roadmap

Hi,


yes Luis that's all right. I think a roadmap could be usefull. If we have our 
ideas in order somebody could make a HTML document about the roadmap. This 
could be linked with the roadmap.

kevin



Am Mittwoch, 17. Juli 2002 13:57 schrieb CARVALHO Luis Passos:
> Hello everyone,
>
> A lot of good ideas have been posted on the list, but I have a bit of
> difficulty on looking at everything at the same time.
> So here are my suggestions for a road map:
>
> For Kpovmodeler 1.1 I suggest we focus on the following:
> 	3.5's new objects
> 	Plugin architecture( import/export, scene manipulation, new
> objects(maybe for 1.2?) )
> 	Object Libraries
> 	Documentation wise, adding povray 3.5 to the documentation map.
>
> Scripting provides the most flexibility for what we want to do. My
> suggestion is that we try to develop the scripting infrastructure first.
> So, for Kpovmodeler 1.2 we can focus on plugins for additional objects
> (example lensflare effect) and scripting plugins (python plugin)
>
> However, scripting is not immediate to non-coders. When it is in place and
> api stable (KPovModeler 1.3), we start developing shortcuts for common
> actions like movement along a path and others.
>
> Of course this is just a first suggestion, but we now have a lot of ideas
> and they're all a bit in the air.
> Attaching them to a schedule can help us focus on making the first ideas
> more solid. Then, when the time comes to code, everything is easier.
>
> Regards,
> Luis
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tobias Wollgam [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: quarta-feira, 17 de Julho de 2002 11:58
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: animation
> >
> > > you missed something in your (pc-) life. Your media informatics
> > > student could show you the tweening feature of flash. This is great.
> > > You select an object on e.g. keyframe 1 and then modify this object
> > > in another keyframe (behind keyframe 1) and then say "tweening" and
> > > Flash does all for you, deformation, translation, texture
> > > modification. All without setting up lots of things. You can imagine
> > > this as a morphing algorithm.
> >
> > I know such a feature from maxon cinema. But the features are
> > so poor,
> > that they are sufficent for simple demonstrations, not more. All you
> > can get are linear transformations, how realistic ...
> > scripting is the
> > power one (I) wants.
> >
> > > Morphing in a way of translation AND deformation.
> >
> > That it not as easy as it seams. Good results needs good
> > algorithm and
> > the possibility for the user to interfere everywhere.
> >
> >
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>
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