Themes that don't color tracks in actual color chosen

[talustalus]

Hi,

Is there any way to allow tracks to be colored in full saturated color with the color you select, for themes that for some reason only apply a 'watered down' color?

-Thx.

[cubic13]

It all depends of the transparency of the graphic area used to display the track color.

In example, and using the default theme, we see that the index area of a tcp panel is colored exactly as set in the color window. Now let's take a look at the tcp_bg.png file of the default theme, which defines the way a tcp panel will appear : the right side of it is fully transparent as well as the tcp_idxbg.png, also used in this area for the display of the track index : both are set at full tranparency (opacity = 0) and this is what allows a true coloring of the involved area.

In the same tcp_bg.png, we can see the left side of the image with an opacity of about 180/256 : it explains the 'watered down' coloring of most of the tcp panel.

So, the less the transparency is, the more the color will appear as dimmed : it's mainly a graphical work done by the themer, especially with the Reaper 5 theming implementation.

EDIT - The more often, the files involved are the following :

1) for tcp panels :
tcp_bg.png
tcp_bgsel.png
tcp_idxbg.png
tcp_idxbg_sel.png

2) For mixer panels :
mcp_bg.png
mcp_bgsel.png
mcp_idxbg.png
mcp_idxbg_sel.png

[talustalus]

Originally Posted by cubic13

It all depends of the transparency of the graphic area used to display the track color.

In example, and using the default theme, we see that the index area of a tcp panel is colored exactly as set in the color window. Now let's take a look at the tcp_bg.png file of the default theme, which defines the way a tcp panel will appear : the right side of it is fully transparent as well as the tcp_idxbg.png, also used in this area for the display of the track index : both are set at full tranparency (opacity = 0) and this is what allows a true coloring of the involved area.

In the same tcp_bg.png, we can see the left side of the image with an opacity of about 180/256 : it explains the 'watered down' coloring of most of the tcp panel.

So, the less the transparency is, the more the color will appear as dimmed : it's mainly a graphical work done by the themer, especially with the Reaper 5 theming implementation.

EDIT - The more often, the files involved are the following :

1) for tcp panels :
tcp_bg.png
tcp_bgsel.png
tcp_idxbg.png
tcp_idxbg_sel.png

2) For mixer panels :
mcp_bg.png
mcp_bgsel.png
mcp_idxbg.png
mcp_idxbg_sel.png

Thank you for the info and explanation. I guess I will try to replace these files with a theme I know is saturated in track coloring.