Tobias, I would agree with this. Even though it'll wreck havoc on my muscle memory it makes sense to me!
-- Jonathan Williamson Instructor - http://www.blendercookie.com (http://www.blendercookie.com/) Personal Trainer - http://www.mavenseed.com (http://www.mavenseed.com/) Portfolio - http://www.jw3d.com (http://www.jw3d.com/) On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Tobias Oelgarte wrote: > In 2.49 and 2.5 the first thing I did to use Blender was to switch to > turntable. It isn't perfect for sculpting an texturing, since you loose > some kind of freedom, but otherwise i feel much more comfortable with > turntable. > > But there is a second thing that i always change. I switch the preset > for panning and rotation against each other in the viewport. You can pan > everywhere while pressing the middle mouse button and drag. But inside > the viewport it is rotation. *big eyes* > > The reasons for me to do that: > * I pan much more often then i rotate the view. > * In isometric perspective (front, left, ...) this preset is rather > annoying to me. Just miss to hold down the shift key and the view is > gone. Especially with "auto perspective" enabled (i like it). > * It just feels natural to me, since most applications let you pan with > the middle mouse button. > > Why not make it the default? > > Am 06.05.2012 18:18, schrieb François T.: > > > *Trackball Rotation* instead of Turntable *(used to be this way)* > > > > really ? you are sure people does prefer Trackball ? > > > > Disable/Hide the *3D manipulator* (clutters 3DView and is "bad practice" > > > for starters) > > > > Why is it bad practice ? actually becareful to not make things frustrating > > for starters ! > > > > *Ambient Occlusion* to *Multiply* instead of Add > > > > taking about bad practice, thats usually one > > > > > > > > > > 2012/5/6 PabloVazquez.org<venom...@gmail.com (mailto:venom...@gmail.com)> > > > > > Hi Devs (and curious people on the list like myself), > > > > > > As mentioned in the meeting, here is a list of proposal defaults based > > > on community feedback from users (both old and new), and teachers. > > > http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Proposed_Default_Settings > > > > > > There are fair reasons for each one of these changes, if you need more > > > explanation you can ask here or in the Wiki. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > -- > > > Pablo Vazquez > > > CG Artist - Blender Foundation Certified Trainer > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/venomgfx > > > E-Mail: cont...@pablovazquez.org (mailto:cont...@pablovazquez.org) > > > Website: http://www.pablovazquez.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bf-committers mailing list > > > Bf-committers@blender.org (mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org) > > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org (mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org) > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
