Brian Walton
I couldn't use this for "real world" due to the way it basically simulates glare on plastic (and my eyes wouldn't be able to take starting at that all the time). But as an art piece, extremely well done!
Sidroe
Thanks, Brian!! I thought it was just me. I really love this theme but for some reason the simulated glare is really distracting to my eye. I can't explain why other than maybe it's the angle in relation to the eq window above it. I would absolutely use this as my goto if you make a version without the glare area on it. I am using this one and can't tell you enough what a great job was done on this theme. I hope he considers doing a version without the glare on it.
clintmartin
I like it. It's pretty!
Maybe just a little less glare?
I hear you. And I take it that it's the Pro Channel modules you are mainly talking about and not the more diffuse gloss on e.g. the control bar and buttons?
I felt when doing it that it might have been a bit over the top and I can appreciate why some would consider it a distraction. However, it’s no problem for me to either completely remove the Pro Channel glare or make it less visible, as that plastic gloss is placed in a separate Photoshop layer that either can be easily hidden or have its opacity reduced. Removing the glare altogether I personally think would make it a bit boring, while reducing the opacity would make the effect more subtle but still keep somewhat of a plastic look-and-feel.
But who am I to say how much gloss would be the right amount of gloss? I think I’ll let the end users decide. Here are a few options. To the far left there’s no gloss at all and to the far right you can see how it currently looks. So what do you say? Let the voting begin!
As a side note I may add that none of the glare in the current theme spills into the upper display area of the Pro Channel modules as I didn’t want to lower the contrast by adding glare to the “glass”. It’s only the area with the buttons and knobs that’s got that extra gloss.