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Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:48 pm

rectus_dominus wrote:I like it! I hope there will be a gray/orange coloured scheme, too!

That's not gonna be a problem at all. I think Howie wants his Zebra in grey/orange anyway

I have also rendered a bunch of 3D-knobs for those who absoluetly dislike any vector graphics. It's not yet there though.

Later,

Urs

cwig · Post by **cwig** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:39 pm

John-E34 wrote:I prefer the 'look' of the one on the right

+1.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:43 pm

spaceman wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:Which Reaper skin is that?
it's the excellent

Unempty Minima (Step One)

Do a search in the skin forum on reaper.fm. There's only a link to it in some other thread.

should become default skin in my opinion.. with a bit of de-cubaseation

I seem to remember rejecting that one as it had an awful transport bar - yours looks nicer than I remembered it - is that an updated version?

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:56 pm

spaceman wrote:I'm not overly impressed with the design work on that one, to be honest.
The shading and 3D work looks a bit amateurish.

It looks too much like standard-Photoshop-layer-FX-and-change-some-numbers.

Sorry, only my opinion.

I like the new look fine, but the important part is the improved organization and usability refinements.

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:13 pm

aMUSEd wrote:I seem to remember rejecting that one as it had an awful transport bar - yours looks nicer than I remembered it - is that an updated version?

It's a re-skin by user StepOne: http://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p= ... stcount=64

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:33 pm

bmrzycki wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:I seem to remember rejecting that one as it had an awful transport bar - yours looks nicer than I remembered it - is that an updated version?
It's a re-skin by user StepOne: http://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php?p= ... stcount=64

Oh. Hmmm. This doesn't really appeal to me, maybe due to its playfulness. There are massive problems such as the font overlay over the meters, and even worse, menus lapping into meter space (might be a problem with reaper rather than the skin designer). Colour coding every tiniest icon doesn't really help in such a gui. Less colour would be more. Other than that, the only "3D" within that ui are some pixel-size bevels and some gradients. This is very well done, but I'd rather call that 2D. I much prefer dln's Unempty Dark Horse skin for Zebra, where colour coding is done on module level and not in icon/knob space. Latter also has a more 3D-ish and "lickable" appeal.

Zebra's new gui is a very different approach. It's not lickable at all, your tongue would get stuck.

I'm also contemplating to add a true vector gui without any bitmap at all. I've recently added a rounded rect class for this purpose, and I'm itchy to write some gradient fills and maybe some shaders and stuff...

Cheers,

Urs

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:41 pm

A true vector gui would be great - would that make it possible to scale it more finely?

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:42 pm

aMUSEd wrote:A true vector gui would be great - would that make it possible to scale it more finely?

Not really. But it could have a different default size.

Urs

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:43 pm

spaceman wrote:Below is a screen shot of part of a Reaper skin no less, compared to the Zebra skin. The Reaper skin has '3D' done right.

I don't agree with you but i'm interested in the subject. Why is the Reaper skin more "right" than the Zebra one ?

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:37 pm

It's interesting to see where this thread has wandered. When I'm using Z2 I find I don't "see" the interface when I'm tweaking. I think more about what sound component I want to change and then look to where that knob is (or try to at least). I'm actually much more interested in the fact that the OSCs now have little waves next to them than the choice of green.

fas1piano · Post by **fas1piano** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:21 pm

bmrzycki wrote:I'm actually much more interested in the fact that the OSCs now have little waves next to them than the choice of green.

+1 !

xh3rv · Post by **xh3rv** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:39 pm

spaceman wrote:I'm not overly impressed with the design work on that one, to be honest.
The shading and 3D work looks a bit amateurish.

It looks too much like standard-Photoshop-layer-FX-and-change-some-numbers.

Sorry, only my opinion.

It's worth noting that the .jpg is pretty heavily compressed and there are clear artifacts of that on it, that will really hurt the perception of fine edges and subtle shading.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:52 pm

fas1piano wrote:
bmrzycki wrote:I'm actually much more interested in the fact that the OSCs now have little waves next to them than the choice of green.
+1 !

Nothing fancy:

left: Inversion (PWM)
mid: Sync On/Off
right: Phase reset on/off & new "phase catch" mode

They are now however always visible, thus not buried in a tab. As is single/dual/quad... mode.

The layouts of all moduls have been critically revised for improved workflow. Especially the oscillators and the comb filters benefit greatly from new parameter priorities. But I have only finished half of the modules so far...

Urs

billstei · Post by **billstei** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:19 pm

Now that I understand lickability can someone recommend a good LCD panel cleaner?

xh3rv · Post by **xh3rv** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:28 pm

billstei wrote:Now that I understand lickability can someone recommend a good LCD panel cleaner?

Kind of . . . http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm? ... e=s3i12564

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