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Paul's color scheme

Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 13:54
by Paul Fierlinger
Here's my personalized color scheme, if anyone wants to give it a try. I have Border clicked on, Highlight set to zero, Mirror clicked off, Magnet on, No border not checked.

I created what I consider a few improvements such as giving the current timeline a clearl yellow background. I also toned down the black to a dark gray in many places.

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 14:14
by Elodie
(I have split the previous topic and put your color scheme in the content sharing. Who knows, it could be useful for other users later :D )

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 14:27
by Paul Fierlinger
Thanks! :)

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 08:42
by Klaus Hoefs
Paul's GUI-Design is much calming and feels comfortable, I think it should be implemented in the software as an option of interface style.
(If Paul allows, :roll: )

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 09:48
by Svengali
Thanks Paul, you have save me hours of tweaking! 8)

Sven

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 09:55
by Paul Fierlinger
Well I'm glad to be of use, especially if you like it, Sven :) I thought it takes someone like you to get it done in two minutes. BTW, this is a joint effort between what Sandra first started and I then tweaked.

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 11:17
by Svengali
Paul Fierlinger wrote:Well I'm glad to be of use, especially if you like it, Sven :) I thought it takes someone like you to get it done in two minutes. BTW, this is a joint effort between what Sandra first started and I then tweaked.
The mechanics of setting UI colors is archaic at best - not designed for speed. Even figuring out which element goes with which color is a challenge. But the real ar&t is in the way the colors combine - it all works together so well in your design and best of all, nicely resolves the missing icon background problem.

Thanks again.

Sven

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 11:28
by Paul Fierlinger
:D
But the real ar&t
:)

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 12:18
by slowtiger
An idea for a future improvement (nothing urgent): completely different implementation. Have one dark GUI (with white text) and one light GUI (with dark text). Have a slider for each to change brightness to personal taste, implemented in a way that relative contrasts are maintained. Maybe have another slider for tinting the GUI (should be a neutral gray by default).

I wonder if that works. Should do a mockup in Flash for this if I have too much free time ...

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 12:56
by Peter Wassink
slowtiger wrote:An idea for a future improvement (nothing urgent): completely different implementation. Have one dark GUI (with white text) and one light GUI (with dark text). Have a slider for each to change brightness to personal taste, implemented in a way that relative contrasts are maintained. Maybe have another slider for tinting the GUI (should be a neutral gray by default).

I wonder if that works. Should do a mockup in Flash for this if I have too much free time ...
combustion has (or is it had now) exactly this way, where you can use sliders to set the colorscheme.

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 13:57
by masterchief
Paul Fierlinger wrote:Here's my personalized color scheme, if anyone wants to give it a try. I have Border clicked on, Highlight set to zero, Mirror clicked off, Magnet on, No border not checked.

I created what I consider a few improvements such as giving the current timeline a clearl yellow background. I also toned down the black to a dark gray in many places.
Its great color scheme.. Thanx Paul and Sandra

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 09:38
by malcooning
Shouldn't this thread be merged into the "share you interface look" thread?

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 12:54
by Paul Fierlinger
Only if more people would share their color schemes... actually, inside of that thread someone asks if what's there shouldn't go somewhere else. :|

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 15:08
by malcooning
Paul Fierlinger wrote:Only if more people would share their color schemes... actually, inside of that thread someone asks if what's there shouldn't go somewhere else. :|
That question you mention was asked in that thread BEFORE it was moved to the Contents Sharing forum.
One thread to gather all TVP themes - makes sense, no? Why scatter them around?
We can just ask Elodie to make that thread a sticky, so it is always accessible at the top of the Contents Sharing forum.

Re: Paul's color scheme

Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 15:26
by Paul Fierlinger
Oh I'm not opposed to it at all...