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Old 08-10-2010, 01:03 AM   #121
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Thanks for your contribution to our common collection of Reaper treasures ...

While modifying your colors to suit my personal preferences I have to deal with three numbers to get the colors I like. It is a bit of trouble entering these one by one while trying to remember the numbers. I guess this is due to the way that Windows works, so maybe there is nothing to do about it. But just in case, would there be a way to use hex numbers instead. That way I could more easily find and record suitable colors, e.g.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
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Old 08-10-2010, 01:56 AM   #122
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Yes, you can use hex numbers, by manually editing the .SWSColor file!

So, instead of:

custcolor1=213

you can write:

custcolor1=0xD50000


Don't forget that you need to reload the .SWSColor file after you edit it manually!
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Old 08-10-2010, 10:39 AM   #123
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Thanks, that's very useful. I opened it and found some numbers there. Now I will just find a suitable palette of colors and enter theír numbers directly in the SWScolor file. But how about the colors on you "icons" is there a way to do this as easily too?
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Old 08-10-2010, 11:18 AM   #124
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You will have to edit my icons manually in Photoshop and GIMP, just like I said in post #112.
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Old 09-01-2010, 04:15 AM   #125
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6. Now go back to Reaper's Customize toolbar... and load up the Color Toolbar.ReaperMenuSet file. It should be located in your Reaper\ColorThemes folder.
I don't understand step 6.

a) What is "Reaper's Customize toolbar"? Is it the Options-->Customize menus/toolbar menu option?

b) if so, what does "load up the Color Toolbar.ReaperMenuSet file" mean? I see an Add and an Import button on the Customize menus/toolbar tool. How do I load that file?

It's probably simple but I just ain't getting it.
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Old 09-07-2010, 09:07 AM   #126
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I don't understand step 6.

a) What is "Reaper's Customize toolbar"? Is it the Options-->Customize menus/toolbar menu option?

b) if so, what does "load up the Color Toolbar.ReaperMenuSet file" mean? I see an Add and an Import button on the Customize menus/toolbar tool. How do I load that file?

It's probably simple but I just ain't getting it.
Yes, that's it. Click on Import, then browse to my ReaperMenu (it's not ReaperMenuSet, my bad - fixing the instructions...) file and load it up.
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Old 09-07-2010, 09:12 PM   #127
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Hey guys,
I haven't gone through this whole thread, so I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but here is a link to a great tool for color.
http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor
It is basically a color "computer". I can't really explain it, you just have to see it. It gives HSV, RGB, CMYK, LAB and HEX for all of the colors. Really amazing.

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Old 10-05-2010, 01:23 AM   #128
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I did a translation of your wiki for the french forum.
Just hope you agree?
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Old 10-05-2010, 01:52 AM   #129
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Of course I agree!
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Old 10-05-2010, 02:36 AM   #130
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ok thanks.
a question: did not find the way to color items on a same track with differents colors?
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Old 11-22-2010, 04:48 PM   #131
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Currently for me,
Only the "1" button and color management button works as it should
Every other button changes the track to black only.

I'm having some issues with this final step.

7. After you loaded the toolbar, save it, and then open the Color Management window by clicking the Palette icon on the toolbar (the last one on bottom right). We need to load our custom colorset in there. The file needed is attached below.

Are you meaning to say that we should add an action to that color management button?

Also, once I get into the Actions panel and search "sws manage" the resulting action is "open color management window", all that does is add another button instead of edit that targeted button. What am I doing wrong in this final step? Thanks
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Old 11-23-2010, 01:45 AM   #132
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Are you meaning to say that we should add an action to that color management button?
I guess you're asking ED, but I can reply...

No, you are to do as it says, click the palette button, a dialog named SWS Color Management opens. There you click Load color set from file, and then you load the color set from file... And this concerns the file named "ED Toolbar Colorset.SWSColor"
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Old 11-23-2010, 04:02 PM   #133
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I guess you're asking ED, but I can reply...

No, you are to do as it says, click the palette button, a dialog named SWS Color Management opens. There you click Load color set from file, and then you load the color set from file... And this concerns the file named "ED Toolbar Colorset.SWSColor"
Got it working - thanks dude.
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:06 AM   #134
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Hi, I must have done something wrong, when I try to import "Color Toolbar.ReaperMenu" on Customize menu/sections window, Reaper says:

Error importing ReaperMenu
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ReaperMenu file does not have menu for 'Main toolbar'
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OK
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-edit- that's ok, I had to import it on "Floating Toolbar 2"

(in fact, I never used any floating toolbar before he he)

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Old 05-25-2011, 10:55 PM   #135
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Love the color toolbar. This will make it much easier to change color because the SWS color window never worked for me.

I tried modifying the colors to HEX as indicated on another post (0x then the hex #). Resaved it with the same title (ED color...). But the colors don't change. When I click the palette to open the SWS color window, and then try selecting colors there, doesn't work either.

If the hex numbers don't work, what other numbers do? Thanks.
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Old 06-09-2011, 12:10 PM   #136
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I was wondering...
Will this also allow me to change the background color of MIDI items?
I've been look for ways to do this but just cant seem to find one! :S
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Old 06-09-2011, 12:19 PM   #137
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I was wondering...
Will this also allow me to change the background color of MIDI items?
I've been look for ways to do this but just cant seem to find one! :S
Yes, if your MIDI item is selected when you click one of the color icons. MIDI items work the same as audio items in this respect.
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Old 09-28-2011, 11:57 AM   #138
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Default Buttons In Toolbar Don't Show Color

I installed this & it looks like it's all working except the buttons on the toolbar are showing no color...just "set set" inside a gray button. I can click on a button & it will change the track color, but I have no idea what the color is until it shows up on the track. Did I miss something?
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Old 09-28-2011, 04:00 PM   #139
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is there a fix for the mac color palette bug yet? ".swscolor" stuff doesn't work on my mac properly...
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Old 11-16-2011, 11:05 AM   #140
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After upgrading to V4 and switching computers my color toolbar stopped working.

I just reinstalled and I'm not sure where I went wrong. The buttons work but the icons didn't.
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Old 11-18-2011, 08:19 AM   #141
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After upgrading to V4 and switching computers my color toolbar stopped working.

I just reinstalled and I'm not sure where I went wrong. The buttons work but the icons didn't.
You're 101% sure that the "toolbar icons" are copied into the correct folder?
Just unzipping the file into ./data/ is NOT valid (anymore), because the folders (in zip and on hdd) are named differently.
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Old 11-18-2011, 06:29 PM   #142
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You're 101% sure that the "toolbar icons" are copied into the correct folder?
Just unzipping the file into ./data/ is NOT valid (anymore), because the folders (in zip and on hdd) are named differently.
looking again, there are many icons in the folder that are not available within reaper.

They are saved at
Users/EpicSounds/Library/Application Support/REAPER/Data/toolbar_icons

which worked at one time.
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Old 11-20-2011, 12:02 PM   #143
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I had to rename "Color Toolbar.ReaperMenu" to "Color Toolbar.ReaperMenuSet"
I also had to change Line 1 from "[Floating toolbar 2]" to "[Floating toolbar 5]" because it was already in use.

unfortunately the the colors of the button don't match the result.
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Old 11-20-2011, 12:39 PM   #144
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You have to load a correct palette file in SWS Color window...
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Old 11-20-2011, 01:15 PM   #145
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You have to load a correct palette file in SWS Color window...
I believe I have. if the first button is red, the result is blue.
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Old 11-21-2011, 02:39 AM   #146
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Hm, that's weird. I dunno. Works over here.
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Old 11-22-2011, 07:39 AM   #147
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ED, thanks for a fantastic utility. I just have one problem (that I've seen hinted at in other posts in this thread).

When I loaded ED's Color Toolbar v2.5 (using OS X 10.6.8, Reaper 4.12, SWS v2.1.0) the included colors were all wrong, starting with blue instead of red. See the row of colored squares in the bottom right of this image:



I went through all the colors and noticed that their RGB colors were all transposed. For example, the first color should have been red. In the stock ED Toolbar Colorset.SWSColor file, I saw custcolor1=213. Now, 213 in hex is 0xD5. That's blue if your hex colors are like 0xRRGGBB. To get red, you need to use 0xD50000 which is a totally different number. So, anyways, I went through all the colors and transposed the digits and got this. See the row of colored squares in the bottom right of this image:



Since the swatches match the toolbar icon colors, I'm going to use this. Feel free to use it as well!

"Fixed" ED Toolbar Colorset.SWSColor file:

https://gist.github.com/1385767

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Old 11-22-2011, 07:45 AM   #148
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Ah, I need to fix the SWS extension to flip the color bytes properly in OSX. Sorry about that.
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I wondered if it was an SWS thing. Thanks.
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I wondered if it was an SWS thing. Thanks.
thanks for the fix!
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Old 12-20-2011, 09:16 PM   #151
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Hi. Some questions about the color toolbar.

Is ED's color toolbar the same one that comes with Reaper 4, which is currently set as toolbar 8?

Is there any way to get the color buttons in the toolbar to match the actual colors I'm using without my having to make the buttons myself... like maybe have them update automatically based on the loaded color file?

Is there any kind of 3rd party alternative to the standard windows color dialog?

Thanks.

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Old 01-05-2012, 03:48 AM   #153
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I installed this & it looks like it's all working except the buttons on the toolbar are showing no color...just "set set" inside a gray button. I can click on a button & it will change the track color, but I have no idea what the color is until it shows up on the track. Did I miss something?
Same for me here, the buttons show set sel but no colored icon.
I worked through the manual 3 times now.

After the last step, the sws color managemet changes to (I guess) the right file (ED Toolbar colorset.SWScolor) but the icons not change.

Any advice?

Windows 7 here right now.
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Is there any way to get the color buttons in the toolbar to match the actual colors I'm using without my having to make the buttons myself... like maybe have them update automatically based on the loaded color file?
Unfortunately not, see post 112.
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Very nice, thank you
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Not directly related to this toolbar but, maybe someone can help.

I tend to use the custom color function most often, is there a way to keep that window open after applying?

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Old 04-07-2012, 03:52 AM   #157
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I would love if Reaper had something like the above as a coloring tool with 16 modifiable default and the complete palette for colors out of the ordinary. And yes it should stay open with an aply button for whatever you have highlighted in the track window.

Currently I just use the SWS colors from Reamenus. Can't find out how to modify the toolbox palettes for my chosen colors. I also change the themes by deleting something here and there so that colors are not changed (brown going red etc.)
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Old 07-04-2012, 09:08 PM   #159
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Thanks Ed! This is great. Though, how do I dock it fully? It says it's in docked mode but still floating, oddly...


Also, does anyone know how to get the Pro Tools colors, to be consistent on a track-by-track basis? Like, track 1 is always color A... track 2, color B... even if you re-arrange the tracks. I have searched the forums and cannot figure out either the colors used (hex codes, etc) nor how this is done. Thanks!
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Please help. Can't get the toolbar installed, I am stuck on the open Customize Toolbar steps 5 and 6, I need more granular instructions than these as I don't know what any of that means.

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