Cinema 4d: intelligent Render Queue

When closing the picture viewer, or starting a render while C4d is rendering (or compiling a .mov from .b4d frames), it comes up with the question above.

How great would it be if this message would read:

Render in progress. Do you want to stop that, and start a new render?
Or do you want to create a render Queue that starts after the current render?

[Stop & Start new] [Queue new]

Wishlist for Ai (and Ind) grids

Regarding Adobe Illustrator CC Grids,
please make the following possible:

-Grid as a document setting, not an application preference >>> not every project uses the same grid units
-Set opacity for grids >>> they are too visible for design purpose
-Snap anchor points to Ai native grids >>> right now, it snaps to the center of the bounding box of the selection
-Snap objects (black arrow) to Ai native grids, based on the anchorpoint used to move it >>> this makes it possible to accurate position an object

Ai: Better info when dragging Guides and use of Eyedropper

When dragging a Guide from the Rulers, we now have to figure out visually what the exact position is.
Wouldn't it be great when the Guide has a small info panel floating with it to show the position! Just like Adobe Muse does.

The same applies for the Eyedropper: please add a small info panel to it.

Ai: more logical Nudge buttons

I was wondering why Adobe Illustrator's X-axis manipulation buttons vertically. Intiution says the should be horizontal.

Right now, the controls look like this:






In my opnion, these small nudge arrows besides X: and W: can better be rotated 90º:

Thinks it's the result of the same unlogical thinking as in the InDesign UI,
discussed here.
http://jaydude-featurerequests.blogspot.nl/2011/10/ui-enhancement-indesign-corner-options.html

Ai: more logical Nudge buttons

I was wondering why Adobe Illustrator's X-axis manipulation buttons vertically. Intiution says the should be horizontal.

Right now, the controls look like this:






In my opnion, these small nudge arrows besides X: and W: can better be rotated 90º:

Thinks it's the result of the same unlogical thinking as in the InDesign UI,
discussed here.
http://jaydude-featurerequests.blogspot.nl/2011/10/ui-enhancement-indesign-corner-options.html

Ai: more logical Nudge buttons

I was wondering why Adobe Illustrator's X-axis manipulation buttons vertically.
Intiution says these should be horizontal.

Right now, the controls look like this:






In my opnion, these small nudge arrows next to X: and W: can better be rotated 90º:

Thinks it's the result of the same unlogical thinking as in the InDesign UI,
discussed here.
http://jaydude-featurerequests.blogspot.nl/2011/10/ui-enhancement-indesign-corner-options.html

Ai display bug

For a few versions now, Ai (Mac/NVIDIA Quadro4000) is displaying 1px gaps in anti-aliased edges. In Ai2017 these gaps are also visible in Pixel Preview mode.

Hope this can be fixed.

Muse: Object info regarding breakpoint visibility

Wouldn't it be great to select an object at a certain breakpoint and than get info on its visibility in other breakpoints? In the current version of Adobe Muse, it's rather binairy: Hide in breakpoint, or show all in breakpoint. I would like a more versatile control over object visibity.

AE: Render output in same hiërarchy as Project

When working on a complex After Effects Project with many subfolders, it would be great if a complete hierarchy could be selected and rendered, while keeping the folder structure from the project copied in the output directory.

Adobe Illustrator reverse path direction

In Ai we can reverse path direction of compound paths. But I would like to be able to use this feature for all paths. This comes in very handy when using variable stroke widths / tapered strokes.

Adobe Illustrator Expand Clipping Mask

Expand clipping mask
Sometimes I like to actually cut all filled objects and stroked paths as clipped by a clipping mask. Pathfinder is not sufficient in a lot of cases, since it does not cut open paths and multiple paths at once.

AE: Offset Channels

It takes quite some layers and precomping to achieve a channel offset effect.
Wouldn't it be great if a channel selectors was integrated in the Distor/Offset effect?

After Effects: Set Matte

Set Matte is a very powerfull effect: it allows to use the Alpha (or other channel) of a second layer somewhere in the Comp for a matte.
No need for the matte layer to be above the matted layer!

BUT
Set Matte is not looking at the layer at full Comp size, but to the bounding box of the layer content. Which makes it less valuable in many cases.

My request:
Add a switch called 'Use full Comp size as layer size', which does just what it says, without the need for precomping.

After Effects: Set Matte

Set Matte is a very powerfull effect: it allows to use the Alpha (or other channel) of a second layer somewhere in the Comp for a matte.
No need for the matte layer to be above the matted layer!

BUT
Set Matte is not looking at the layer at full Comp size, but to the bounding box of the layer content. Which makes it less valuable in many cases.

My request:
Add a switch called 'Use full Comp size as layer size', which does just what it says, without the need for precomping.

C4d: Set to New Selection

When using point selections, and saving those in Point Selection Tags, I run into the following:
I tend to overwrite selections all the time, since the Tag is active after the first selection and choosing 'Set Selection' again (to save a new selection) from the menu then stores the current selection in the Tag.

I would like it very much when a menu item is added: Set to New Selection Tag, which automatically creates a new Tag for the current selection.

Thanks!
Jan

Ai, let me paste in a hidden layer please

Brief title for your desired feature: How would you like the feature to work? Why is this feature important to you?

Als a long time pro user (Ai'88...), I know what I am doing. So each time Ai does not let me paste something in a hidden layer, I think: 'Why not?' I like to define a 'junk'-layer to keep assets while designing. I don't like Ai to unhide it each time I throw something in such layer.
My request: make a Preference to set Ai in pro-mode, where these kind of beginners helping functions are switched off.

Audio Only feature for YouTube?

I would like YouTube to have an 'audio only' feature. A lot of people use it to listen to music, while not paying attention to the video. This causes a lot of spoiled bandwidth, energy and thus resources.

Most of the time, applying a Look at Camera tag results in the tagged object turning it's back to camera. I believe that for technical reasons this is logical, but for the user it isn't, since tag is named 'Look at camera'. Wouldn't it be great if the tag had a Z-swap option? Just like a lot of objects have a +Z and -Z orientation option.

Most of the time, applying a Look at Camera tag results in the tagged object turning it's back to camera.

I believe that for technical reasons this is logical, but for the user it isn't, since tag is named 'Look at camera'.

Wouldn't it be great if the tag had a Z-swap option? Just like a lot of objects have a +Z and -Z orientation option.

Illustrator: more advanced 'Add Anchor Points'

Please add the following functionality:

-let the command work on a partially selected path, to only divide a segment
-make a dialog to set the number of points added to each selected segment (now it's always 1 per segment)

C4D - render 16 or 32 bits to Quicktime

I like to use ProRes 4444 in my workflow.
But for some reason C4d only allows to render 8 bits of color to Quicktime moviea.

I would love to see 16 and 32 bit rendering activated for Quicktime, since ProRess 4444 can contain 32 bits of colour.

C4D: More controls for the Bend Deformer

The Bend deformer is quite contra-intuitive in some (most) situations.
I would like to have more control over it.
E.g:

1
An orientation popup (+x / -x / +y / -y /+z / -z). Right now, we often have to rotate it to achieve the desired result.

2
A symmetrical mode, where it bends on two sides of the axis

3
A definable origin/anchor point (now this is the heart of the initial box. I would like it to be on the bottom of the box in most cases)

4
'Keep Radius': a definable constant radius (the radius now varies during the bend)

AE: Keep assets selected after search

Finding a specific asset in a large Project can easily be don by the search/filter field in the Project Panel. But it is still hard to locate it in its context, since AE cancels any selection made, when clearing the search field.

It would be convenient if any selection made while the filter in the Project Panel is active, keeps selected when the field is cleared.

An asset is not always inserted in a Comp, sometimes it needs to be relocated in the Project, which is hard, if AE cancels the selection after it is found.

AE: Alt-drag in Project Panel should duplicate asset

I would like AE to duplicate an asset when alt-dragged in the Project Panel.

When it's alt-dragged to a folder, it should not add any sequential number to the name.
This makes versioning much faster. E.g.: For a multi episode tv show, I use a folder with a base set of graphics that I like to copy to separate folders for each episode, depending on the content of the episode.
In the current version of AE, I need to duplicate it, move it to the folder and delete ' 2' from the name.
Alt-dragging reduces all of this 1 simple gesture.

Let C4d copy textures to current Scene's tex folder

When copying a tetured object to your scene, C4d comes with this dialog:

 Wouldn't it be great if C4d offers a third option:
'Shall I copy the related textures to the tex folder of the current scene?'


Thanks,
Jan

C4D: Why isn't there a Rotation entry in the Texture Tag Properties?

In the Coordinates tab PSR can be set, which doesn't have any effect when UV-mapping is used.

AE: Change Comp size and scale content at once

While converting old sd-projects (vector layers) to HD, I came to this request:
Wouldn't it be great if the Composition Settings panel had an option to let AE scale all layers to the new size?

Right now, I have to make a Null, parent all layers to it, and then scale it up.

AE: Vertical distribution of Text Objects should take the baseline as reference

Steps to Reproduce Bug:
 1. Make several text layers - some with leg-letters (j, g,p), some without (o,s, a)
 2. Let AE distribute thes vertically
 3. See how AE takes the bounding box and not the baseline as a reference

Results:
Un-esthetic, unwanted distribution of text layers

Expected Results:
AE should threat text layers with respect to the nature of text - distribution of the baselines, not the bounding box.

Example: 
See how the second line in the right text block does not distributes correctly vertically:

C4d - simple 'Line'-Object?

 I would like to make use of a simple 'Line' Object. A straight parametrical Spline-line, with two vertices.
Parameters: length, position, rotation.
And it would be great if start and end-point can be given in World coordinates - that would open up a lot of new possibilities!

Grid settings in InDesign should be under Document Settings, not Preferences

An old inconsistence - grids belong to a document, not to InDesign preferences.
Please repair this, Adobe.

After Effects Output Settings favourites

I would like AE to make a list of recent/most used Output Settings on top (and bottom) of the list, somewhat like other Adobe Applications do with fonts.

Adobe Illustrator should color guides in Outline view

Guides are hard to distinguish in Outline view.
Why not give 'm some color?


Below: the same file in Preview mode (upper) and Outline mode

Multiple Project panels in After Effects

When working with large projects containing a lot of comps and folders, it would come in handy to have multiple Project Panels, to easily organize assets across folders.

Open copy of a C4d Project

I would love to have a third choice:
'Bring the project window to front', the button should name 'Show'.

Strokes in InDesign, please make it as it should be.

Please, please, please, please Adobe, fix the stroke behaviour in InDesign.

What's the problem?
In InDesign we can choose to let the stroke align to the center, the inside, or the outside of a path. Nice.

But the strange thing is that InDesign does not take the original path for snapping and sizing.
It takes the path + stroke for these. That's very inconvenient.

In InDesign, stroked paths are snappy at the edge of the stroke, in stead of the path itself (like Illustrator does correctly).
When working with a grid (very common for professional designers), the result is that the stroked shape's handles no longer fit on a grid. That makes it very annoying and almost impossible to align the stroked shapes to the grid.

I would love to have strokes in InDesign that work the same way as Adobe Illustrator does: the stoke width should never change the size of a shape or path.

Ripple Cut in Première Pro

Premiere Pro offers Ripple Delete, to delete a clip and close the gap by moving all future footage back in time. And it offers Extract, to put the portion between In- and OutPoint in the clipboard.

I would personally love to have a combination of both: Ripple Cut, which does the same as Ripple Delete, but puts the deleted clip in the clipboard.

Please make it possible to change the direction of a Mask Path in After Effects

We need to change the path direction once in a while. Please add this function to the contextual menu.

Link output settings to a Compositing in After Effects

I think I requested this before.
Most of the time Compositions are output with the same settings over and over. Why can't we have the Output Module, Render Settings and Output path linked to the comp?

Would be a real time saver.

Maybe even better:
A setting for the project, which defaults to every new comp.
And for each Comp, we can change the settings, that will keep attached to this Comp!

Wow!

Let C4d show straight matted RGBA images in the Picture Viewer

I would like the Picture Viewer to be able to display RGBA pictures with straight matting correctly. (like After Effect does, when interpreted as Straight matting).

Right now, C4D only shows the unmated RGB and a separate Alpha.

AE should update the compositing window all at once, while stepping through frames

Since a while, AE does not update the frames at once in the Composition window while stepping through.

It first updates the video and the Masks follow a bit later.

This is very confusing when doing manual mask/rotoscope work.

I would love to have AE update all at once (framebuffering the complete editing picture before displaying it).

Add 'Fit to Sibling' next to 'Fit to Parent' for deformers.

Great that we now have the 'Fit to Parent', to instantly let deformers take over the size of the object to be deformed. But this only works when the Deformer is a child of the object.
Deformers also do their jobs when at the same level as the object to be deformed.
Please add this functionality to the Fit button. Just call it 'Fit', or add a 'Fit to Sibling' button.

C4d - sorting of long lists in the UI

A rather fundamental request:
I would love to have long lists of text in documentation and menus (e.g. Deformers) to be sorted alphabetically.
In that way, they are more easy to find/access.

Of course, the Deformers menu is categorized in a certain way, but I think this categorization is less clear than the alphabet.

Same for the Fresnel-presets, which are split in 'Dieclectric' and 'Conductor'. I would prefer a one list, alphabetically. Or, if it must be categorized, name the categories 'Transparent' and 'Opaque' (just like the documentation explains.

AE: Let user define render order / Let AE do the Pre Comping by itself

When using After Effects, often we are experiencing limitations that need to be worked around 'manually'. Effects that need to be pre-comped, Continuous Rasterizing not working in every situation, Layers Styles that do not combine with e.g. motion blur...

All of these have to do with the rigid order of rendering. First this, than that.. Always.
In some cases it would be better to change that order to achieve a result more comfortable.
(Compare how this works in most 3D applications)

Wouldn't it be great when the user can decide the render order (per layer)?
Effects first, then Layer Styles. Or Layer Styles first, then Effect.
And 3D-Transform first, then Rasterize or vice versa.

I think this is rather fundamental to AE's architecture.
But maybe a solution, meanwhile, would be to let AE do an 'internal PreComp' for us,
when we click a (new) Layer checkbox called: 'Handle as if Pre-Composed'.
This should After Effect have to handle the layer as if it were a Composition, without having the user to make Pre-Compositions for every Layer that needs it.
The  benefits may be clear: Faster working, less compositions, easier versioning of complex graphics (without having several Pre-Comps per version), less confusing projects

Thanks,
Jan