geometry source edit mode in output window

[MoorPoor]

Hello,
As I'm currently setting up some installations with the help of Vimix, I noticed in practical use that editing the source geometry in the live output-window would be very useful. actually extremely important for precise mapping on surfaces.
also useful in the case that you cannot connect a control monitor.
as the Geometry distortion and transforming options in F2 view got so powerful recently, this would be a logical next step to add this option in a somewhat reduced way to work on projected output directly.

here is a picture of an an exemplary situation... the vimix window needs to somehow sneak in frame, to position and distort the sources

This obviously goes in the direction of video mapping and hopefully doesn't stray too far from Vimix's original goal?

what you think?

[brunoherbelin]

Hey ! Glad to see vimix in action 😄

So, if I understand well your suggestion, the Display (F5) view correction and management (as below) should be accessible directly in the output window itself ?

Or is it that you imagine the operations on sources in the Geometry (F2) view should be accessible directly in the output?

[MoorPoor]

hello!
yes, more the F2 view options. so each active layer to be manipulable.
I'm glad you're interested :D

[brunoherbelin]

Ok now I see.
So I could imagine that the window in F5 could have a big [EDIT] button that would activate the geometry view tools inside the output window directly. Everything is doable, but indeed it could be quite some work...

[MoorPoor]

yes, F5 might be the right place for such a button.
I'm sorry, that I cant contribute code-wise

I'm not sure whether 1:1 should be transferred from F2, it's certainly great to have so many parameters, but in live use too many buttons/options can quickly become too confusing. In that case, I'm a fan of additional keyboard shortcuts maybe?
so all the options of transforming from F2 but with a toggle shortcut?

[MoorPoor]

I have some more questions and suggestions, but don't know how best to deal with them... I don't want to flood the issues or discussion forum with them. also because I don't know your time management :) what would you suggest?

[brunoherbelin]

Discussion here is a good option, but indeed a live chat could be faster :)
Don't hesitate email me to start a private discussion.

[MoorPoor]

I'm currently collecting ideas that we could discuss together. maybe in a public conference? Perhaps one or the other would like to take part? problem with spoken words.... they get lost :L