What was the problem again?
 
Not that this screenshot has captured the full quality I see on all 3 of my systems
 

Dave000


I use Photoshop, RGB 16 million colors, Jpg file... It's truly a no brainer. What I see is what I get. 
I've been doing computer graphics for over 20 years so I could be wrong but I'm not!
 
 
 

So, after 20 years in computer graphics, you are really proud of that avatar, I suppose.
You almost can see the 16 million colors.
 
Keep working, You will get better at it, eventually.
 
Tungsten is very well done, despite your derogatory remarks.

coolbass

Dave000


I use Photoshop, RGB 16 million colors, Jpg file... It's truly a no brainer. What I see is what I get. 
I've been doing computer graphics for over 20 years so I could be wrong but I'm not!
 
 
 

So, after 20 years in computer graphics, you are really proud of that avatar, I suppose.
You almost can see the 16 million colors.
 
Keep working, You will get better at it, eventually.
 
Tungsten is very well done, despite your derogatory remarks.

Now that's good!

SilkTone
This thread got a bit too intense so not sure if we can have a rational discussion, but as I mentioned before I have a different issue with Tungsten. The loss of depth cues is significant, let me show these two screenshots of TouchDAW, which matches Tungsten's colors very closely:
 
[... chopped out the pics from above ...]
 
What I would love is a non-flat Tungsten theme similar to what the 2nd screenshot looks like. Until then I'll stick to Mercury.
 
BTW, did anyone see that Panu posted on the Sonar Mods Facebook page that the Tungsten theme looks "surprisingly like my Dark Side mod with EXE colors". I don't use Duckbar so I'm not familiar with Panu's work.

This post hit an interesting point for me as well, so while I was messing with PNG files today I turned to a "buttonize" tool for ones I re-did to give texture to them. That particular effect is older than dirt, but definitely makes the UI easier to navigate (visually).

Wow, this thread. A classic forum donneybrook. 

mettelus
 
... while I was messing with PNG files today I turned to a "buttonize" tool for ones I re-did to give texture to them. That particular effect is older than dirt, but definitely makes the UI easier to navigate (visually).

I'd be interested in seeing a screenshot of the result of that, if you find a moment... 

I have finally tried Tungsten. Here is what I think.
 
The +
I find the overall design gorgeous. Great work, very modern and aesthetic. Congratulations. Believe it or not, a gorgeous UI gives me more musical inspiration. For example, both Sonitus equalizer and LP EQ are efficient plugins, but I feel "more powerful" when using the superb LP EQ. Design is very important to me.
 
The -
But after one hour of work I decided not to use Tungsten anymore. I switched back to Mercury. I think that this beautiful theme is not comfortable for some people who are not at ease in dark environments. Especially people who wear glasses because they are myopic: they often have a poor night vision, therefore a dark theme is not recommended.
 
Conclusion
The themes are a wonderful addition to SONAR, thank you. I hope that we will soon get a new theme, for example "Aluminium": the same gorgeous, modern design as Tungsten, but with more clarity... and the colour strips!

...wicked
Wow, this thread. A classic forum donneybrook. 

More like a Brouhaha, I'd say.
 
LOL

I find the skin to be acceptable, then with graduate and postgraduate degrees majoring in Visual Arts, clearly I haven't a clue.
What is the big news MAGIX after buying up most of Sony Creative Software are after Cakewalk also :-)
 

vmw
 
What is the big news MAGIX after buying up most of Sony Creative Software are after Cakewalk also :-) 

I was wondering if anybody besides me was curious that the "big news" announcement might be about this.
 
I really don't care whether or not other users like a particular theme- what I do like is that users are going to have the ability to make a theme that suits them. After over a decade of ****in about colors it'll probably be a big relief for all involved. For some reason I see complaining about the controls, or lack of, in the theme editor being in our future.
Well I guess that's better than having an active track tuner in the control bar.