Joel
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Comment node
I can only guess this would be an easy feature for Martin to add.
Make the material node editor more user-friendly by having a new node that can be saved as part of the material, like any other, except it would have no effect on the material. Instead, it would allow the user to type a comment that helps explain how the various functional nodes interact to create the final material. It’s like a comment in a program’s code or a Post-it note stuck on a printed document. It’s the information you need, when and where you need it.
As one who has struggled to comprehend the Node Editor and analyzed examples from the Decorated Pig thread, this would accelerate the learning process and make one of Cheetah 3D’s most powerful features more usable.
For all you design fanatics, refer to Edward Tufte’s “Instructions at point of need.”
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001HD
I can only guess this would be an easy feature for Martin to add.
Make the material node editor more user-friendly by having a new node that can be saved as part of the material, like any other, except it would have no effect on the material. Instead, it would allow the user to type a comment that helps explain how the various functional nodes interact to create the final material. It’s like a comment in a program’s code or a Post-it note stuck on a printed document. It’s the information you need, when and where you need it.
As one who has struggled to comprehend the Node Editor and analyzed examples from the Decorated Pig thread, this would accelerate the learning process and make one of Cheetah 3D’s most powerful features more usable.
For all you design fanatics, refer to Edward Tufte’s “Instructions at point of need.”
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001HD
