[Ssc-dev] Video Mockups

[Derek Halliday]

No problem, glad it didn't go completely ignored! The biggest thing that
I want feedback on is the split between normal playback and
playback+edit. Is this actually necessary or not really required? I
ended up thinking that a simple 'preview' feature is an important enough
feature to split out.

More feedback below in-line.

On 11/8/11 9:19 AM, Shawn Van Every wrote:
> Apologies on delay in getting back to you on this Derek.  
> 
> For the most part, I get it although I am not sure about the corner based controls.  
[DH] - I've liked how they work in the current iteration of ObscuraCam,
so I was going for something consistent there. Generally speaking and
based off a lot of anecdotal evidence that Nathan and I have been
seeing, menu-based controls are just proving to be non-intuitive. So
this in an effort to stick everyone on screen.
> 
> What I don't quite get is the "Record" button.  If I understand correctly, It seems that it will be painful to edit a number of regions using this.   I understand that you would like to have two modes but I think the record mode should be for all of the regions, not just the one you happen to have active at the moment. 
[DH] - Yeah, this is something that I was thinking about as well. I
chose to make it one region at a time for a number of reasons - (a) it'd
be quite difficult to simultaneously record the tracks of more than one
region at a time, both for the user and (probably) for the app. (b) how
strong is the need on the user side for simultaneous multi-region
editing? My gut says not very strong, and that I'd rather simplify the
interactive flow than overly complicate it - overlapping regions, etc.
could potentially create havoc.
> 
> I also think it shouldn't be called "Record".  We can't overload that word in a video edit/capture application.  Perhaps "Region Editor Mode" ;-)
[DH] - Totally agree that 'Record' is a bad option. How about 'Track'?
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> -s
> 
> On Oct 21, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Derek Halliday wrote:
> 
>> I've done some high-level mockups for Video Obscura based on today's
>> scrum session. The main ideas are to stay as consistent as possible with
>> ObscuraCamv1 for interaction and manipulation of redaction regions,
>> while bringing video into the mix in an obvious / intuitive way.
>>
>> The trickiest part is determining how to capture tagged region
>> information across video, since subjects aren't always stationary. Below
>> is a quick walkthrough of what I'm proposing - PLEASE have a look and
>> provide feedback.
>>
>> -Derek
>>
>> Basics:
>> * Lower portion of screen is devoted to displaying information about
>> regions present in a video. The first three mockups show zero or one
>> region defined - the last shows the behavior when there are multiple.
>> * Creating and selecting regions happens the same way as in
>> ObscuraCamv1, except they should have a default duration that they last
>> - perhaps some fraction of the video length. Manipulation of regions is
>> same as current.
>> * When you select a region, its corresponding track should be
>> highlighted as well.
>> * You can expand the duration of a region by dragging its bounds left or
>> right. By default the region will stay stationary in its start or ending
>> position when this is done.
>>
>> Some of the more nuanced parts:
>> * Two buttons on the right are Play/Pause and Record. The former is
>> somewhat self-explanatory, but regions should *not* be editable during
>> straight playback. This provides something of a preview option for the
>> user. Regions *are* editable when paused.
>> * The Record button is only selectable when a region is active, and will
>> play back the video segment that corresponds to that region. During
>> playback, the region can be manipulated, and this is tracked and
>> recorded -- this way we (hopefully) can cut back on the amount of time
>> that we need to spend processing that region tracking information.
>> -- 
>> Derek Halliday
>> The Guardian Project
>> https://guardianproject.info
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