@mark_m said:

Please see my feature request from seven (!) years ago :-)

 Yes, also one we already have logged :-)

@gertjanb

Logged :)

@bonemap

This is a feature that I also would like to see and that I am bringing up in meetings all the time :)

@Michel 

I guess the inconsistency of the naming gave me the impression that the "current scene number" is the same as the cue number, as you noted about the scene select that actually is the cue select. 

It's an easy mistake to make because, as I said, by default they're the same number, and we definitely have a clarity issue with functions and vocabulary in this area.

@michel said:

I would suggest all those actors, controls and the cue sheet should be revised with regard to naming.

 Yes absolutely, we've already discussed this previously in meetings and logged feature requests about this. Hopefully, we'll be able to get to this in the near future.

@mdeins

I've logged this request (and we've got a similar one for being able to define custom colors for specific links chosen by the user), but in the meantime, if what you're trying to do is break up discreet groups of actors that aren't heavily interconnected with anything but each other, you could consider using User Actors/Macros (with or without Background actors): Isadora File

Additionally, if you rename the User Actors/Macro actors or Background actors so that they have a "#" as their first character, you can use the hashtag list to navigate between them easily inside your patch: https://recordit.co/40sKIria0B

Best wishes,

Woland

@skulpture Always nice to have an option. But I would't add too much distracting vsual information personally. What I love about the controls is that they limit the patching view to the essentials... Just a personal note.

@armando said:

@woland @$@@%%$$ !!! DIDN'T KNOW ! My bad...

 No worries, I'm not annoyed. I'm glad actually. It gave me a chance to wrap up this topic by saying the feature now exists, whereas before this topic was just marked as [LOGGED].

@jfg said:

but not if you use a jump actor to go back.

I made a quick test file and it seems to work as expected for me. I've got my settings to scroll 3 Scenes into view and going to the end and pressing "a" a few times does make three Scenes appear to the left of the currently active Scene when I'm going backward.

Gif: https://recordit.co/kA8l8trOwV

File: jump-scene-scroll-test.izz

@woland said:

it'll mutate the inputs of the Selector to the oddball font data type

 Handy find. I can see myself using this.

@demetri79 Ambisonics might be hard although I can see my 3rd order ambisonic microphone Audio Unit plugin inside Isadora. My microphone is a Zylia ZM1

@jpg-wav

Its true that there are many ways to achieve this, but each takes a moment to implement. I can see the possible time savings this feature might offer.

It is now added to our feature request database. Thank-you

@acmsinclair

Look into GLSL Shaders

It would be helpful, in the preferences/general tab, to have the option to pull thumbnails from the middle of a clip. I have many clips that start black and then an animation begins. The thumbnail currently show these as just black frames.

@simon said:

I've set the OSC port in Isadora Prefs to 3333

 I believe this is your problem.

In the screenshot, you've got the OSC IN port on OBS for OSC as 3333 and OSC OUT port as 53000.

The port in Isadora Preferences is the port on which Isadora receives OSC so I think you've got your ports switched in OSC for OBS, meaning both applications are listening on port 3333.

I think these should be your settings:

ISADORA
Isadora Preferences OSC Port (OSC port for Isadora to receive OSC from OSC for OBS and other applications): 3333OSC Transmit Actors (OSC port for Isadora to send OSC to OSC for OBS and other applications): 53000

OSC for OBS

OSC IN (OSC port for receiving OSC from Isadora and other applications): 53000OSC OUT (OSC port for sending OSC to Isadora and other applications): 3333

For any interested parties, I made a patch that allows for Soft Crops in Isadora: soft-crop-2024-02-28-3.2.6.izz

Also, for rounded soft cropping, you can use a round Shapes actor (set the 'facets' input to '128') instead of Background Color actor with this same setup, or just use the TT Vignette GLSL Shader.

I'd also welcome an overhaul of Isadora's 3d capabilities, support for more filetypes being a necessary first step. Perhaps we could start a thread in feature requests to show the team what we'd like to see, and that there are users wanting better features for the 3d workflow. Personally, I would love a more intuitive camera system.

@eight said:

Why not combine all these three actors into one?

Because a User Actor can do exactly that.

DOWNLOAD: 3d-player-stage-orientation-and-get-stage-image-2024-03-25-3.2.6.zip

@bonemap Thank you for your reply and the link to that thread! I had a feeling the limit might have something to do with the whole cycles thing. I will admit that I neglected to search the forum before asking this question, such is the danger of posting late at night. Hopefully the repeat topic will show that there is continued interest in pushing the limits of these actors. Maybe we'll get an answer this time around, now that hardware has advanced 5 years and gotten more powerful, as you pointed out.

Best,

JPG

Vaguely related to this: FR: Draw a link out of the node and propose suitable nodes to connect this link to | TroikaTronix Forum

I think I made a feature request for this ages ago, but it would be super useful if the list that appears when you double click in the workspace to search for an actor was programmable. If I could have my top 10 most used actors in there, I would be delighted.

Cheers,

Hugh

@woland The reason for this is two fold:

1. To save two clicks (useful when creating a patch in real time during rehearsals)

2. To suggest the shorter list of available items –– useful for seasoned isadorians and people who only start learning it.

As I wrote before, coming from Unreal Engine to Isadora, the absence of this functionality feels like Isadora's shortcoming.