tontonFeb 13, 2025

Friction Quick Tip #7 - Parent/Child tranform effect

In friction, you can setup a layer to be the child of another.
It is the equivalent of the whip parenting in #aftereffect

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Show threadTOVFeb 13, 2025

@tonton @friction In Blender 3D you can parent objects together by selecting the children objects first and then selecting the parent object last. Then press Ctrl-P and the "Set Parent To" menu will pop up allowing you to link objects together.

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/scene_layout/object/editing/parent.html

#Linux #blender #blender3d

Parenting Objects - Blender 4.3 Manual

Show threadtontonFeb 13, 2025
@textovervideo @friction
Yep i know, what is your point ? get that into friction to create the transform effect with a shortcut ?
Show threadTOVFeb 13, 2025
@tonton @friction A shortcut for parenting objects/layers in Friction would be nice. Parenting seems like a common task in 2D/3D.
Show threadtontonFeb 13, 2025
@textovervideo @friction
Yes this could definitely help with ux
Do not hesitate to file feature request in the github if you want :)
Show threadTOVFeb 13, 2025

@tonton @friction Friction already has Group (Ctrl+G) and Ungroup (Ctrl+Shft+G) shortcuts.

https://friction.graphics/documentation/shortcuts.html

Shortcuts

Friction is a powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create vector and raster animations for web and video.

Show threadtontonFeb 13, 2025

@textovervideo @friction

Yes of course, but this is not the same usage, with an animated character for example :

- A group will allow user to move two (or more) layers together, the entire character could be in this group

- A parenting will allow user to move parent object and have child follow (shoulder for example would be the parent of the forearm to have it rotate accordingly)

Show threadlpsFeb 13, 2025
@tonton @textovervideo @friction I know github is the place to discuss this, but just as a chat. It would be fantastic to allow for custom keymaps, which probably already exist actually:) Then you could adopt Blender shortcuts, for example. In this way you have a large amount of users that need no introduction into the ways "friction" works, they can simply transfer over this muscle memory. #freecad does something link this, and it reduces the learning curve drastically.
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@lps @tonton @friction I love the idea of more application having similar shortcuts but I suspect that this could only work for applications that have similar functionality.

#Blender #Friction #shortcut #key #keymapping

Feb 13, 2025 at 7:01pmWeb
Show threadlpsFeb 14, 2025

@textovervideo @tonton @friction in the case of #blender the shortcuts are even the same throughout the different workflows, which are almost like different applications, so arguably will work for most uses.

For example the VSE, compositor, 3d view, animation NLE, use standard keys.

Show threadstibFeb 14, 2025
@lps
This is one of the really cool things about the Blender UI. If you want to stretch the key frames in a timeline, or bezier handles in the animation curves editor the shortcut is the same as the scale shortcut in the 3D modelling window, even including modifiers, so if I only want to stretch on the x axis I hit "s" then "x", and if I want to use a precise amount I just type it, e.g. "s x 2 . 5"
Pretty much any operation that involves making something bigger or smaller will use the default shortcut "s", ditto for any operation that involves moving something "g", or rotating something "r". I wish I could extend this to everything on screen, including the window manager and OS.
@textovervideo @tonton @friction
Show threadTOVFeb 14, 2025

@stib @lps @tonton @friction

How do some applications use "Ctrl+G" in Linux.

#Blender uses "Ctrl+G" to create a new collection.
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/scene_layout/collections/collections.html

#Kdenlive uses the "Ctrl+G" keys to groups clips together.
https://docs.kdenlive.org/en/cutting_and_assembling/grouping.html

#GIMP uses "Crtl+G" for the Gradients dialog.
https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-gradient-dialog.html

#Synfig Studio uses the "Ctrl+G" to Toggle grid show.
https://wiki.synfig.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts

#Firefox uses the "Ctrl+G" to "Find Next" in the Style editor.
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/keyboard_shortcuts/index.html#keyboard-shortcuts-style-editor

Collections - Blender 4.3 Manual

Show threadTOVFeb 14, 2025

@stib @lps @tonton @friction

Audacity uses the "Shift+G" keys to change Gain on the focused track. I find it amazing how you can search for assigned keys within Audacity.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/extra_menu_track.html

Extra Menu: Track - Audacity Manual

Show threadlpsFeb 14, 2025
@textovervideo so cool!
Show threadTOVFeb 14, 2025
@lps It would be nice to search for shotcut keys inside a Linux application. Most application do not have this feature implement.
Show threadlpsFeb 14, 2025
@stib I couldn't agree more, I love that ... this helps speed up workflow so much!