Any graphic designer here?

[tramp]

Hi
while working on my latest project I think I could ask for some help for the UX. That means I didn't think it's to bad, but the colour theme at least didn't satisfy me. So I like to ask here if some graphic designer is a board with interest to work out a colour theme for this. So here is the UX:

I'm looking for a theme for the rack mounts, in special the colours of them, to make the view a bit more nice. If you've a idea, PM me or answer here.

regards
hermann

project is here:
https://github.com/brummer10/NeuralRack

[LAM]

Hi, is there a file where all the colors are defined? If yes I could give it a try.

Also the rack module names (like Noise Gate, Pedal Profile, etc..) in that gray are a difficult choice for everything that is not really dark or really bright. I think they would need to be of another color.

[tramp]

Thanks to @LAM , this is the new colour concept:

[Locynaeh]

No graphic designer here but I can only advice to pay attention to the contrast for text and background color (relatively to accessibility), maybe using this kind of application: https://app.contrast-finder.org/?lang=en

[d.healey]

Chat GPT can be very helpful for pointing in the right direction for improving existing designs

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[Loki Harfagr]

Now that's much better but too much

[LAM]

Chat GPT can be very helpful for pointing in the right direction for improving existing designs

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It changed not only the rack colors, it got rid of almost every skeumorphic element (except buttons/knobs).
I quite like it, I'm a fan of flat design, but it's a bit beyond the scope of just changing the colors.

And BTW, the colors are not much different from what we have now:

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[tramp]

Chat GPT can be very helpful for pointing in the right direction for improving existing designs

Okay, that's not a bad concept.
That's how it looks when I quickly adapt that.

@d.healey Could chat GPT generate sprite sheet images ((100x100) x 101 horizontal) from the knob?

[d.healey]

@tramp I can't get it to, it just keeps giving me sheets of the static knob. I think it is also limited on the size of images it can generate. Are you not able to use vector graphics in the tool you're using to create your GUI?

[SpotlightKid]

Okay, that's not a bad concept.
That's how it looks when I quickly adapt that.

I think it's an improvement, but is misses an important feature of the AI design, the increased contrast between labels and background colors.

• Try making the font color of the labels of the sections, white or a bright grey.
• Also the knob labels (some seem darker than the others, why?).

Also, the lines indicating which IR belongs to which channel (L/R) are now very hard to see.

[LAM]

An important detail the AI missed: there is no indication in the UI of how many dBs Input, Output and EQ bands knobs are set and what is the current threshold in the Noise Gate.

[tramp]

So after some more work I god this:

I guess it's not bad.

Values for the knobs will be shown on hover.

[LAM]

Looks great

[bhilmers]

I guess it's not bad.

I think it looks great actually, huge improvement over your first draft.