124 lines
3.9 KiB
HTML
124 lines
3.9 KiB
HTML
---
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layout: default
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title: Theme Tab
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menu_title: Theme Tab
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---
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<p>
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This tab contains settings that change the visual appearence of Ardour.
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</p>
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<img src="/images/a4_preferences_theme.png" alt="preferences
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theme tab"/>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Restore Defaults</strong> When clicked will change all settings
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on the Theme tab back to Ardour's default values.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>All floating windows are dialogs</strong> When enabled Ardour will
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use type "Dialog" for all floating windows instead of using type
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"Utility" for some of them. This may help usability with some
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window managers. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Transient windows follow front window</strong> When enabled
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transient windows will follow the front window when toggling between the
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editor and mixer. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Draw "flat" buttons</strong> When enabled button controls
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in the user interface will be drawn with a flat look. When disabled button
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controls will have a slight 3D appearence.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Blink Rec-Arm buttons</strong> When enabled the record-armed
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buttons on tracks will blink when they are armed but not currently
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recording. When disabled the record-armed buttons on tracks will be
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outlined in red instead of blinking.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Color regions using their track's color</strong> When enabled
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the background color of regions in the editor will be displayed using the
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the color assigned to the track. When disabled the default region
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background color will be used.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Show waveform clipping</strong> When enalbled the waveform
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displayed will show peaks marked in red if they exceed the clip level. The
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Waveform Clip Level is set with a slider on the Preferences
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<a href="/preferences-and-session-properties/preferences-dialog/editor/">
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Editor tab</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Icon Set</strong> Changes the mouse cursor icons used to indicate
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different tool modes in the editor. An example would be the icons used to
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indicate whether the cursor will select a region or change the length of a
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region.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Waveforms color gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
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gradient effect is applied to audio waveforms displayed in the editor.
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Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum effect.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Timeline item gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
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gradient effect is applied to the backgrounds of regions displayed in the
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editor. Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum
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effect.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Colors</strong> The color of an item in the user interface is
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determined by which named color is assigned to it, the color displayed for
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each named color in the palette, and in some cases, the transparency of
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stacked items.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Items</strong> Each display item has a named color assigned to
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it from the palette. Example color names are
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"meter color9" and "color 4".
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</p>
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<p>
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Click on an item's color example to change the named color choice.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Palette</strong> Hover over a color to display it's name. Click
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on a color to open a color chooser dialog.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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<strong>Transparency</strong> Some items have a transparency value.
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Transparency can be changed from opaque to totally transparent.
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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