My Editing Theme

airon · 10-02-2008, 07:38 AM

Thought I'd finally post this little thing. Perhaps it's of some use to more people. Use all the images I've created for this theme as you please.

https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/265/Air...noEditArea.zip

Based on the original Reaper 2.0 Default theme, this theme attempts to bring the editing and mixing experience a little closer to Protools.

New automation buttons for instant recognition, some mouseover text for the icon box on the top left of the main window, new insert, send and MCP/TCP background images, as well as distinct colour choices for the editing/arrangement area make this a little easier for me to use.

Credits: White Tie(original), Airon (modifications)

Chris_P_Critter · 10-02-2008, 07:46 AM

Airon - I love the idea with the automation buttons!! How do you get them to change when you select the envelope to automate?

I am NOT proficient at theming, except for maybe switching out faders and certain icons - this is really cool!!

airon · 10-02-2008, 01:14 PM

Take a look at the folder that contains the graphics. You'll find the button graphics there.

jamieson1974 · 10-02-2008, 05:17 PM

yes... i like this alot. thanks airon!!

jakerock · 10-02-2008, 05:39 PM

I would LOVE to have this type of editing area in my Default theme (Vixie Plain V2)

Im guessing that this is just a matter of cutting code out of the V.Plain theme and pasting in the code from Airons...

Anyone know how to do this?

I have been poking around trying to help myself understand what is what with the "Colortheme element finder" but im not really getting anywhere.

Thanks for any help!

airon · 10-03-2008, 12:28 AM

The Reaper theme file is a text file.

Just find the right section and replace them with the right stuff.

The alternative is to recreate the colours, which is fairly simple once you take a closer look at them in the Colour theme section of the prefs. You can switch back and forth between themes there with the Load button, so it'll take only a few minutes to recreate what you want.

Youn · 10-07-2008, 01:02 PM

This dramatically improves the default theme IMO. Much better distinguishability in the arrange area and the colored media events also stay pretty well balanced.

I think the bright green text on the selected track does not work though. What were you thinking there?

airon · 10-07-2008, 01:32 PM

The mean green... I was looking for a colour that always works, no matter what colour the track is. It's not pretty at all :P . I like to colour my tracks, not just the label, and this sort of worked ok. YMMV. Any better ideas ?

May I also point at White Tie again, for putting out the white button sets on the MCP/TCP. My main contributions are the TCP/MCP backgrounds, the insert/send gfx in the MCP, the automation mode buttons(Trim/Read is not an automation mode like Read,Write&Touch are), some icon mouse-over modifications and the font choice, though I'm not 100% sure I changed all that much there.