[tuhopuu-devel] Some problems with new theme

[Jiri Hnidek]

Hi,
the bacground color in 3dview is too dark for me too. I like darker 
background color (2.36), because looking at 3d view for long time isn't 
unpleasant (painful) for my eyes. Darker theme is better, but may be to 
much dark.

Jiri

Matt Ebb wrote:

>> Another problem i've found with the default theme is that the 3Dview
>> is much too light (for me).
>
> Yes, someone else mentioned something similar on the forums. I 
> wouldn't be against making it a tad darker - there's plenty of time to 
> tweak these things, but I disagree with making it too much of a 
> 'neutral' colour.
>
> The reason I tried this lighter background is to improve contrast. The 
> thing that I *don't* like about the default 2.36 is that because the 
> grey is too 'neutral', things tend to smear in together and blend in 
> with with background. It's so much easier to see the forms of your 
> objects when they're lifted off the background and you can see a 
> silhouette.
>
> Check this comparison between the defaults in T3 and in 2.36. Because 
> of the improved contrast, it's so much easier to discern the shape of 
> the model on the left, the right just looks muddy and needs a lot more 
> eye-work, following the edges around:
> http://mke3.net/blender/interface/3dview/bgcolourcomparo.jpg
>
> I'd like to include a separate 'dark' theme that still retains 
> contrast, something like this ( 
> http://mke3.net/blender/interface/3dview/darktheme01.jpg ) as well. 
> This may help if it's the 'lightness' that people might be having 
> trouble with :) Anyway, I'd like to hear some more reasoned opinions 
> on the subject from others, too.
>
> Cheers
>
> Matt