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In the render output window you can press ' J ' to flip between two output image buffers: "Render" and "Render (Previous)". This still works of course. The problem (at least since 2.42a) is that when you press ' F12 ' when the mouse pointer is not in the render output window then both image buffers ...

Hi, just wanted to reply before your post gets too old. The forum most useful to you is http://www.elysiun.com/forum/ . This forum is about Blender development. Hmm, you found the subsurf modifier... OK. Loop select is now done with [Shift-]Alt-Right Mouse Button. Choose between a vertex loop and a ...

I haven't played much with the interface code, but it looks like it's designed with Blender in mind. I won't speak to its applicability to any given program, but what you want to do would probably require some heavy coding. "Windowed" GUI systems are generally designed around the current paradeigm; ...

Yes, that's the verbal-mnemonic part. In UI design, it has been shown that using images solely for their verbal-mnemonic association is a bad idea --for precicely the reason I stated above: an image has other association(s) with it which are stronger than any mnemonic association. Also, the mnemonic...

How did you create the hair? If you used the new hair guides and particles, then your hair is really a mathematical object and not polygons. I think RipSting 's Fiber script generates polys, but in any case you'd really have millions of polys for any decent-looking hair... How do you want to use the...

While cute, and mneumonic, I disagree. The problem is that a sceneboard has other associations with it. It could equally be applied to the IPO Curve Editor or the Sequence Editor, etc. I tend to prefer Blender's default images because they are either unique or have a clear association. Of course, if...

Heh, so it is. I've looked over that one a zillion times and never seen it...

Yes, that's pretty much it. I figured that greater access to the sequencer would require writing a python interface module (which I don't currently have time for...)... Even so, there's currently no way to access a lot of internals. Say, for example, you want to get or set the 'subsurf' flag for a p...

I was trying to write a python script that used the Video Sequence Editor (which methinks is not likely to happen now...) One thing I was trying to do is just to change the current area to the Sequence Editor. You can do this by hand by pressing Shift+F8, but using something like: area = Window.GetA...

The same thing happens when you hit the Esc key. It's frustrating for an entire script to terminate when you're using a modal entry widget. It's inconsistent with the way the non-scripted UI works... (And it's OK to have to press Esc twice to cause the script to exit, since the first Esc is just for...

Yes, that's it LetterRip.

Thank you.

The weight painting tool has definitely improved. However, the feature I like best appears to have disappeared. In 2.37 I could set the opacity to 1.0 and have the vertices that fall in the circle be instantly set to exactly the weight I specified. In 2.39 the closest I can get is to click only 'Ver...

Sorry to double-post, but the last one was so long... I forgot to answer your intriguing question. Yes. Also, you're correct about using the first letter for names. It is not always appropriate. Only for high-ranking features. Also, it need not be the first letter; only something that associates wel...

:arrow: The selection modality of course will affect certain features. For example, it would make no sense to try to select an edge loop (or what's now called a vertex loop) when in face select mode. Face select mode is purposefully exclusive of the concept of individual edges and vertices. That's r...

I'm in near total agreement. :arrow: The difference between vertex, edge, and face select modes are cosmetic: they exist for convenience. To forcibly bind other functionalities to a visual representation (as opposed to a visual model ) is a form of programmer-as-user-syndrome (think just a little bi...