My point is: If I have to change the color for a reason, I have to change the palette for each file -> very long and boring. resize the canvas for each file, clean unused defs, save. And then I save_as "layer to separate svg file". After that I put each layer to the top level. change the group to a layer via the "Objects" dialog. change my group names' tag in order to be the same as the ID name. I changed the color to dark blue, because it's better than black. If there are features in advanced layers that aren’t always needed, then just provide a toggle feature for the layer to turn those features off if not needed.Anyway, below an example with the actual "nightly build" theme (except the last, I didn't draw it yet). #15: Why is there an “Advanced Outline Layer” and a regular “Outline Layer”? This is needlessly confusing and needs to be combined. This makes the program prettier to look at, but also easier to draw in. It’s important to note that the background will always be transparent, I’m just suggesting that we give the user to toggle the checkered background on and off. Add a toggle button on the header bar to toggle the checkered background on and off. #14: Change the canvas so that it defaults to showing a pure white background instead of the checkered background. Notice how difficult it is to see which buttons are toggled in the image below: Make the toggle button color a little bit lighter so it contrasts more with the panel. #13: It’s difficult to see whether a button is toggled on or off in the dark theme. PLACE ALL THE ICONS IN synfigIcons 2 in: C:\Program Files\Synfig\share\icons\Adwaita\16x16\actions PLACE ALL THE ICONS IN synfigIcons in: C:\Program Files\Synfig\share\pixmaps I’m going to start working on a light theme pack next. So yes, add these icons to the main branch if you want. In case anyone is curious, ALL of these icons were either made by me or are modifications I made to Synfig’s original icons. Okay, the dark theme icons are ready to go. This makes it easier to see what frame number a keyframe is on. Aim to reduce the toolbar to one line of very concise and well polished tools. You could just have a single draw shape tool and have the shape type as a tool setting. You guys really don’t need a circle, square and polygon tool. #11: Combine Tools together to keep redundancy low. You guys need to make it a rule that only polished and complete tools go into the release, everything else is forked to experimental builds. Basically, it makes Synfig look unprofessional. I can’t stress this enough, but you can’t afford to have beta testing stuff in the stable version. #10: Remove any incomplete tools like the brush tools from the stable release. All unused channels are essentially just wasting space and making the timeline harder to read. Usually the user just wants to see channels that actually have keyframes in them. #9: Give an option to collapse animation channels in the timeline. #8: After drawing with the spline tool, it would be nice if the tool completed the shape when a hotkey like ‘space’ or ‘enter’ was pressed. In my case, I have to keep reactivating the layers tab due to the tool tab turning itself on. Some people have their tools already set to the way they want and find it annoying when the tool property auto-activates.
#7: When changing to a different tool, don’t have the tool properties tab automatically active.
#INKSCAPE DARK THEME UPDATE#
This will help artists organize and update icons. All icons for the program should exist in a single, easy to find, folder. #6: Icon location in Synfig is a total mess. The font should focus on being clean and readable. The current font is too thin and is difficult to read.
There should be options for normal, Large, XLarge for people with various size monitors and eyesight. #4: Give the option to change icon sizes in the view drop-down menu. #3: Make the tool buttons more square instead of rectangular and make them larger so that the user can see more of the image icon. The color picker and everything with it will need to be rearranged and scaled down in size to save toolbar space. At the moment, it can only be compressed to three columns. #2: The toolbar must be able to be compressed down to a single column. (BUG: While in dark theme, the number of the current frame is black which makes it hard to read.) The dark theme is easier on the eyes and I have to assume that it’s a better choice from a marketing position as well. Photoshop, Clip Studio, ToonBoom and even Krita have already done this. I’ve also got a few suggestions that I’d like to share as well. Hey guys, I’m currently in the process of redesigning the icons so that they work well with the dark theme.
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