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Old 05-19-2021, 07:25 AM
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Default Dark Theme - a no go!!

I'm testing a actual trial version from Protools!
Oh my god, after starting the program, this cheapy darkmode design like the new avid media composer or adobe audition, i can use this longer then 5 minutes to become see mistakes!!!
Is there a posibility to switch this very bad fontend to the normal "old" look, i found nothing???
If not, this will be the badest protools look ever and a hit in the face to all protools user that use this software in the last dekades!!!
Please change this or add a posibilty to switch the desgin, please!!
I can buy and work with something like that.
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Old 05-19-2021, 07:32 AM
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Default Re: Actual Design - a no go!!

Puuuh, i've found it to switch the design!!
Darkmode as standard desgin is a shock after first running this software!
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Old 05-19-2021, 08:24 AM
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Default Re: Actual Design - a no go!!

Dark mode is a work in progress. If you have any further constructive thoughts, please feel free to express them.
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Old 05-19-2021, 09:33 AM
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Default Re: Actual Design - a no go!!

Whereas I agree with the opinion that "dark mode" looks a LOT like Adobe Audition, it doesn't stop you from working. And as you discovered, you can always revert to Classic Mode.
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Old 05-19-2021, 09:52 AM
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Yes this Audition like "darkmode" is useless, this has no usability!
If Classic Mode always available in the future,will be fine and decisive for purchase.
If i have a wish, try to include the old Protools 6 - 8 Silver Design too for switching, this was optical the best Protools! :)
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Old 05-19-2021, 10:41 AM
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Default Re: Actual Design - a no go!!

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Yes this Audition like "darkmode" is useless, this has no usability!
If Classic Mode always available in the future,will be fine and decisive for purchase.
If i have a wish, try to include the old Protools 6 - 8 Silver Design too for switching, this was optical the best Protools! :)
If you're focusing on the software look features and not the music making features, you're playing baseball on a football field.
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Old 05-19-2021, 10:41 AM
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I'm testing a actual trial version from Protools!
Oh my god, after starting the program, this cheapy darkmode design like the new avid media composer or adobe audition, i can use this longer then 5 minutes to become see mistakes!!!
Is there a posibility to switch this very bad fontend to the normal "old" look, i found nothing???
If not, this will be the badest protools look ever and a hit in the face to all protools user that use this software in the last dekades!!!
Please change this or add a posibilty to switch the desgin, please!!
I can buy and work with something like that.
Don't wanne sound like an ass, but most people screaming about the dark modus should first calibrate their screen properly... I work in dark modus from the beginning and at first everything seemed black against black. After properly calibrating my 3 monitors with SpyderX (Datacolor) it became obvious, all my screens needed more brightness. Now calibrated its really working great, and switching back to classic seems odd now.
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Old 05-19-2021, 11:15 AM
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“If you're focusing on the software look features and not the music making features, you're playing baseball on a football field.”

What he said!
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Old 05-19-2021, 12:19 PM
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My focus is on a good usability and to work with a good design that supported my workflow+ideas with optimal clarity.
I had this with older protools on optimum, from protools 9 design it was ok too, but more confusing, but the "darkmode" is very bad for all, i hate this high contrast pseudo design an many software, this is not a good work.

I prefer to use my old Cool Edit 2.0 like for endmastering and sample editing, as newer oversize Audition, because the bad usability and design brakes in the implementation my ideas and a good workflow.
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Old 05-19-2021, 01:46 PM
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The dark mode should have been made an option for those that want it and the classic mode left as the default for long-time users that like it. Avid chose to do it the other way around with dark mode as the default and classic mode as the optional choice. The good thing is that we can choose which ever mode we like. There is no need to criticize the OP for his opinion on dark mode. It was just his initial impression of this feature and he didn't like it (as many others have also). He never implied that this was all that he focused on.
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