Sonic's Softmachine theme work in progress , need help of course

[permeke]

work in progress !!
Sonic's softmachine stolen snippets theme.

First of all : I know nothing about coding, scripting etc.

I've used Protools for over 25 years and made the switch to Reaper 5 years ago but I always struggled with the overwhelming GUI visuals no matter what theme I tried.
So I started to compile and copy/pasted parts from other themes that I like.
Credits to those themers.You know who you are,I hope so

Item PT style colors is a script in progress that OLSHALOM and Vitalker are working on.
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=274132&page=6

Now I'm stuck on some minor graphic issues.
track color bands at the base of tcp and mcp are way too bright.
TCP pan value doesn’t follow the knob when stretching tcp.
Also I can't extend the track separator lines on the mcp any further up to the top near the fx knob.
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feel free to offer help, instructions, improvements , etc.





thanks




https://i.imgur.com/wEWAxQc.png

[SubbaseDnB]

this looks really good,will this be available to download?

[permeke]

sure but I first want to solve the issues I mentioned.
The reason for that is if I release it now it probably never gonna get finished the way I like.

[SubbaseDnB]

sounds good,hope you get the help with the problems you have,unfortunatly i cant help

[permeke]

doesn't seem to grab much attention here

[xpander]

Originally Posted by permeke

track color bands at the base of tcp and mcp are way too bright.

Is that theme based on Default_6.0 or some mod of it? You could look into editing the coloring/transparency of too bright areas in idx images;
tcp_idxbg.png
tcp_idxbg_sel.png
mcp_idxbg.png
mcp_idxbg_sel.png

Originally Posted by permeke

TCP pan value doesn’t follow the knob when stretching tcp.

That's set by the tcp.pan.label and tcp.width.label lines in rtconfig. Depending on the rtconfig you have based your theme on and how you want those labels work, it might or might not be easy to set up. For example diving into Default_6.0 will be more daunting task in many cases than just making your own. You have studied all the stickies and related documents already?

Originally Posted by permeke

Also I can't extend the track separator lines on the mcp any further up to the top near the fx knob.

If I understood that right, it seems to me that you already have lines extending higher up left side of those tracks where you have colored background. So what is different with those tracks, what all images are there in between which might have different edges etc.?

[permeke]

color band issue solved :

[SubbaseDnB]

Did you manage to fix the isues you were having?really like the look of this theme

[egoplasma]

Your theme looks pretty good. I like! One thing, me thinks, is the the transport panel...the orange on the cycle button is a little bit disturbing!
If you don't mind...please share!

[Solar]

Oooooooooook alright this one is REALLY beautiful .

Great job to the Developer ;-)

Hope to see this one available soon

[permeke]

Xpander had a look at it but it doesn't seem to be easy to change.
Don't ask me for the details.
yeah,certain elements can be done better.
I agree with the transport buttons and a weird issue withe the pan labeling in tcp not lined up.

[SubbaseDnB]

hope this will be available at some point

[permeke]

I'm planning to rework the whole because it's only usable at 200% now.

[SubbaseDnB]

hope you will make it work

[SubbaseDnB]

have sent you a pm