== Sequencer ==

This adds MULTICAM-editing support for blender. (Well, the beginning of.)

There is now a new effect track, named MULTICAM, which just selects
one of the lower tracks.

Doesn't sound that exciting, but if you combine this with A/B-Trim (moving
split points of two directly connected tracks around, while magically
resizing both strips, something to be added), you just do:

* add several tracks for your camera angles
* (optionally) sync those tracks
* add one multicam track on top

Use that multicam-track to edit your movie. (Either using fcurves on the
multicam source selector or using knife-tool and A/B-Trim.)

Compare that to:

* add several tracks
* add cross fades between them
* do some python scripting to add several fcurves to make that beast
  somewhat work.
* cry out loud, using it, if you have to move cut points around

Alternatively, even harder:

* just edit the old way and put strip after strip

You might think, that this isn't really helpfull for animators, but
consider using scene-strips (in OpenGL-mode) for input, that are set for
different camera angles and can now be intercut a lot more easily...

Also: small fix on the way: the speed effect can now be used in cascade.
(Don't know, if anyone used it that way, but now it works.)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_draw.c b/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_draw.c
index 60927b5f3dd..0c0f44df170 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_draw.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_sequencer/sequencer_draw.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static void get_seq_color3ubv(Scene *curscene, Sequence *seq, char *col)
 	case SEQ_ALPHAUNDER:
 	case SEQ_OVERDROP:
 	case SEQ_GLOW:
+	case SEQ_MULTICAM:
 		/* slightly offset hue to distinguish different effects */
 		UI_GetThemeColor3ubv(TH_SEQ_EFFECT, col);
 		
@@ -451,7 +452,9 @@ static void draw_seq_text(View2D *v2d, Sequence *seq, float x1, float x2, float
 		else {
 			sprintf(str, "%d | %s", seq->len, name);
 		}
-
+	}
+	else if(seq->type == SEQ_MULTICAM) {
+		sprintf(str, "Cam: %d", seq->multicam_source);
 	}
 	else if(seq->type == SEQ_IMAGE) {
 		sprintf(str, "%d | %s%s", seq->len, seq->strip->dir, seq->strip->stripdata->name);