Peter Chamberlain wrote:Hi all, maybe I was not clear enough. We will review all the third party panel maps. Adding mapping would give you no new features as the interconnect for each function to the app would still need to be implemented and that's not trivial. None match the BMD panel protocol so each function for each panel needs separate work.The current third party panel feature sets are similar and users of each panel model would like their panel updated so there's complexity in adding for multiple panels... And there are plenty of Avid and JLCooper and Wave users too. So I hear the requests, they are not dismissed, there's no conspiracy, and we are reviewing what can be included in our development plan and what will slip if we do.
Hi Peter, at the risk of beating a dead horse here, I just want to be crystal clear about this.
No one is asking for new features to be mapped to the element. All anyone wants is for the basic functions that are already mapped to the Element to be mapped in a more logical manner.
For example, please let us have contrast and offset on the same page, this is fundamental to a common style of grading thats impossible with the current layout. And there's already an UNMAPPED knob right next to contrast and pivot.
In fact, 1/3 of the knobs on the element are completely unmapped. These are dying for commonly used functions like offset, blur radius, Log LGG or other controls to be mapped there.
Obviously everyone has a different "perfect mapping" but we can all agree that having 1/3 of the panels control knobs completely unmapped when critical functions are nested deep into alternate menus is crazy.
Certainly its true that you can't please all the people all the time, but this isn't a niche issue, is something that effects the majority of panel users (I think its safe to say that over half of panel users are using elements) and profoundly compromises the utility and efficiency of the software.
Again, the main point of this post is not to beat this very dead horse, but to clarify that what users are clamoring for is not having additional functions mapped to the element, but simple to have the functions which are already mapped to it layer out in a usable way.
My understanding of your post was that you were saying that it was very difficult to map NEW FEATURES to panels, but is it also very engineering intensive to simply change the placement of where functions are already mapped to the panels? That seems unlikely, although who knows!
Thanks again for taking the time to read these, its great to have folks from BMD monitoring these forums.
Congrats again on a fantastic v11 release.
Best-
-Nat Jencks