23 Jan
2003
23 Jan
'03
7:03 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 11:14:40 +0100, Lukas Degener wrote:
It is going through some refactoring process right
now, and while i'm at
it, i would apreciate any ideas on how to make its gui more attractive.
Matthias (the main author) once mentioned that he would like to have
some kind of skinning support for the gui controlls.
Code I'm working on at the moment used pixmaps to draw the UI, its pretty
easy to do, and I wouldn't hold up my code as a good example, but I can
send it if you like.
What interfaces should ams provide to anyone
interested in creating
custom widgets/skins?
I would say replaceable bitmaps.
BTW: although i like many aproaches suggested on this
thread, concerning
the many kinds of range controls (knobs/sliders/whatever) i think the
most intuitive thing to do (and the most elegant for realtime
performances anyway) is to bind a midi controller to the parameter in
question. (which is no problem with ams ;-) ) But i also like the idea
of an animated knob, operated by the mousewheel. Maybe together with a
modifier key to have extra precission. Another thing which i found quiet
usefull while working with ams is the possibility to redefine the
boundries of a parameter.
Agreed, these features make AMS /very/ useful for performances.
- Steve