Premiere Pro CC: can blue text interface be changed back to yellow?

No, there's no way to control color of the focus highlighting and the text for certain controls. As you note, this is part of major changes to the user interface across many programs.

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Like you..I will get used to it.

Sticking with that cool Yellow would have been my preference too.

Wonder how many feature requests they got for a change on that.

Must say though ...someone at Adobe has an "interesting color palette" when it comes to choosing these things.

Wonder if it was the same dude that chose the purple for EOF indicator?

Thanx to those that gave us a choice to turn that one on / off BTW.

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Wonder if it was the same dude that chose the purple for EOF indicator?

Nope. The end of sequence indicator was entirely the work of the PPro team, whereas the overhaul of the whole was a collaborative effort of the Experience Design crew across multiple programs. For what it's worth, several beta testers reported that they started off not so keen on the new look, but within a short time they came to like it.

I think I rather like it. It is a nice color blue, and I don't think the yellow had any particular advantage to it. Not that it really matters to be. Blue, green, yellow. As long as I can see it.

Blue is great! I like it!

My point is not about aesthetics - whether I like or dislike it, will or will not get used to it.

I simply have extreme difficulty reading it. - across the whole CC 2014 refresh.

Not sure about it yet, just makes me feel am in another program. Hope this is not an attempt to look like iMovie, sorry meant FCP X.

It's sure as hell illegible on a Windows system running an nVidia GTX680 and Dell Ultrasharp U2410 monitors.

Jon,

I in no way want to be argumentative. So please do not take it that way. I am just curious.

I have a GTX670 and I am running Windows 7. I use a pair of Dell U2412M monitors.

You see what I see and find it hard to read, or you are seeing something else? Keep in mind that I calibrate my monitors for photography, not video. I only adjust for video when I am in SpeedGrade. It is a bit of a hassle to switch back and forth. So that might make a difference.

I don't for one moment think you're being argumentative.  You're fortunate that you're not experiencing legibility problems.

My monitors are calibrated for Stills also.

As I said earlier, I have difficulty across the whole October refresh - especially AE:  a layer with multi-parameters and properties is an absolute nightmare for me.  This is a relatively simple example...

Jon, I put your image side by side with my Ae screen and I can see mine a lot better than I can see yours. So there is a problem somewhere, but I don't have the skill set required to find it easily. Perhaps someone else can chime in?

I think the readability is an issue because of the white attribute text, then looking over to the blue that fades into the dark gray.  Yellow stood out just as much as white and worked on a gray background, was just easier to focus on.  Just pan your eyes back and forth between "Position" and "960.0" attribute,  you'll see folks.

Nope. The end of sequence indicator was entirely the work of the PPro team, whereas the overhaul of the whole was a collaborative effort of the Experience Design crew across multiple programs. For what it's worth, several beta testers reported that they started off not so keen on the new look, but within a short time they came to like it.

I might come to like it as well...but will probably just accept it as what it is.  Weird fluoro blue text and lines that kind of destroys the clean sharp  "professional software look" that one sees in Smoke and Resolve

I do  feel sorry for those that have a legibilty issue though.  It is readable on my system but it certainly does not jump out clearly or cleanly. Its kind of an amateur art direction color IMHO.

Still...I will remain curious what rationale there was to change it and what the beta testers came to like about something that was not ever a reported  issue!

I have not checked yet but I wonder if while they were tweaking colors for the numerical parameters..they  gave a thought  to making them easier to "grab" and adjust.   ( That has been an issue posted on occasion and maybe a subject for FRs)

Hey John and Steven

What are the Gamma settings for your screens that you say are set up for stills?

I have to agree its more taxing on the eyes. I can read it but I find it is headache inducing after a while.

If i compare it to the very well balanced color scheme of my cinema 4d R16 Interface a few things come in mind.

1. The Contrast of the white typo is to harsh. Make it a touch of grey and it is ok.

2. Because of the complete lost of the tiny bevels (buttons/Menues) the only chance for the ux-designer is to raise contrast. It´s not well done. Way to high. For me flatdesign is not working with greyshades

3. The Flyoutmenues (Mainmenues, but even the Menues in the effects) pop up with a very bright grey (Windows standard). At c4d it is integrated in the color scheme. Looks sweet

4. Give us controll over the different elements of the interface. Some presets and custom controll.

For me the blue labels look fresh (maybe a litle brighter because of the greyshade contrast) but i canot enyoy the color because of the other interface mistakes.

For me it is a bit straining to work with ae these days :-)

PS: Dont like the arrows in the effects menues (2 different, too big)

Gamma is 2.2.

Although my monitors are calibrated with a Spyder 3, I have tweaked so that my Photoshop work closely matches output to an Epson R3000.

Even experimenting with the Ultrasharp presets doesn't improve legibility.

Someone made a good point that it's the harsh contrast between the light grey text of the properties and the blue of their attribute parameters that makes it very hard to read.

I also agree that the flat design UI is harder to navigate.  I'm forever searching for sliders and grab bars.

I read somewhere that the Adobe designers want to give the user a clutter-free experience.  Unfortunately they forgot the golden rule - usability MUST come first.  This minimalist look doesn't achieve that.

I'm glad I read this before hitting the update button. The blue is really hard for my eyes to distinguish from the grey background. It wasn't broken why mess with it. Is someone from Apple now working at Adobe?  :-)

At least give people a choice, please.

CHEERS.

Mark

Gamma? Hmmm. Not sure where to look without running the calibration. No time today - very busy. Maybe Jon can tell me. I use a Spyder as well.

I have to agree that the new color scheme is pretty much terrible for readability. I've been running it for 2 days, and my eyes just get blurred over trying to focus on it.

I've got amazing color-senstivity, especially for a 60yr old male. Been tested numerous times, my ability to blast through the color-test charts always puzzles the eye docs. So ... yea, I CAN read this. I can work with it, though I do prefer the 'old' way, as it was clearer to scan quickly.

That's not the issue, is it? Whether or not someone like me with WAY above average eye sensitivity to all colors/quantities can use it? Unless of course, Adobe wants to tell the majority of males especially that we DON'T want your business.

As noted above, that deep "soft" blue is way too close to the background for good readability and quick "scanning", even for someone with eyes/visual circuits like mine.

For most males, with slightly less capability ... that dark blue is a nightmare. Separating that from the black/charcoal background IS going to create literal headaches. This isn't a "preferences" issue ... this is a phsyiological failure. THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET "USED" TO IT. It's a physical thing ... though I've found over the years that trying to point out the simple fact that known physiological human design makes something hard for certain people means absolutely nothing to most folks who don't have those issues. Which of course makes it quite clear that most people don't give a crap if they design something so that someone else simply will have painful attempts at using it ... if the designer likes it themselves. And they will roll eyes and otherwise act incredibly childish and stupid and uncaring about the physical problems they cause.

Most "sound engineers" think the way to solve hearing issues for those with most hearing disabilities is simply to make it all louder ... which is, if you know anything about this stuff, incredibly stupid and asinine. It just makes "difficult to discern" into "painful".

This color palette is exactly the equivalent. Sadly.

Neil

Same here...the UI overhaul is flat terrible (not the flat design, but the color choices).  My eyes are more strained looking at the UI.  The contrast is just too high.  It is nice to look at screenshots of the new UI, but using it for hours is terrible.  Just a side not, why are the tabs so tall now.  Seems like a waste of space.  I don't need to click the tabs with my finger...

This was a HORRIBLE design decision. I find the neon blue nauseating. And I'm stuck with it in AE and Premier?  Who makes these decisions???

We actually did use a brighter blue color during our beta cycle, but some of our beta testers felt it was too bright and harsh, so we dialed it back.

Have you tried adjusting your Appearance preference Brightness slider to a lighter gray background? This also brightens up the blue a bit.

David Kuspa | Adobe | Sr. Experience Designer, Digital Video & Audio

Is someone from Apple now working at Adobe?  :-)

I just had to chime in on this one.  Given the addition of the much less useful Clip Mixer and the default and unnatural Rectified Audio waveforms, it seems a good bet that the PP lead is a new guy from Cupertino that Adobe unfortunately feels lucky about acquiring.

To my mind, there's been a lot of wasted resources on stupid **** that might make some few editors feel better because PP now looks like FCP, but doesn't really add anything truly useful.

While I generally prefer blue to yellow as a color, this new mix is definitely more difficult on the eyes.  There's not enough contrast between the blue and the background.

I'm sorry and don't mean to disrespect anyone at Adobe but this is just wrong. It reminds me of Steve Jobs "you're looking at it wrong" to paraphrase. I have seen the screen shots, watched the video and I will not be upgrading until this is fixed. The whole interface is just a mess, especially After Effects. Just admit this was a mistake and fix it! Please. Mark

I still say that mine is much easier to read than your's Jon. But it almost looks like my font is sharper. Maybe it is the screen capture utility?

It just amazes me when simple RESEARCH would have told anyone that putting a DARK blue thin line or text on a charcoal to black background is difficult for many people ... especially men ... to even SEE. For an awful lot of men who aren't particularly "color blind" ... just well, normal ... deep blues tend to desaturate to ... deep grays.

Wow ... wasn't this a brilliant move?

Of the three primary colors, blue is by FAR the worst. The eyes/brain are more sensitive to both red & green.

It's like the many sound engineers I've worked with that absolutely believe the best way to get an auditorium's sound set up for better hearing by those with various hearing impairments is simply to increase the decibels of "volume". And roll their eyes at anything else. Um ... actually, for most folks with hearing difficulties simply raising the volume makes it muddier or more distorted ... and frequently more painful. In any form, WORSE. What the hearing - impaired need most is clarity of sound, with perhaps the 300-500hz area *slightly* lifted. And rather than a big speaker system for a room ala a rock band, small local speakers that are optimized for those frequencies, therefore avoiding reflecting off anything.

This ... *&%^ blue thing ... is just as ill-informed. And considering that what percentage of the user-base are male and WILL have a far worse, even painful time, in dealing with deep blue text? Huh. Not ... wise.

neil

Just updated to the latest AE and I totally agree... The Blue IS harder to read than the yellow was... Period.

This needs to be dealt with asap.

Here are 2 screen grabs... same project in AE CC and AE CC 2014... pretty obvious which stands out... especially when using 2K Dells.

I can confirm that the blue text is significantly more readable on a high DPI display.

On a regular display, the dark background bleeds into the text making it much darker than it should be.

Also, like it's been suggested, increasing the UI brightness also brightens the blue text, which makes it a lot easier to read. I suggest everyone on regular screens do this.

This seems like a basic oversight by Adobe, considering most people are still on regular displays.  A preference would be nice.

Please listen to the users on this one Adobe. Readability isn't very good. Our production company would love to have the option to use the yellow color again. The answer that this is a "major change in the user interface across many programs", simply doesn't justify a decrease in usability. Blue text on a black background is in my taste cold, and a bit like "wargames" from 1983.

On another note, this is really a small part of the PP upgrade and I would like to thank you for all your other feature upgrades. We really appreciate your work!

I still think that there is something odd going on. Maybe it is the way that screens are being captured, but once again, the blue on my screens look a lot sharper than the blue on the ones being posted.