Record Button size

[chas51]

hi guys and gals,

I want to make the Record Button big.
I have searched and tried stuff before starting this thread.

I am using and am quite happy with the Classic_1.x theme.
I tried making it bigger in Preferences > General >
advanced UI/system tweaks > scale UI elements
of track/mixer panels, transport.
I tried 2 and 3 x.
did not like it.

I checked out the default Reaper 6 theme.
the Record Button is bigger.
but I want it even bigger, if possible, and maybe
even keep using Classic_1.x.
any thoughts anyone?

Charlie

[mikeroephonics]

In order to scale *only* the record-arm button, you need to dig into the rtconfig.txt file, which is a color theme's file holding the code which determines the sizes, placement and scaling of elements such as the record-arm, mute, solo buttons, etc.

Depending on how the rtconfig.txt is coded, this can be anywhere from relatively simple to a huge headache.

There may be other methods for scaling elements within the v6 color theme, but I'm not aware of what they would be.

[chas51]

wow awesome.
thank you very much.

any ideas how to do it step by step, or how I find out how?

[o_e]

Originally Posted by chas51

any ideas how to do it step by step, or how I find out how?

Maybe this is helpful?

https://reaperblog.net/2020/01/custom-reaper-6-theme/

[chas51]

oh thank you very much o_e. I will check it out!!

[chas51]

I checked the video out.

could anyone please help me to get started to do this?

I need to know how to get started.
simple step by step.
I have Windows 10.
I need to know what text editor to use.
do I just use Notepad?
and how to get into the rtconfig.txt page.
and does anyone know what the range is for the changing the
record button size?
it says its at 2 right now, on the screen in the video.

thanks for any help,
Charlie

[o_e]

Originally Posted by chas51

I checked the video out.

could anyone please help me to get started to do this?

I need to know how to get started.
simple step by step.
I have Windows 10.
I need to know what text editor to use.
do I just use Notepad?
and how to get into the rtconfig.txt page.
and does anyone know what the range is for the changing the
record button size?
it says its at 2 right now, on the screen in the video.

thanks for any help,
Charlie

Also you may want to check out this:

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=172341

and it's maybe a good idea to post your questions in the

REAPER Color Themes and Icon Sets subforum

[chas51]

thank you very much.

I checked out Reaper 6 default theme.
it was easy to change the Record button size to bigger.

but now I want to make the color lighter.

its very dark.
I want it to be light, just like in Classic 1.
could you please tell me if I can do that, and how?

[o_e]

Originally Posted by chas51

thank you very much.

I checked out Reaper 6 default theme.
it was easy to change the Record button size to bigger.

but now I want to make the color lighter.

its very dark.
I want it to be light, just like in Classic 1.
could you please tell me if I can do that, and how?

There is an action called:

Theme development: Show theme tweak/configuration window

but you could have find out that yourself by looking in the thread I've linked in my previous post..

[ErBird]

The record button color is determined in the .png. Has to be changed with something like GIMP or Photoshop.

Also:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=230332

[chas51]

Originally Posted by o_e

There is an action called:

Theme development: Show theme tweak/configuration window

but you could have find out that yourself by looking in the thread I've linked in my previous post..

thank you. I tried a bit.
what I tried did not work.

Originally Posted by ErBird

The record button color is determined in the .png. Has to be changed with something like GIMP or Photoshop.

Also:
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=230332

thank you.
do you please know how I can make the whole theme lighter?

[ErBird]

Originally Posted by chas51

thank you.
do you please know how I can make the whole theme lighter?

The whole thing? That would be a huge task. There's a lot you can change in the theme tweaker, but a lot of the GUI is .png images. You'd have to modify MANY in Photoshop. Probably better to use a different theme, wait until someone inevitably makes a v6 light edition, or raise the contrast and brightness on your monitor.

[chas51]

ah I see ok.

thank you very much for replying.