Good point. I think the RAPID being a more neutral finish would look easier on the eyes and more professional.
RAPID Synthesizer | Rapid 1.8.0 released | Free "SP - Granular Elements"
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- KVRian
- 875 posts since 26 May, 2009 from Area 51
Good point. I think the RAPID being a more neutral finish would look easier on the eyes and more professional.
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- KVRian
- 503 posts since 1 Jul, 2009
It's alright, but not better than Midnight Specter.
It looks really busy, too many horizontal lines and squares everywhere.
I would prefer a new and better flat skin. The dark flat skins included with Rapid are too dark.
Maybe something like the "Neon" skin, with greyish background and better colors.
Something like this:
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- KVRist
- 223 posts since 27 Nov, 2006
I agree - I prefer simple (the simpler the better) flat skinanoise wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:31 amIt's alright, but not better than Midnight Specter.
It looks really busy, too many horizontal lines and squares everywhere.
I would prefer a new and better flat skin. The dark flat skins included with Rapid are too dark.
Maybe something like the "Neon" skin, with greyish background and better colors.
Something like this:
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- KVRian
- 1204 posts since 23 May, 2016
yea, flat is fine!anoise wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:31 amIt's alright, but not better than Midnight Specter.
It looks really busy, too many horizontal lines and squares everywhere.
I would prefer a new and better flat skin. The dark flat skins included with Rapid are too dark.
Maybe something like the "Neon" skin, with greyish background and better colors.
Something like this:
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- KVRist
- 167 posts since 4 Apr, 2013
That looks great. That plus a nicer font would be awesome. I don’t like the current font at all, sorry.anoise wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:31 amIt's alright, but not better than Midnight Specter.
It looks really busy, too many horizontal lines and squares everywhere.
I would prefer a new and better flat skin. The dark flat skins included with Rapid are too dark.
Maybe something like the "Neon" skin, with greyish background and better colors.
Something like this:
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 392 posts since 15 Mar, 2016 from Germany
I see what you did here. The main panel color got a slight red shift. I guess it's warmer. Not sure if it's brighter. Kind of hard to discuss perception of color, since it's very subjective.anoise wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:31 amIt's alright, but not better than Midnight Specter.
It looks really busy, too many horizontal lines and squares everywhere.
I would prefer a new and better flat skin. The dark flat skins included with Rapid are too dark.
Maybe something like the "Neon" skin, with greyish background and better colors.
Something like this:
But.. We hear you. A Reminder: It's hard to create a skin that pleases everyone.
There is this kind of battle between people who like skeuomorphic or flat design. Personally I'm for a good mix of both worlds. We'll see.
At the moment I can extract these points:
- Dark Theme, but not too dark.
- Better fitting fonts (or modern?), but still crisp and readable.
- Flat. Or Flatter?
We try to improve Rapid with every version until it's (almost) perfect. Remember the look of version 1.0, it got better right? It can only get better from here on.
[Insert "This isn't even my final form" meme here]
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- KVRAF
- 5664 posts since 7 Feb, 2013
Gui-wise i really like the polaris theme, it is easy on my eyes and nice to work with. It's my default one. My only concern is that it some of the effects have their background borrowed from the default skin which doesn't fit the colour and looks just plain ugly. I modified that theme myself using white background for these effects but now i have to do this again any time when there's an update.
Could we have an alternative Polaris theme with all the effects having appropriate colours? (White/silver/blue/gray and such)
Could we have an alternative Polaris theme with all the effects having appropriate colours? (White/silver/blue/gray and such)
You may think you can fly ... but you better not try
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- KVRian
- 503 posts since 1 Jul, 2009
Yes, it did.
In my prior post I just quickly modified a screenshot of the Neon skin for a quick example. Yes, it could be slightly brighter and the grey is too reddish. My idea was to show a brighter dark skin with a gray background. Some good examples would be Bitwig's UI, Spire's dark theme, Discovery Pro.
Maybe a gamma selector/slider would be a good idea and a hue slider for the accent color (useful for the flat skins).
Yes, a mix of both styles would be also interesting. Skeuomorphic knobs and a flat background with some light gradients.
Thanks for listening.
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- KVRAF
- 3054 posts since 25 Apr, 2011
Love it.
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- Banned
- 1646 posts since 4 Aug, 2017
Yeah, the fountain fill logo looks really dated. Time for a redesign...
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 392 posts since 15 Mar, 2016 from Germany
bite_me wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:56 am Wow, watch this
https://flsaudio.com/wp-content/uploads ... in-Mac.png
bought it right away for 2,36€
Not really a fountain fill. It's actually 3 light sources on top of a 3D font. Maybe take a closer look. There are different angles of gradient
Now, looking at it from an outside perspective:
There is a demand for other kinds of skins.
There are users who want their custom wishes and even pay 2,36€ for it.
On the other hand, a lot of you have experience in design?
Seems like a match to me. You know you can edit the skin files right?
I see. Maybe it would be good enough to de-saturate the patterns. Will consider it for 1.7.0. Maybe we just remove them for monochromatic themes at once. Like the flat themes did.recursive one wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:19 pmCould we have an alternative Polaris theme with all the effects having appropriate colours? (White/silver/blue/gray and such)
