== 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, 2 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_sequence_types.h b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_sequence_types.h
index 2fd83742367..9f395d6e876 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_sequence_types.h
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_sequence_types.h
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ typedef struct Sequence {
 
 	struct bSound *sound;	/* the linked "bSound" object */
 	void *scene_sound;
-	float volume, pad;
+	float volume;
 
 	float level, pan;	/* level in dB (0=full), pan -1..1 */
 	int scenenr;          /* for scene selection */
+	int multicam_source;  /* for multicam source selection */
 	float strobe;
 
 	void *effectdata;	/* Struct pointer for effect settings */
@@ -306,7 +307,8 @@ typedef struct SpeedControlVars {
 #define SEQ_TRANSFORM		27
 #define SEQ_COLOR               28
 #define SEQ_SPEED               29
-#define SEQ_EFFECT_MAX          29
+#define SEQ_MULTICAM            30
+#define SEQ_EFFECT_MAX          30
 
 #define STRIPELEM_FAILED       0
 #define STRIPELEM_OK           1