Please don't give it a bit of SI look. Blah! Its so old school and needs some updating IMO. :)
You can "skin" the UI using CSS (Style sheets). See Ana's message above. You can change it according to some variable which determines which app you're in. -------------------------------------------- Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:59 PM, piotrek marczak <piotrek.marc...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks guys, im just installing it [image: Usmiech] > One more question if you don’t mind, > all Qt applications look the same, > maya, nuke, mari, sometimes is hard to tell which one you’re seeing in > screenshot > does that mean you cannot ‘skin’ Qt window? Give it abit of SI look for > example is not possible? > > *From:* Simon Anderson <simonbenandersonl...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:46 AM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Some more questions about PyQt in Softimage (addon > v1.14:fixesbutton size and adds command to Soft menu) > > +1 > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Also to note, if you're in a mixed pipeline but need the same tool (asset >> loader for example) creating the UI in Qt will keep it consistant across >> apps. Recently I ported my renamer tool to PyQt and it looks exactly the >> same in Maya as it does in Softimage. Small tweaks to the code obviously >> for the actual renaming. >> >> PyQt is a pythonic way of creating UIs as well so if you're familiar with >> python programming, creating UIs will feel more natural than the Softimage >> PPG widgets. As Tim said above, it's infuriatingly hard to create nicely >> spaced UIs in Softimage out of the box. >> >> Also if any of the devs are reading, please can we get a built in PyQt >> implementation? Pretty please? If I had a choice as to where my >> subscription money went, I'd put it all towards that. :D >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Eric Thivierge >> http://www.ethivierge.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Simon Anderson < >> simonbenandersonl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> As Tim wrote, what ever you can imagen you can achieve with Qt, and >>> usualy extremly rappidly due to the structure of the API. In the past I >>> have writen entire project tracking systems, and some really fun and >>> interactive tools. >>> >>> The only down side to QT is that at the moment if you do develop a >>> plugin and a user wasnt to run it they have to install a bunch of 3rd party >>> plugins to get the software to run, but if your willing to do that then you >>> can have some really great tools. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Tim Crowson < >>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote: >>> >>>> That's not a stupid question. I'll answer as best I can. More >>>> experienced people can correct me and add their own voices. The PPG options >>>> in Softimage are substantially more limited than what Qt offers. And by >>>> 'substantially,' I mean not even in the same category. I can't possibly >>>> cover all the differences, but I can hit some practical highlights: >>>> >>>> *Under-the-hood stuff:* >>>> - A great variety of signals for defining more specific callbacks (not >>>> limited to on_clicked() or on_changed()) >>>> - Model view programming, to efficiently store and share data across >>>> your UI! This is big! >>>> - The full power of the Qt library, which contains over 400 classes. >>>> - UI files created in QtDesigner can be loaded into any app that runs a >>>> Python Qt library (as far as I know). So it's good for more than just >>>> Softimage stuff. >>>> * >>>> Look-and-feel stuff:* >>>> - Tab Widgets anywhere you want. You're not limited to placing them at >>>> the top >>>> - Buttons defined to look any way you like >>>> - Intelligent 'Layouts' that resize their contents elegantly (including >>>> Slider layouts which can be collapsed) >>>> - Dockable widgets >>>> - Tree views! >>>> - Menu bars! >>>> - Status bar! >>>> - Toolbars! >>>> - Extremely detailed control over the design via CSS. >>>> >>>> I could go on, but perhaps we need some people to post more examples to >>>> really demonstrate how useful it is. >>>> >>>> *Tim Crowson >>>> **Lead CG Artist* >>>> >>>> *Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio, Inc. >>>> *2525 Lebanon Pike, Building C. Nashville, TN 37214 >>>> *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com >>>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/29/2012 3:17 PM, piotrek marczak wrote: >>>> >>>> Sorry for stupid question, but what’s advantage of using qt over PPG? >>>> >>>> *From:* Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> >>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:12 PM >>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>>> *Subject:* Re: Some more questions about PyQt in Softimage (addon >>>> v1.14: fixesbutton size and adds command to Soft menu) >>>> >>>> As a matter of fact, Simon, that's the exact setup I use! I especially >>>> like Eclipse's "interactive debugging", for lack of a better term, where it >>>> instantly highlights syntax errors, unused variables, undefinied variables, >>>> etc. Really speeds things up! So many other things to like about Eclipse >>>> too. So far, my workflow is to create a new addon directory from Soft, then >>>> set that as a PyDev project in Eclipse. I still use Sublime Text 2 every >>>> now and then for one-offs, but Eclipse my main environment. >>>> >>>> *Tim Crowson >>>> **Lead CG Artist* >>>> >>>> *Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio, Inc. >>>> *2525 Lebanon Pike, Building C. Nashville, TN 37214 >>>> *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com >>>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/28/2012 6:25 PM, Simon Anderson wrote: >>>> >>>> Im not sure what Dev Environment you are using, but if you use eclipse >>>> and install pyDev for it, when you develop for Qt you get auto completion, >>>> wich can be very helpful. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Ana Gomez <agomezalca...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Life with stylesheet becomes easier when you find this: >>>>> >>>>> http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet-reference.html >>>>> http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet-examples.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ------------------- >>>> Simon Ben Anderson >>>> blog: http://vinyldevelopment.wordpress.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------- >>> Simon Ben Anderson >>> blog: http://vinyldevelopment.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > ------------------- > Simon Ben Anderson > blog: http://vinyldevelopment.wordpress.com/ > >
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