How about a little more vintage style for MeldaProduction plugins? ;)

[MeldaProduction]

Hey folks,

so continuing the discussion about forthcoming styles, here are some "vintage" ones, and I'd like to hear some opinions .

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 114&type=1

[asdfrewq]

I like #2 (dark grey, graveyard). Nice knobs and the textured background is nice with the dark color scheme...

[CableChannel]

I like brushed metal much more than old leather

[Tricky-Loops]

My sensible eyes are voting for #2...

I still would like to have some slight, unobtrusive textures but at least the 3D knobs look much better now...

[MeldaProduction]

So the black one? Ok , and more textures..

[audientronic]

I like the graveyard the best as well.

bluish #3 is also nice.

[Tricky-Loops]

Another good example how 3D and 2D elements can be combined and how vintage and digital can be mixed (it's not the best GUI out there but it's quite good):



It doesn't look like the real hardware (Nord Lead) at all but it has some slight shadows and reflections...

[MeldaProduction]

Another good example how 3D and 2D elements can be combined and how vintage and digital can be mixed (it's not the best GUI out there but it's quite good):



It doesn't look like the real hardware (Nord Lead) at all but it has some slight shadows and reflections...

Well, I don't like this at all. You put it very well - it's partly 3D partly 2D, so it just looks amateuristic to me. And there are soooo many controls. You really like that??? I thought this would be the opposite of what you'd like really.

Anyway it's unusable here I'm afraid - it doesn't show units. We will always show units, I hate every plugin showing the units in some bottom bar etc... And it's already ultracrowded.

[Tricky-Loops]

Another good example how 3D and 2D elements can be combined and how vintage and digital can be mixed (it's not the best GUI out there but it's quite good):



It doesn't look like the real hardware (Nord Lead) at all but it has some slight shadows and reflections...

Well, I don't like this at all. You put it very well - it's partly 3D partly 2D, so it just looks amateuristic to me. And there are soooo many controls. You really like that??? I thought this would be the opposite of what you'd like really.

Anyway it's unusable here I'm afraid - it doesn't show units. We will always show units, I hate every plugin showing the units in some bottom bar etc... And it's already ultracrowded.

I suggested this 3D and 3D mixture because you said in the other thread you could not change everything as the code is creating the GUI, and you could not use photoshop backgrounds and elements.

With a real graphic program much better GUIs can be made, no question.

[MeldaProduction]

Not exactly, stuff can be made in photoshop or whatever software, but only individual components, because as you know each plugin is different, yet they are made of the same styles, so the plugins actually render the final graphics. Add to it that it can be resized etc. and you have a huge coctail of technical requirements and of course limitations. E.g. I cannot just draw a window in Photoshop and use it as the GUI, after all, how could you resize it then? This doesn't mean it cannot be 3D, after all the images I posted on facebook are real screenshots.

[arkmabat]

The blue one!

[Tricky-Loops]

Not exactly, stuff can be made in photoshop or whatever software, but only individual components, because as you know each plugin is different, yet they are made of the same styles, so the plugins actually render the final graphics. Add to it that it can be resized etc. and you have a huge coctail of technical requirements and of course limitations. E.g. I cannot just draw a window in Photoshop and use it as the GUI, after all, how could you resize it then? This doesn't mean it cannot be 3D, after all the images I posted on facebook are real screenshots.

That's what I thought but I guess some textures as background wouldn't be a problem as it could be resized (a static image isn't possible, of course).

[MeldaProduction]

Yes! The usual limiting trouble is that a control has its space and these not overlapping, so for example if you have a knob it cannot have 100 pixel shadow down right, because there are other controls.

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[CableChannel]

My sensible eyes are voting for #2...

I still would like to have some slight, unobtrusive textures but at least the 3D knobs look much better now...

I guess you mean sensitive rather than sensible here