KVR Audio

isdjan · Post by **isdjan** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:24 pm

McLilith wrote:The red light in the lower-left corner has the legend "LIGHT" assigned to it. Is this really what you wanted? It seems a bit like labeling a knob with the legend "KNOB".

oh - i thought that one was supposed to toggle the lighting of the panel on and off?

if not, i'd say, mclilith was perfectly right about that.

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:31 pm

My honest criticism:

- I would lose the shadows entirely. I've never been a fan of "photorealistic" shadow rendering on GUIs. In this particular case they are very long and almost look like part of the interface to indicate signal path flow. I find them to be distracting.

- I would greatly increase the contrast of the legending. If I have to get six inches from the monitor just to figure out what a knob does I'm not likely to enjoy or want to use a product. I like how the white text ("KHz" & "Sidechain") in the first posted picture stands out and you immediately know what those buttons do without having to strain your eyes. I would use a contrast similar to that. If all of the legending had this kind of contrast it would be easy to head straight for the knob you need without trying to figure out which one it is.

Other than those two niggles I think it looks beautiful. The layout looks good and if the LEDs function as I imagine they're supposed to it looks like you'll get good feedback.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Sat May 07, 2005 7:45 pm

I rarely like the fake 3D look, the rings around the knobs look completely unnatural, the text is too hard to read, and "Niagaragain" is such a clumsy name that it cuts any possible sexiness factor the GUI might have in half :/

Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Sat May 07, 2005 8:04 pm

sonicfire wrote:mhhhh....the same with more "light":

Shadows are a bit phony; we can do without it, can't we? And you should enhance the lettering constrast. Labels below the buttons in the input could be useful...

Just my opinion. In the end it will look good, no doubt.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Sat May 07, 2005 8:07 pm

Cool, but way too big.

Top name though.

sonicfire · Post by **sonicfire** » Sun May 08, 2005 3:46 pm

for everyone who´s interested, here´s a little beta-demo of niagaragain.
actual GUI:

sonicfire · Post by **sonicfire** » Sun May 08, 2005 4:57 pm

it isnt sexy at all now?

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Sun May 08, 2005 5:07 pm

Yes, it's getting there. Don't give up on it.

take care,
McLilith

mckenic · Post by **mckenic** » Sun May 08, 2005 5:08 pm

Like the look - and thanks!

Just checking the beta!

Dave

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:23 am

Yes! Much, much better. Looks good.

stefancrs · Post by **stefancrs** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:31 am

Hah! That last screenshot looks awesome. Didn't like the previous ones.
If you want huge shadows, use soft shadows instead of hard ones. Imo

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:31 am

The screws are at the wrong angle. They look like little broken off screw heads floating on the sides.

Other than that I think it looks good. I esspecially like the half circles that match the curve of the LEDs.

Warmonger · Post by **Warmonger** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:35 am

The original was definitely sexier, but at the cost of usability. I still think some very soft area shadows would be nicer than either no shadows or hard shadows though.

sonicfire · Post by **sonicfire** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:51 am

mhh..the problem is i still haven´t figured out how to get soft shadows in 3d-designer

they´re either ON or off, at least thats how it looks to me - but i will try further

stefancrs · Post by **stefancrs** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:39 am

Blur them. A lot

(but only the shadows)

Is this GUI going to be sexy?