Suggestion for a "User Control Panel" process

[Niall Saunders]

How about a simple PCL process that has a bunch of 'user-definable' sliders, radio buttons, etc.

This PCL process can then be used by another process to allow 'mouse-control' of processes that cannot be controlled in this way - for example, PixelMath

For example, currently you have to 'edit' PixelMath to change some user-defined constant (the ubiquitous k, for example). However, if PixelMath could 'read' the value of k from the UserControlPanel process, then things could be 'sped-up' quite a bit.

I see a situation where a user 'tweaks' the slider in the UCP and clicks the Apply button in PixelMath, and the modification takes place 'instantly'.

I then also see a situation where my 'hardware' skills allow the UCP to be duplicated in real, external, physical hardware - giving the user a bunch of buttons and knobs to adjust literally 'on the desktop' - offering a better 'feel' for some of the 'mixing' and 'blending', or 'fine adjustment' processes in PI

Just a thought - because I know that Juan will be bored once he gets v1.6.1 out

Cheers,

[RobF2]

Hmmm - I thought I was reading the Cubase or Sonar forum for a moment.
Music production software usually includes similar features, allowing various parameter to be selected into a user defined software "box", which often can be operated through MIDI automation from a generic MIDI controller (knobs, sliders, etc).

Can be a very powerful way of manipulating parameters in real time giving the user a lot of control.

Its amazing actually how much of the art of image production appears to overlap with sound production - if you're a crap musician like me you usually get a lot more satisfaction out of astrophotography though