Reply To: Preview 2.23: Redesigned group panel

@Zynewave wrote:

Sure. Probably coming in 2.24.

Otherwise known as Podium 4.0! =P~

@Zynewave wrote:

– I think the ‘default track color’ setting is ready to be retired. With the default opacity settings, it messes everything up if you select anything but shades of grey.

Can you clarify?

Um, I’ll try, but I can’t guarantee that my explanation will make sense to you! 😆
For reference, example 1 has 2.23’s default color settings: overall color opacity 100%, track background opacity 20%, some random track colors and no default track color assigned.

Before 2.23, you could select a default color and still override it when you set per-track colors, provided you set opacity to 100%.
Now, the strips are always colored, even if you set rack/header/strip opacity to 0. Even on higher opacity levels you don’t override the default track color but can only add various track colors to it instead. So you have a choice between all track backgrounds being pretty much shades of the same color (ex. 2, low opacity) or getting a real color mix (ex. 3, high opacity), like in previous versions, but coloring the whole strip this time. All in all very bright compared to the default settings. (Edit: It can of course be dark as well – I meant to say it’s quite intense.)
Setting the default color to a shade of grey is a little more useful, as you can make tracks appear generally brighter or darker, if moderately applied. (Edit: Sorry, this is of course not correct. It can be achieved by setting a lighter or darker shade of the panel background color! It’s just that I always use grey…) 😉