PerroBG Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I really cant understand where is the problem with light gray interface. In Affinty Photo and Designer. :D :P :D Please, make it happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Hi PerroBG, this won't be something that is fixed during the beta period, but we have had several requests for a lighter UI so it's something we may look at for the future. PerroBG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 10, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) The darker UI has been designed to be unobtrusive and allow designers to concentrate on the project itself. However there have been many passionate threads requesting a lighter UI particularly this one. Currently we don't have a light UI option but you can adjust the UI Gamma to make it a bit lighter. The option in preferences is really only there to correct for poor monitor black levels but it does work to a certain extent. You can tweak it going to Affinity Designer -> Preferences -> User Interface panel and adjusting the UI Gamma and the Background Gray Level sliders. The existing icons are designed to look good on a dark background. They all need reviewing and most need reworking for an alternate light interface. However the replacement of icons is not the majority of the work involved. Much time is taken reviewing and reprogramming all the bespoke UI for controls like sliders spin controls tabs indicators etc etc. It is all non-standard bespoke, not off the shelf from a third party. There is months of work unpicking each bit of our UI to redesign every one to look as good as it can. Unfortunately the work to achieve this part of the process is completely independent on each operating system, so any control designed for Mac has an independent equivalent version on Windows. This also means that a lighter solution will most likely beta on one OS before the other. We understand that it doesn't seem hard to make a light UI, but it is far from trivial or we would have done it already. Our stance is not stubbornness it's pragmatic about how long it takes to rework. We have not announced any date for this change. However, we are listening and working towards an optional lighter UI for our users. Edited November 10, 2016 by Patrick Connor Font size MacOS stuff removed Chris B and PerroBG 2 Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerroBG Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 I am not here to cross swords and words in the name of colors and UI! :D I just prefer much lighter interface. And yes I know a lot of pros and cons of both light and dark interfaces. Thanks you both :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelsavage966 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Patrick Connor. I'm afraid that in Affinity Photo, "Preferences", "User Interface", there's no such thing as "Font UI size". At least not in the version I just downloaded... So the UI is not scalable. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Patrick Connor. I'm afraid that in Affinity Photo, "Preferences", "User Interface", there's no such thing as "Font UI size". At least not in the version I just downloaded... So the UI is not scalable. Sad. Windows has it's own Font Scaling option which we adhere to. The same with Display Zoom. Patrick is referring to the Preferences in the macOS version which does have that option, as the OS doesn't support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 10, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 10, 2016 Edited, thanks and sorry for the confusion. Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelstuff Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 As a suggestion for when you start working on a lighter interface, take a look at Adobe Premiere and AfterEffects. They have a brightness slider in Edit > Preferences > Appearance that lets you adjust the brightness of the background and when it reaches a certain level it inverts the icons and text on the fly. It's pretty nice. I mean, if you are going to go to all the trouble of redesigning all your icons for light and dark, might as well give everyone a first class experience. PaoloT and Patrick Connor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjnicholls Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I really cant understand where is the problem with light gray interface. In Affinty Photo and Designer. :D :P :D Please, make it happen! At least the artboards can be lightened. Your screencap helped me find the monochrome icons preference. Much better than the circus color default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaoloT Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 If I can add my voice, I must say that I find the dark UI very fatiguing. There is a big contrast with the content (in my type of work, usually with a white background). Then, reading white text on a dark background, when looking for commands, causes the old effect of the dark background eating the lighter text's borders. My work is technical, very traditional, so I don't use many colors in my drawings. Maybe things are different with colourful illustration works. Also, being on a Mac, the very dark user interface of Affiny apps make a strong contrast with the (normally) lighter user interface of the operating system. Maybe you can add some degrees towards the light side to the Gamma control. Paolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin31cer Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Perhaps it is an age thing, but I find white text on a black background difficult to read. I much prefer the black on light grey as in PhotoPlus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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