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You don't have to set the GUI at 200% to test the graphics,I think. Just make the graphics exactly twice the size and crisper - the GUI engine will scale the images accordingly.

I don't think current GUIs for other u-he synths are 4 times bigger than the originals.

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I'm a bit late to the party but I wanted to say a huge thanks to drzhnn and everyone who has put in the time and effort to develop this skin! Really helped me re-engage with Zebra 2. Cheers! :tu: :tu:

I've decided to have a go at creating a 'blue steel' theme. :wink: :lol:

I want it to be clean and easy on the eyes with a flatter knob colour, instead of the fluorescent / highlighter hue.

It's still early days in it's development but please feel free to throw in any suggestion.
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PS. I'm trying to incorporate some subtle zebra strips to some of the modules.

Q. Is there a way to place the image behind the knob pots and text instead of in front? Or does it just appear that way because of the knob / text opacity?
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look great in blue transverb !
about the skin i really enjoy using it, just the transparant osc and mseg tab look a bit strange here, i checked the script but can t find a way to remove the transparency?

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Fred_Abstract wrote:look great in blue transverb !
about the skin i really enjoy using it, just the transparant osc and mseg tab look a bit strange here, i checked the script but can t find a way to remove the transparency?
Cheers Fred_Abstract! I'm happy to make the script available to drzhnn or anyone else once I'm finished.

In ref to opacity, check back to page 34-35 of this thread. :tu:
drzhnn wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:
drzhnn wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:Yep, also I don't like how it hides the underlying buttons. Problem is if you make it opaque you won't be able to see them at all to click back, really it needs a button to close it. But otherwise this is amazing now, thanks.
The transparency of the panel is just a personal touch, I like it better this way. And as EvilDragon already said, you can change this by editing just one line in the script file.
OK I need a bit more than knowing the format is RRGGBBAA though - what does that mean?
RRGGBBAA is an additive color format in which the resulting color is formed by mixing Red (RR), Green (GG) and Blue (BB) colors in a range from 0 (no color) to 255 (full color). But instead of decimal system the colors are converted to hexadecimals (0 is 00, 255 is ff). The AA part of the RRGGBBAA is for opacity, again in range from 0 to 255 converted to hexadecimals. So 00 in AA part means fully transparent, ff means fully opaque.

In short :) to make the editor panel opaque you'll need to change these lines in Zebra2.txt:

COLOUR name='osc_editor_bg' rgba='212024e0'
to
COLOUR name='osc_editor_bg' rgba='212024ff'

COLOUR name='mseg_editor_bg' rgba='21202482'
to
COLOUR name='mseg_editor_bg' rgba='212024ff'

or just replace the whole USER COLORS block with this:

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*** USER COLORS START ***
COLOUR name='label_text' rgba='ffffff40'
COLOUR name='label_mod' rgba='ff6000ff'
COLOUR name='label_menu' rgba='ffffff70'
COLOUR name='knob_unipolar_left' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_unipolar_center' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='knob_unipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_unipolar_mark' rgba='ff380000'
COLOUR name='knob_bipolar_left' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_bipolar_center' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_bipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_bipolar_mark' rgba='ff380000'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_unipolar_left' rgba='ff6000ff'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_unipolar_center' rgba='ff6000ff'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_unipolar_right' rgba='ff6000ff'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_unipolar_mark' rgba='ff540000'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_bipolar_left' rgba='ff6000ff'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_bipolar_center' rgba='ff6000ff'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_bipolar_right' rgba='ff6000ff'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_bipolar_mark' rgba='ff540000'
COLOUR name='knob_special_unipolar_left' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_special_unipolar_center' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='knob_special_unipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_special_unipolar_mark' rgba='ff380000'
COLOUR name='knob_special_bipolar_left' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_special_bipolar_center' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_special_bipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_special_bipolar_mark' rgba='ff380000'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_unipolar_left' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_unipolar_center' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_unipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_unipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_bipolar_left' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_bipolar_center' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_bipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_bipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_unipolar_left' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_unipolar_center' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_unipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_unipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_bipolar_left' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_bipolar_center' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_bipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq1_bipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_unipolar_left' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_unipolar_center' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_unipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_unipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_bipolar_left' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_bipolar_center' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_bipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq2_bipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_unipolar_left' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_unipolar_center' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_unipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_unipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_bipolar_left' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_bipolar_center' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_bipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq3_bipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_unipolar_left' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_unipolar_center' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_unipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_unipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_bipolar_left' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_bipolar_center' rgba='00f5ffff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_bipolar_right' rgba='00ff58ff'
COLOUR name='knob_eq4_bipolar_mark' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='knob_bg' rgba='00000032'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_bg' rgba='00000032'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_bg' rgba='ffffff12'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_mod_bg' rgba='ffffff12'
COLOUR name='xy_puck_big' rgba='00ff81ff'
COLOUR name='xy_puck_small' rgba='ffffff70'
COLOUR name='eq_puck_1' rgba='ffffff70'
COLOUR name='eq_puck_2' rgba='ffffff70'
COLOUR name='eq_puck_3' rgba='ffffff70'
COLOUR name='eq_puck_4' rgba='ffffff70'
COLOUR name='config_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='config_sub_bg' rgba='46454aa1'
COLOUR name='diva_vcf_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='osc_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='osc_sub_bg' rgba='46454aa1'
COLOUR name='noise_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='vcf_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='fmo_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='fmo_sub_bg' rgba='46454aa1'
COLOUR name='comb_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='shaper_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='mix_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='xmf_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='xmf_sub_bg' rgba='46454aa1'
COLOUR name='sb_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='dist_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='arp_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='arp_sub_bg' rgba='46454aa1'
COLOUR name='arpmod_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='matrix_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='matrix_sub_bg' rgba='46454aa1'
COLOUR name='mseg_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='env_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='env_sub_bg' rgba='46454a71'
COLOUR name='lfo_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='lfo_sub_bg' rgba='46454a71'
COLOUR name='lfog_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='lfog_sub_bg' rgba='46454a71'
COLOUR name='mmix_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='mmap_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='fx_rack_bg' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='modfx_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='delay_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='comp_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='eq_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='rev_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='res_bg' rgba='46454a00'
COLOUR name='keyboard_bg' rgba='ffffff14'
COLOUR name='envfol_bg' rgba='ffffff14'
COLOUR name='pitchfol_bg' rgba='ffffff14'
COLOUR name='main_bg' rgba='212024ff'
COLOUR name='perf_bg' rgba='212024ee'
COLOUR name='osc_editor_bg' rgba='212024ff'
COLOUR name='label_group' rgba='ffffff90'
COLOUR name='group_bg' rgba='00000000'
COLOUR name='module_highlight' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='editor_in_rack_bg' rgba='21202472'
COLOUR name='mseg_editor_bg' rgba='212024ff'
COLOUR name='mseg_cursor' rgba='ffffff1e'
COLOUR name='xy_bg' rgba='00000024'
COLOUR name='label_xy' rgba='ffffff32'
COLOUR name='module_tab_bg' rgba='00000032'
COLOUR name='label_module_tab_unselected' rgba='ffffff3c'
COLOUR name='label_module_tab_selected' rgba='ffffff3c'
COLOUR name='slider_bg' rgba='00000032'
COLOUR name='slider_border' rgba='0000001e'
COLOUR name='metarange_handle' rgba='ffffff3c'
COLOUR name='metarange_depth' rgba='ffffff50'
COLOUR name='browser_bg' rgba='1a191cf7'
COLOUR name='button_light_bg' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='button_light_border' rgba='ffffff0f'
COLOUR name='button_dark_bg' rgba='00000032'
COLOUR name='button_dark_border' rgba='0000001e'
COLOUR name='module_border' rgba='ffffff14'
COLOUR name='sub_module_border' rgba='ffffff00'
COLOUR name='scrollbar' rgba='ffffff10'
COLOUR name='grid_bg' rgba='ffffff0a'
COLOUR name='mixer_strip_bg' rgba='ffffff04'
*** USER COLORS END ***
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transverb wrote: Q. Is there a way to place the image behind the knob pots and text instead of in front? Or does it just appear that way because of the knob / text opacity?
Yep, this is because the knob backgrounds are not fully opaque:

COLOUR name='knob_bg' rgba='00000032'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_bg' rgba='00000032'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_bg' rgba='ffffff12'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_mod_bg' rgba='ffffff12'

The alpha channel should be ff in all cases. Try this instead:

COLOUR name='knob_bg' rgba='262830ff'
COLOUR name='knob_mod_bg' rgba='262830ff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_bg' rgba='30323aff'
COLOUR name='knob_secondary_mod_bg' rgba='30323aff'

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Cheers for the quick reply drzhnn... that did the trick! :tu:

I may need to bring down the opacity on the stripes now. Not sure if it's too cluttered. Will keep tinkering. :hyper:
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Yeah stripes are way too prominent there IMHO.

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EvilDragon wrote:Yeah stripes are way too prominent there IMHO.
+1 Agreed. New version below.
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Much sexier!

One thing that might be lacking is contrast, though. If the backgrounds of modules weren't blueish gray, the blue knobs would jump out more, I think.

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I found a bug:
When you Map the first Y Mapper of the second XY Pad , you actually map it for the first XY pad (and on the second XY Pad theres just the name, but no bar next to it)

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Thanks for reporting!

And here's a fixed version: Zebra.Redux.2015.0920.1932.zip

- Zebra2, ZebraHZ, Zebrify: fixed wrong XY2 Y1 target

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I fiddled a little bit with the script and made one single change - gave the effects its own rack, so now they are always sticking to the bottom!

I guess one improvement here would be not swapping the effects all the time, so that you can scroll through them just like you can scroll through the generator modules, but I'm not exactly clear on how to do that (I suppose simply vertically offsetting all the individual effect panes?).

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Hey, that's a cool idea!

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transverb wrote:
EvilDragon wrote:Yeah stripes are way too prominent there IMHO.
+1 Agreed. New version below.
Hi there, how do I get this latest version.. did you publish it yet ?
thanks

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