold]

~Kirupian Swift 3d v4.0 Improvement list update~

1. The ability to save a new material from one you have altered

2. Ghosting (insert definition here)

3. Hiding objects and still have them impact the scene.

4. Export to Temporary Folder: The ability to choose to automatically save to a temporary file on rendering images.

5. Boolean Cyber Modelling

6. More advanced integration and recognition with illustrator files including more advanced eps support.

7. Export to a dfx format or some sort of mesh for chance to open in larger 3d app (maya, max ,cinema).

8. Mesh editing tools that allow you to pull individual vertices.

9. Toggle the Screen: If you are ever using a camera in swift, and you get too close to an object, or you are inside of a closed area, it is difficult to move the camera around. You have the option to either go to another view, and move it with the keyboard, type in x,y,z values, or if all else fails, click on the zoom icon at the top (which puts all objects in feild of view). I think it would be easier if they could add a method much like Macromedia Flash, where if you hold the spacebar, you can toggle the screen view, without effecting objects.

10. Looping 3d object animations: For instance when you have a grouped object with an animation which you place in a scene, like walking, this walking action takes much time to do manually with keyframes. An option to loop these would be good.

11. PNG imports: It would be great if Swift could support PNG's so when you apply them on a surface, there is transperency on it.

12. Path Wrapping and Extruding: For instance if you take the path of a map of the earth with longitude and latitude lines on it, and you import this into Swift, it would be wonderful if swift wrapped it on a surface(in this case, a circle), and then extruded what was colored. The end result would be a hollowed out globe with longitude and latitude lines on it which have depth.

13. Selecting Multiple Frames on the Timeline and having the ablility to copy and paste more than one frame.

14. Grouping Lights and Objects: It would be great to have the option to group lights and objects together, especially for objects that are animated. It would also be much easier to copy and paste if you are making a scene with many lights, as opposed to copying and pasting each and every light in its location.

[cybergold]

Cybergold here, :thumb:
If you've got anything good, feel free to put it up (-:

[cybergold]

:) Mods, will you send this as an unofficial or an official Kirupian submission? (-:

[cybergold]

so how should we submit this?

[DDD]

just email it or post a link to tthis post in their wishlist forum.