A few observations about Moho's GUI
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:13 pm
Couple things right off of the bat that strike me as curious about Moho after playing with it a bit.
1) Why the lack of a line tool? I mean I used the add points tool to create a line, but it forces me to have a curve at every joining point. Isn't there a simple line tool that allows you to click and have the points connected by lines?
2) I see that you can add variable width or weight to a line (VERY COOL) but why only after the lines are filled as a shape?
3) Why the lack of a simple pointer tool. I'm actaully having to use the lasso to wrap around an object before I can simply drag it as a whole. I must be missing something I'm sure.
4)It would be nice to take better advantage of the right click feature of a mouse and have right click options when dealing with editng of shapes and points.
Again,...just some observations after playing with 5. The tutorials for the basics seem to be good but I was nagged with an issue early on when trying to fill a shape with the creat shap tool. It says to hit the spacebar to access the style panel. I kept getting a message that said I was about to place an object over another and that it was recommended that I modifed it instead. I finally figured out that I had the auto fill and auto outline checked at the top of the screen. This is not mentioned in the tute until much later on a different subject. No big deal. Just lost a few hairs. LOL!
All in all,..this program is neat. I'm teaching myself Flash MX Pro and Moho both at the same time to see which I honestly think will work for me better. Not too excited that Moho doesn't have a convert to symbol or a symbol library to allow one to re-use their characters after all the time put into creating them (especially in bones mode). Again,..Moho may allow for this,..and I'll just read on and figure it out as I get more into it.
TD
1) Why the lack of a line tool? I mean I used the add points tool to create a line, but it forces me to have a curve at every joining point. Isn't there a simple line tool that allows you to click and have the points connected by lines?
2) I see that you can add variable width or weight to a line (VERY COOL) but why only after the lines are filled as a shape?
3) Why the lack of a simple pointer tool. I'm actaully having to use the lasso to wrap around an object before I can simply drag it as a whole. I must be missing something I'm sure.
4)It would be nice to take better advantage of the right click feature of a mouse and have right click options when dealing with editng of shapes and points.
Again,...just some observations after playing with 5. The tutorials for the basics seem to be good but I was nagged with an issue early on when trying to fill a shape with the creat shap tool. It says to hit the spacebar to access the style panel. I kept getting a message that said I was about to place an object over another and that it was recommended that I modifed it instead. I finally figured out that I had the auto fill and auto outline checked at the top of the screen. This is not mentioned in the tute until much later on a different subject. No big deal. Just lost a few hairs. LOL!
All in all,..this program is neat. I'm teaching myself Flash MX Pro and Moho both at the same time to see which I honestly think will work for me better. Not too excited that Moho doesn't have a convert to symbol or a symbol library to allow one to re-use their characters after all the time put into creating them (especially in bones mode). Again,..Moho may allow for this,..and I'll just read on and figure it out as I get more into it.
TD