Fusion Theme - RJ Mod

[crimsonmerry]

Hi, some of you might already know that this theme is a default V4 based mod, originally created by Arsen.

I'm not exclusively using the theme, but kinda sad to see it left with a little bit unfinished. So i decided to fix some bugs that i found, and also change some things to fit my taste.







Quick highlights:

- Default master TCP now available.

- Fix center transport control. (hopefully..)

- Add 3 types of "separator" layouts: blank, name&num, and basic controls.

- Fix purple square on upper docked window.

- Change font from Open Sans bold to semibold, to fix the uppercase "i" problem.

- New toolbar style, back to default icons. More familiar to me.

- Track coloring method is now following V5, *EDIT: i just tested it in a portable V4.75, and everything is good. So i guess V4.xx user still can use the theme.

V1.1

- Update/change layout "Default MCP - Scale" and "Default MCP - Scale CP" (Color Panel) with wider panel and meter size, clears readout value cropping.

- Fix MCP icon background color to match TCP's.

- Other small fixes

V1.2

- added TCP layout with vertical meter "Default VM" and "Default VM - Scale" with meter scale (experimental).

- added MCP layout "Sidebar". Also added alt. version with meter scale.

- added master TCP layout "Metermorph".

- added MCP and master MCP layout "ListView".

Note: I use this "ListView" layout to quickly find and open the fx, as an alternative for ProTools' track fx. For those who prefer to do everything on TCP might benefit from this mixer layout.

- some fixes.

-- changed supercollapsed track's size from 10 px back to default, 4 px.

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Many changes are quite subtle to notice, so i wrote down a (long) note on stash description for those who wants to know.

Credits and Thanks goes to Arsen for his time and work, and thanks for all users who helped him finishing the beta version.


Have fun.

-Redjoy

[johnnynash]

Many thanks for this!

[vanhaze]

Wow, looking great on my macbook retina ; thanks very much for the great effort !

EDIT: I just noticed that i can't color a Track's background in TCP.
In Reaper's preferences i have the option enabled "Tint Trackpanel backgrounds"

So is this not possible in this Theme ?
Would be a bummer ..

[crimsonmerry]

Originally Posted by vanhaze

EDIT: I just noticed that i can't color a Track's background in TCP.
In Reaper's preferences i have the option enabled "Tint Trackpanel backgrounds"

So is this not possible in this Theme ?
Would be a bummer ..

It supposed to be possible. That's strange. I just checked it and it worked. I also got the "tint track panel bg" option enabled.




I don't have any access to another computer right now. I'll update when i find what might cause the problem.

[vanhaze]

Thank you very much !

Would love to see it fixed.

Meanwhile, i tried it in a clean project and same issue

[fladd]

Vey nice!

[sightlessness]

wOWOWOW, Tvm for the share. This one is pretty neat and clean.

[krahosk]

Wow. New default for me.

[TheWhistler]

Originally Posted by sightlessness

wOWOWOW, Tvm for the share. This one is pretty neat and clean.

I stumbled across your signature. Interesting project. I never heard about that, but can say that I can agree with a lot of the ideas that are describe there.

[sightlessness]

Originally Posted by TheWhistler

I stumbled across your signature. Interesting project. I never heard about that, but can say that I can agree with a lot of the ideas that are describe there.

Yeah, I mean, that is awesome (that you took the time to read something about it).
I don't say it's the end all be all, but as you mentioned, lots of ideas are pretty neat. I am pro human equality: Can't we all get along just fine? (I remember being 5 y. old and suffer coz there were wars out there, somewhere.... it never made sense to me at all). I really wish WP to everyone (I sound like miss universe here, haha)

[pattonfreak1]

Awesome. Thanks so much

[matthewjumpsoffbuildings]

Originally Posted by vanhaze

EDIT: I just noticed that i can't color a Track's background in TCP.
In Reaper's preferences i have the option enabled "Tint Trackpanel backgrounds"

i tested it on a windows 8 laptop with reaper 5.04, same problem, tcp background isnt tinting.

[xpander]

Have you tried the Color Panel layouts? There's one for the TCP, one for the MCP.

[matthewjumpsoffbuildings]

i tried doing exactly what crimsonmerry was doing in his example gif, didnt work

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by xpander

Have you tried the Color Panel layouts? There's one for the TCP, one for the MCP.

Sorry, thanx for the help, but i don't have a clue what you mean ... (rookie).

I suffer from the same problem of not being able to color the TCP track backgrounds in this theme ..

[xpander]

Options menu, Layouts. This theme has several different layouts both for TCP and MCP. One of the layouts for both is Color Panel. If you select that layout, the whole panels should get the selected color, not just the track ID panes.

[matthewjumpsoffbuildings]

but the problem is the theme is meant to support proper TCP tinting, as demonstrated by the gif crimsonmerry posted. i would much rather this work properly, than using different layouts to achieve a very limited set of prefab colors.

[xpander]

Originally Posted by matthewjumpsoffbuildings

i would much rather this work properly, than using different layouts to achieve a very limited set of prefab colors.

?
You are talking about a totally different theme now, or haven't even tried it yet? As for crimsonmerry demonstrating the "proper" TCP tinting, please check what layout he is using for the Track Panel in his screencap.

[matthewjumpsoffbuildings]

oh i see, you have to change the layout in the TCP and MCP to allow the tinting to happen... working now.

question - why wouldnt the tintable ones be the default/only option? they look much better than the non-tintable ones.

[matthewjumpsoffbuildings]

another thing, the dialogues in reaper always look really ugly with a bg color that is anything other than the default... eg:



can this be changed somewhere in preferences or is it a setting in the walter?

[xpander]

If you mean the (dialog) window frames, their colors are defined by the OS, not Reaper. The actual window background colors can be changed in Theme tweaker. You can open it from the Actions list, type "theme tweak" to the filter to find it easier. After tweaking the colors to your liking, remember to save your tweaked theme (with a different name, perhaps). Please note, not all background colors can be changed. Also, when making the changes, you may have to close and reopen the given windows to see them with the updated colors.

About your previous question. It would be a pretty simple mod to make the layout defaults allow tinting. Currently the default TCP/MCP panel images are not transparent but for the Color Panel layout they are. Inside the theme package is a folder called fullcolor with the following panel images: tcp_bg.png, tcp_bgsel.png, mcp_bg.png, mcp_bgsel.png. Replacing the general layout images under the main image folder with those from the fullcolor folder would make the default tintable.


Finally, it feels kinda fitting but a bit funny talking about mods in a topic about a modified theme. Crimsonmerry, thanks for your original finishing touches and mods.

[vanhaze]

Originally Posted by xpander

Options menu, Layouts. This theme has several different layouts both for TCP and MCP. One of the layouts for both is Color Panel. If you select that layout, the whole panels should get the selected color, not just the track ID panes.

Xpander, you are my Hero of the Day.
Thanks so much !

[crimsonmerry]

Originally Posted by xpander

Crimsonmerry, thanks for your original finishing touches and mods.

BIG thanks for helping me with your detailed explanation you kind sir

Originally Posted by matthewjumpsoffbuildings

question - why wouldnt the tintable ones be the default/only option? they look much better than the non-tintable ones.

It's just a matter of taste, i guess. and also this is something i've waited for so long in theming, that can't be -easily- done in V4.

Originally Posted by vanhaze

Xpander, you are my Hero of the Day.
Thanks so much !

My hero too! for revealing the "mistery"...

[xpander]

Oh, you're too kind, fellows.

[vanhaze]

No, we are not.. you are one of the many people here in this community who
is incredibly helpful , always, and has insane Reaper knowledge; RESPECT !!

[matthewjumpsoffbuildings]

yea thanks for the info, and also the work on the theme itself

[+NRG]

Great work! Lots of improvements / fixes to an already good theme!

Any chance of getting the peak value in the mixer to fit better or a slightly wider mixer layout for better spacing?

Thank you for your efforts! B)

[Aditya.inHim]

Thank you for this.. btw, I am from Indonesia too.. salam kenal sesama pengguna reaper

God bless

[crimsonmerry]

Originally Posted by +NRG

Any chance of getting the peak value in the mixer to fit better or a slightly wider mixer layout for better spacing?

Hi, i just updated the theme, check "Default MCP - Scale" layout.

Originally Posted by Aditya.inHim

Thank you for this.. btw, I am from Indonesia too.. salam kenal sesama pengguna reaper

Whoa it's rare to see other Indonesians here. Salam kenal juga Adit

[+NRG]

Awesome! Thank you! B)

[Rick Settle]

Originally Posted by crimsonmerry

Hi, some of you might already know that this theme is a default V4 based mod, originally created by Arsen.

I'm not exclusively using the theme, but kinda sad to see it left with a little bit unfinished. So i decided to fix some bugs that i found, and also change some things to fit my taste.







Quick highlights:

- Default master TCP now available.

- Fix center transport control. (hopefully..)

- Add 3 types of "separator" layouts: blank, name&num, and basic controls.

- Fix purple square on upper docked window.

- Change font from Open Sans bold to semibold, to fix the uppercase "i" problem. Not sure why it's happen.

- New toolbar style, back to default icons. More familiar to me.

- Track coloring method is now following V5, *EDIT: i just tested it in a portable V4.75, and everything is good. So i guess V4.xx user still can use the theme.

V1.1

- Update/change layout "Default MCP - Scale" and "Default MCP - Scale CP" (Color Panel) with wider panel and meter size, clears readout value cropping.

- Fix MCP icon background color to match TCP's.

- Other small fixes


DOWNLOAD


Many changes are quite subtle to notice, so i wrote down a (long) note on stash description for those who wants to know.

Credits and Thanks goes to Arsen for his time and work, and thanks for all users who helped him finishing the beta version.


Have fun.

-Redjoy

I really like the Fusion theme. It is now my default. I like the ability to insert blanks between tracks. There seems to be a problem with inserting them, but I've found workarounds.

For instance, if I insert a blank between tracks 4 and 5 in the MCP, track 5 disappears. The same sort of thing happens in the TCP. The workaround is to insert 2 empty tracks at the end, insert the blank, move the blank where I want it and then delete the 2 empty tracks.

Other than this problem, I've come to enjoy using this theme.

rick

[crimsonmerry]

Originally Posted by Rick Settle

I like the ability to insert blanks between tracks. There seems to be a problem with inserting them, but I've found workarounds.

For instance, if I insert a blank between tracks 4 and 5 in the MCP, track 5 disappears. The same sort of thing happens in the TCP. The workaround is to insert 2 empty tracks at the end, insert the blank, move the blank where I want it and then delete the 2 empty tracks.

Hi, don't know if i understand the problem correctly, but i guess the reason track 5 dissapear when you insert a "blank" before it, it's because a "separator" is just a normal track, only coded without buttons, meter,etc. So Reaper will count it as a functioning track. In your example, that new blank track between track no 4 and 5 will be count as track no 5, and track 5 will be changed into track 6.

If that wasn't the case, posting a Licecap maybe?

[Rick Settle]

Originally Posted by crimsonmerry

Hi, don't know if i understand the problem correctly, but i guess the reason track 5 dissapear when you insert a "blank" before it, it's because a "separator" is just a normal track, only coded without buttons, meter,etc. So Reaper will count it as a functioning track. In your example, that new blank track between track no 4 and 5 will be count as track no 5, and track 5 will be changed into track 6.

If that wasn't the case, posting a Licecap maybe?

Like I said, it isn't a really big problem. I can work around it.

I work with both the TCP and MCP at the same time, since I only work with a vocal channel as track 1, a Music Left channel as track 2, a Music Right channel as track 3, an EQ send channel as track 4 and a Reverb channel as track 5.

If I try to put the mouse cursor between track 3 and 4 and open up the Track Layout to insert a blank, the blank will be inserted but usually the 4 track will disappear from the MCP. Ctr Z of course brings it back and removed the blank. I can do a workaround by inserting two more tracks to the right, 6 and 7, and insert the blank between. Track 7 disappears, but I can then drag the blank where ever I want it. When I drag the blank to where I want it, track 7 does not re-appear.

These same things happen in the TCP.

[xpander]

Rick, it seems like there is something else happening there. Just inserting a track doesn't make other tracks to disappear, no matter what theme is used.

When you add two extra tracks to the 5 you already have, you naturally have 7 tracks total, correct? Now the mystery part, "inserting a blank". There is no such action in Reaper so I assume you either;
a) insert yet another track and use the blank layout for it. The total number of tracks is now 8, but the one using the blank layout doesn't show its number.
b) change the layout of one of the existing tracks to blank, the total number of tracks is 7. Again, the track using the blank layout doesn't show its number.

Now, depending on where you move the blank track, that is the track which doesn't show the number. IOW, all the tracks will always have a track number assigned to them, blank track layouts may have just been made so that they won't show it. As it happens, Fusion theme also has a layout called Separator 2 - Name & Num. if you use that one, do you still have tracks disappearing?

[Rick Settle]

Originally Posted by xpander

Rick, it seems like there is something else happening there. Just inserting a track doesn't make other tracks to disappear, no matter what theme is used.

When you add two extra tracks to the 5 you already have, you naturally have 7 tracks total, correct? Now the mystery part, "inserting a blank". There is no such action in Reaper so I assume you either;
a) insert yet another track and use the blank layout for it. The total number of tracks is now 8, but the one using the blank layout doesn't show its number.
b) change the layout of one of the existing tracks to blank, the total number of tracks is 7. Again, the track using the blank layout doesn't show its number.

Now, depending on where you move the blank track, that is the track which doesn't show the number. IOW, all the tracks will always have a track number assigned to them, blank track layouts may have just been made so that they won't show it. As it happens, Fusion theme also has a layout called Separator 2 - Name & Num. if you use that one, do you still have tracks disappearing?

Okay. It was just the way I was implementing the blank. For some reason, I was thinking that I was 'inserting' a blank, when in actuality, I was changing a track the was already there into a blank. Makes sense, now that I think it through. It's really a moot point. I have the layout I want saved as my default. But, at least now I know how I should have done it.

Thanks.

[xpander]

You're welcome, good that you have it working.

[fladd]

I was wondering: Why is the upper 40% of a coloured item in a slightly different colour intensity?

[crimsonmerry]

Originally Posted by fladd

I was wondering: Why is the upper 40% of a coloured item in a slightly different colour intensity?

Ah now i remember, the itembg was copied from my other custom theme (WIP), who has "shiny" elements on it's track and mixer design, that matches the item bg. I'll make a new one. Thanks for the reminder.

*Edit: Theme updated. Replaced the itembg with a new -not so different- one.

[fladd]

Awesome, thanks!

[chrisdodge]

Close to be my favorite theme! Good work ! Nice, clean and very good looking !


The things i would like to add are :
- Having the folder control on the separator basic and separator name + val (tcp and mixer)
- Having the FX button on the separator basic (tcp and mixer)