Where is elegance in new LW 8 interface?

#21

Originally posted by Psyhke
Then shouldn’t your name be - ? :wink:

I like the concept… I’ve thought about “m-nus” … though someone else already uses that… (not someone in 3D or on this board… but someone popular in another interest anyway).

#22

takkun, not exactly… :slight_smile:

#23

Although, since you’re also from Minneapolis, you probably remember how confusing it was when Prince changed his name to a symbol. Everybody would start referring to you as “the 3D artist formerly known as minus”, and it would just be confusing… :shrug: :scream:

#24

I want newtek to throw away the old style interface and the army look…
To be beautiful is much better than to be ugly.
To be ugly or beautiful is not a matter of personal preference but public preference when the product is to be sold to many people. And thats the basic rule of the industrial product.

#25

LNT, Not sure if you’ve seen them but the most recent screenshots seem to have the same color scheme as lightwave has currently.

well it maybe just me but that looks somewhat duller and the sky blue highlites just dont fit in any of it…it definitely lost some of the seriousness of the current look

I think it need more style…simple but more stylish than that cos style shows thru the tiniest of touches

#26

Originally posted by CIM
Changing the color and style of buttons isn’t going to fix the workflow and useability issues in LightWave (Layout).

Oh yes. But as everybody know here (just because you cannot ignore any opportunity to blame at Lightwave) that you create your models in modeler and do the rest in Maya and rendering with mentalray. This is what you are keep advertising here. So you shouldn’t care about the Layout of LW8 because you are not going to use it anyway.

#27

From the shots in that Newtek forum thread, [8] doesn’t look any different in the interface than it does now. Am I missing something?

#28

Originally posted by VWTornado
From the shots in that Newtek forum thread, [8] doesn’t look any different in the interface than it does now. Am I missing something?

You mean you didn’t get the blind faith goggles that come with each copy of Lightwave?

#29

Originally posted by HowardM

Ever want to compare the settings of 2 lights? Cant, sorry, gotta switch between the 2, cant have them both open in front of you…
oyyy.
you all know what I mean?!

You can compare both with spreadsheet. Anyway it is bothering.

#30

Originally posted by VWTornado
From the shots in that Newtek forum thread, [8] doesn’t look any different in the interface than it does now. Am I missing something?

I agree to a certain point, in fact to me it seems a backward move instead of a forward move in the UI Design, i dont like the new UI “proposals” presented by Newtek so far, they look clumsy to me, large buttons, dreadfull 90´s style bevels.

I prefer something that guy made with Photoshop, it was slick and it had style, flat is the way to go IMO. An UI should be almost “invisible”, it´s there but we simply dont notice it, looking at the new LW 8 wip UI´s i get “lost” looking at those beveled icons.

Just my opinion :wavey:

#31

I persnnaly like the new interface, it looks like this CgTalk dark gray with some little touchs of light blue, it seems good for the eyes. :slight_smile:

#32

JT - My point is, LW[7] is the same basic neutral grey color, with some colored buttons, just like the [8] screens I’ve seen. I’m not saying I don’t like the way [7.5] is, just saying [8] doesn’t look any different.

#33

“Just give me some g’damn dockable free floating panels! lots of them!..
I am SO sick of repeatedly clicking on Light Properties, then Motion Properties, then Camera Props…etc.etc.etc!
PLEASE let me keep open what I want to see!
you all know what I mean?!”

Amen, Howard.

#34

LW 8 will be totaly mental.
You’ll work eyes closed, with a pin connected to the back of your neck.
The interface people is discussing about is only for your boss, so that he know’s what you’re working on.

#35

i just think if things weres so hidden somtimes… it would be better.

for egsample, keyboard shortcuts (more of em i mean) would be good i guess…

also, there should be a short cut that works like this

“f4” camera panel pops up (all camera settings switches everything.)
“f5” light properties, same as above
“f6” motion properties… blah blah

i think that would be nice… then u dont got to go to the schematic then right click, u just press one button

i knwo im lazy but cmon… if u gotta do it like 100 times in a row it gets a lil tedious.

those r my 2 cents…

Meko

#36

Originally posted by Meko
[B]
also, there should be a short cut that works like this

“f4” camera panel pops up (all camera settings switches everything.)
“f5” light properties, same as above
“f6” motion properties… blah blah
Meko [/B]

Press “Shift C” to select camera, then press “p” to pop up Properties

Press “Shift L” to select the light, then press “p” to pop up Properties

Press “M” for Motion options

#37

Not really a mind blowing redesign IMHO. Looks similar to v5.x. Whats the point? Why not leave it alone and spend more time on functionality? Just my opinion.

#38

hehehe
Lw8 interface is ridiculous. Looks like a old lw version or blender interface.
It’s not original interface. don’t have charm. LW8 interface is very primitive and I didn’t think a confortable interface as many lwfanboy said around.
Newtek need a good professional touch on lw8 interface.

cheers

#39

You guys are right. And since it’s too late for them to make a mind blowing, professional super crazy OSX-with-a-bit-of-XP-and-trendwhore ultimate UI (just imagine, I couldn’t be seen in public using the LW8 UI, I’d be ridiculed by the cool kids!), I’ve decided that all is doomed so I’m ditching Lightwave right now, this very minute, for Maya… ohh, wait… that has an even worse UI… umm okay, I’ll buy 3DSMAX… ohh, hmmm, that UI is just plain bad and wrong (badong)… well C4D has a nice interface I’ve heard… ohh, they don’t have ngons at all, ouch… hmmmm…well, I guess I’ll have to get XSI… but first I’ll have to sell my car… and my computer… and some blood… maybe a kidney… I’ll keep you updated. :hmm:

*this post was affected by lack of sleep, psychedelic music, and most of all, boredom. If something doesn’t make sense… it’s okay, you are not alone…

#40

Originally posted by CIM
Changing the color and style of buttons isn’t going to fix the workflow and useability issues in LightWave (Layout).

Just doing that won’t, but Newtek have said that they have improved the workflow too, plus all those lovely new features. The sigraph streams and recent screen shots regarding layout has shown this to be so. I guess you know that anyway, but you like to play devils advocate. The new character setup workflow looks as if it will beat other competitor packages inc your fav one :thumbsup:

But really, until it is released and on our hard drives a lot is just speculation.