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  • Colours in 4.5 are making me want to....

    I'm very dissapointed in GV for releasing this upgrade and hard coding the interface colours into it. Didn't anybody stop and think for a moment that maybe there are some users out there that don't want an even uglier interface than we already have.

    I've put up with a lot of stumbles and bumbles along the way, but to stuff up something so straight forward, someone should be looking for a new vocation.

    To say this is on the unapproved list, and it will be looked at in due course, makes me even more steamed. Don't they understand that I'm looking at this colouring-in colour scheme from a 3 year old, all day.

    All day.

    I've designed software myself, and GV is not acquitting itself with either it's development control or it's QC. The product design team need to be put in the corner and told, you either fix this goofy stuff up now, right now, or you can start taking support calls.

    I mean really stuffing up the interface like this, unbelievable.

    And after all this time, still not able to stop the cursor flying all over the place, and that's just the most frequent reminders of this kind of ineptitude. To say that you have to get into the mindset of the designer.... How about they get in the mindset of the user for a change? That old chestnut is always put forward when the designers are unable to make the changes.

    Have the development team got themselves into such a mess that they can't fix these things? Because that's what it sounds like to me. The base code has ended up not being able to be modified. I've seen this before, a product starts out being very responsive to customer requirements, then no-one effectively polices the changes, they are done add hoc, and then the next release can't incorprate all of the add hoc changes that were previously made, and bingo we get the same problem coming back, and even new problems, because the add -hoc changes were tested, but by recoding other problems are introduced.

    Classic version control stuff.

    These kind of problems were sorted out 15 years ago in professional development environments. GV need to get on top of this right now or Edius is already dead.

    GV I'm very disappointed in these latest changes, you've lost one of the few that have been banging away evangelising Edius.

    This interface makes me so mad, I'm finishing the 3 projects I have running at the moment under 4.5, and going back to 3.61 before I start looking for something else. At least 3.61 doesn't make me want to throw up every time I look at it.

    Edius 4.5 - GV your bad.

    Ross Herewini
    Sydney

  • #2
    The interface has gotten many positive responses. You can change the color scheme in the settings.

    I personally like it very much, and I use many other NLE's daily.

    What's more important to you? The GUI or functionality? I am guessing the former because of your long rant about the GUI.........I prefer functionaly. I do agree that there are a bunch of tiny detailed "bugs" that need to be fixed, and I know for sure that they are working on it.

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    • #3
      Are we looking at the same interface?
      Hmm you can change the colors.
      Anyway Sorry that you don't like it.
      I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

      About the cursor flying???????? Is there something wrong with your setup?
      Because I don't think I have seen anything flying in edius besides effects and when I have footage of any aircraft. Strange

      SR
      Steve
      EDIUS Trainer, Grass Cutter Gold
      A proud EDIUS EDITOR
      For more information on the Grass Cutter program please visit: http://www.grass-cutters.net

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      • #4
        Dave thanks for the reply.

        Where do I change the colours in the settings? I have changed Windows back to Classic as suggested, but that changed it in a way I had no control over. If there is some way to specify each colour of the interface, then I've definitely missed it.

        And to address your other point, both GUI and functionality are important, but if one precludes the other then that is not a good thing. I've designed GUI's before, and we always took the form over function track, because if users cannot understand it, they won't use it, so then it's functionality becomes a moot point.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by roscoe_video View Post
          Dave thanks for the reply.

          Where do I change the colours in the settings? I have changed Windows back to Classic as suggested, but that changed it in a way I had no control over. If there is some way to specify each colour of the interface, then I've definitely missed it.

          And to address your other point, both GUI and functionality are important, but if one precludes the other then that is not a good thing. I've designed GUI's before, and we always took the form over function track, because if users cannot understand it, they won't use it, so then it's functionality becomes a moot point.
          Settings > Application Settings > Customize > Window Color

          I put mine to -32 on all 3 colors, and it looks really good. I like the dark GUI.

          I do agree that GUI is important, but I start to forget it once I am fully editing like a robot :)

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          • #6
            "About the cursor flying???????? Is there something wrong with your setup?
            Because I don't think I have seen anything flying in edius besides effects and when I have footage of any aircraft. Strange"

            SR[/QUOTE]

            The cursor jumps back along the timeline in an unpredictable manner. It's been well documented by several people. If you don't suffer from the timeline cursor unexpectedly jumping to other parts of the timeline, then you are very lucky. For me iy has been with me on four different machines from v1.00 onwards.

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            • #7
              Is it documented for 4.51? Can you please point me to it. I must have missed it.
              Steve
              EDIUS Trainer, Grass Cutter Gold
              A proud EDIUS EDITOR
              For more information on the Grass Cutter program please visit: http://www.grass-cutters.net

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              • #8
                Please point to how I change the colour of the A1, and the colour of the AV1. I also want to change the colour back to the 3.61 defaults. How do I do that?

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                • #9
                  No Dave politely offered a solution for changing the background, which I thank him for, but was already across.

                  If you care to read the question rather than skim over it, thinking you know what I was asking, you will indeed see that I am asking how to set the default colours for clips on the timeline.

                  Show me how to modify the colours of clips so that they arrive in that colour. And please don't tell me how to change clips one at a time, that is not what I want.

                  As far as the cursor moving, there are two problems.

                  1) as per Anton Strauss, where the cursor no longer remsains in the centre of the timeline when expanding.
                  2) And the other where, when addding a clip, or even hitting play the cursor will jump to another spot on the timeline, and deposit the clip or start playing.
                  This has been around forever and had nothing to do with setting in/out markers.

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                  • #10
                    "The cursor jumps back along the timeline in an unpredictable manner." Does this happen when you use the shortcut keys to ad a default transition? The cursor will then jump to the nearest clip in the mapped video track - even if you are concentrating on track V1 (and have clicked on V1, but havn't mapped it) V2 might be "active" or mapped, so the transition will be added to that track, causing the cursor to jump maybe miles back to the start, or wherever the nearest peice of video is, on the that mapped track.

                    Please have a look at this pic to better explain :)



                    By the way, I LOVE the new look :)
                    When I go out, I wear my EDIUS T-Shirt.

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                    • #11
                      The new color is absolutely great and the improved details of the GUI are much faster to use IMO.

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                      • #12
                        Thanks Matt.

                        I'll have a look at that.

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                        • #13
                          Hi Matt,

                          I tried what you suggested and that wasn't it, but thanks for the info.

                          I'll make a screendump the next time this happens to me, which should be any time now....

                          Ross

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                          • #14
                            I too would like to see user customizable colors... as I have posted in a previous thread.

                            Changing the overall window lightness or darkness is nice... but it was there in a previous release and I also like mine dark. Problem is... while you can control certain parts of the interface, you can't control others. I want to control it all. As I can with other apps. The icon set is locked away and you can't adjust that, you can't tone down the 100% saturated clip colors that the developers chose to use this time around (I think theres 4 or 5 of those and they happen to be the colors that I use most often because of the distinction between them but now they are a bit hard on the eyes). I'd like to change the icon 'highlight' color, and the brightness of some icons relative to my desired dark scheme, etc. I want to control it all.

                            As far as functionality... I'm pretty pleased with the new release barring a few problems.

                            But I don't apologize for wanting more control.

                            Thanks!
                            Sincerely,

                            Mike Truly
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                            • #15
                              1. Take the bickering to PM
                              2. If you are going to complain, please keep it constructive

                              Violate any of the above further, and this thread is toast.

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