Topic: Gui issue: names on audioparts in tracklist….

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  • #261
    kagemusha
    Participant

    …are hiding behind the waveform drawing

    The phantom icon is generally very “difficult” noticable. Perhaps the Phantomparts could have a more general/global difference then unique parts.

    ciao
    Eli

    #3680
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    …are hiding behind the waveform drawing

    So what you’re saying is, that you’d like the waveform to hide behind the text? 😛

    The phantom icon is generally very “difficult” noticable. Perhaps the Phantomparts could have a more general/global difference then unique parts.

    I’m open to suggestions. Would a more distinct coloring of the phantom icon (the plus icon appearing after the sequence name) do the trick? Or should the entire sequence event background be a different color shade?

    #3683
    kagemusha
    Participant

    @Zynewave wrote:

    …are hiding behind the waveform drawing

    So what you’re saying is, that you’d like the waveform to hide behind the text? 😛

    😥 you’re making fun of me

    Serious, I don’t think color is a solution because of the mix with user definable colors.
    The Even Headers in the sequence profile properties for track are good because they display the name very clear but if you close the track you don’t have an overview anymore.

    I think, if it’s possible, that there could be a small reserved space for the Ghost Icon and name >> but that it stays alwas at the beginning of an even/part >>> so if you zoom-in you still see it at the beginning of the visible event.
    Aslo in the track info left of the trackheader you could place an icon for all eventnames which are ghosted.
    another thing could some transparant colored line/bar over the whole lenght of the event with repeating ghost icons

    Another thing that I wanted to mention for a long time is that the color assigned to a track completely becomes overwritten/obscured when you highlight a mixer strip .. also from the parent tracks the color disappears.
    I think that there still could be an opacity so that you see the color or just a reserved space that keeps colored.

    And while we’re at it here’s another luxury issue
    I wondered why in the pianoroll editor there is no posibility to use a background image file or color control. (like the trackregion background)
    I use darker colors for podiums interface but the colors I use for the general interface are not so good in the pianoroll .

    #3686
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    😥 you’re making fun of me

    Not much, you know I take everything you say seriously 😉

    I think, if it’s possible, that there could be a small reserved space for the Ghost Icon and name

    Yes, simply writing the name on top of the waveform would probably not be enough. I could experiment with painting a translucent background for the text and phantom icon, on top of the waveform.

    but that it stays alwas at the beginning of an even/part >>> so if you zoom-in you still see it at the beginning of the visible event.

    I had implemented it this way once. I ditched it, because it was very irritating when e.g. you scrolled the time axis and all the sequence names would slide to try to stay inside the viewed area.

    Aslo in the track info left of the trackheader you could place an icon for all eventnames which are ghosted.

    Good idea.

    Another thing that I wanted to mention for a long time is that the color assigned to a track completely becomes overwritten/obscured when you highlight a mixer strip .. also from the parent tracks the color disappears.
    I think that there still could be an opacity so that you see the color or just a reserved space that keeps colored.

    I tried it with the opacity. It got very confusing because of all the different color combinations that were the result. You could not clearly see see if it was in the selected branch or just another color. I may experiment with another way of highlighting the parents of a selected track.

    And while we’re at it here’s another luxury issue
    I wondered why in the pianoroll editor there is no posibility to use a background image file or color control. (like the trackregion background)
    I use darker colors for podiums interface but the colors I use for the general interface are not so good in the pianoroll .

    Luxury issue indeed. It’s good to know there is plenty for me to do in 2006 as well 😉
    Would options in the project dialog for using the tracks bitmap for the other editors be a solution? Or would you need different colors for the editors. Save your color setup and email it to me, along with your track background image, and I’ll see if I can implement this easily.

    #3688
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    And a couple of hours later… The sequence text is now shown on top of the waveform, painted on a translucent background mask, making it more distinguishable from the waveform underneath. The phantom icon is less translucent, and is painted with the same color as the text (selected/unselected). The phantom icon is also shown in the track inspector event list. Definitely an improvement. Thanks for the suggestions Eli. Will be available in v1.11.

    #3693
    kagemusha
    Participant

    Wow. 😮
    I don’t dare to give suggestion anymore because it keeps you awake at night

    Thanks
    Eli

    #3694
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    I don’t dare to give suggestion anymore because it keeps you awake at night

    Don’t worry about it. I am up late at night anyway. And working on improving the GUI is fun 🙂

    Keep the suggestions coming.

    #3699
    kagemusha
    Participant

    @Zynewave wrote:

    Luxury issue indeed. It’s good to know there is plenty for me to do in 2006 as well 😉
    Would options in the project dialog for using the tracks bitmap for the other editors be a solution? Or would you need different colors for the editors. Save your color setup and email it to me, along with your track background image, and I’ll see if I can implement this easily.

    If you would have some time somewhere
    along the road
    And no bugs and features are to be found anymore
    A seperate background image would great. 8)

    I have uploaded my color sheme >> info in this topic http://www.zynewave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=209

    Thanks

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