@emmrecs @Apollo89x

Hi Jeff, the top bar only changes colour when you grab the top bar.

The differences are in the text / graphics. The new layout has the text and Icons thinner, brighter and sharper.

A lot may depend on the resolution of the screen it is on.

Ray.

@Apollo89x

I agree. Rejigged by 25YO nerds with good eyesight. I wouldn't like to use the program on a 4k screen unless it was a whopper. Dark blue timeline code: what were they thinking?? 😂 And the media pool is a mess.

I have a 4k monitor & have 0 issues with the UI, I'm 56, I can sit at the desk as normal with no glasses on & can read it no problem.

@Apollo89x

Hi

Have you adjusted the Windows theme to High Contrast with modified colours?

@CubeAce

. . . . the top bar only changes colour when you grab the top bar . . . .

Only if the Windows theme has been modified, or are using theme modifier software for impaired vision, using the default settings the top bar does not change.

John EB

@Former user

You're lucky. I can only dream of the days when I was 56 and could sit at the desk as normal with no glasses on and read the screen with no problem. Now, 2 decades on, reading the screen is a little more tricky. I could buy a bigger screen but that means a bigger desk which means more space taken up which means my wife would become annoyed and stop talking to me.

Now there's a thought ...

@Apollo89x @AAProds

With you all the way regarding size of text, buttons etc. The colours don't bother me too much apart from the blue on grey timeline and the grey on grey for the "object name" bar beneath the keyframe window. Then there's the bottom bar that show the CPU progress which could be a few pixels thinner to allow for more space above it for we single non-huge monitor people and then there's ...

.... AndyW

@Apollo89x

Hi

Have you adjusted the Windows theme to High Contrast with modified colours?

No, my Windows theme is just standard, (*plus the same in both screenshots).

However Magix have created the 2024 version with a very a high-contrast design :: Which is painful on the eyes to look at!

@Apollo89x Does your monitor offer an eye-friendly mode? This can help a lot with eye-strain.

@Apollo89x

Hi

I have compared your screenshots to mine, and they are to all intents and purposes identical, I did have to change two Windows theme settings to get the pane top bars to be purple when selected.

As the screen shot is captured internally from the 'frame buffer' ie before it gets sent to the monitor for display, I suspect this may be monitor settings such as Brightness and Contrast being incorrectly set.

Is/are the monitor(s) coloured corrected using a Colour calibration tool?

. . . . a very a high-contrast design . . . .

On the contrary, the design is lower contrast. You will find the colour schemes of many programs are of similar lower contrast colour schemes, these came about through Health & Safety issues with regular computer users suffering from eye strain due to high contrast, and/or too bright interfaces.

John EB