Theming in Qtractor

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/ Edited: 17/01/2024 /
Topic for everything related to Qtractor theming.
Themes availables: https://sourceforge.net/projects/visualthemes-qtractor/
(Attach two starting approaches for two visual themes and a proposal for functionalities.)

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Submitted by G3N-es on Thu, 22 May 2025 - 11:04

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The main change is a license change for G3N-es themes.

They are now CC0 (Public Domain).
Reasons:
- The previous license falls within the scope of software, and a VTQ is not really software.
- Making it as permissive as possible to make it easier for anyone who wants to modify and distribute their modifications without having to credit the original author. It's not that the credit isn't appreciated; it's that for derivative works of other derivative works... the documentation effort can be immense and counterproductive.
- To guarantee the "public domain," all icons have been reviewed and redesigned if there was certainty or suspicion that they may have been created based on other pre-designed icons by third parties.

For its part, Tecnico VTQ has improved by correcting or creating new symbols for those icons that presented ambiguous or conflicting legibility.

Available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/visualthemes-qtractor/
Regards

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Submitted by G3N-es on Mon, 23 Jun 2025 - 17:28

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After applying Skeuomorphism polish and fine 280-grit sandpaper, this is how Tecnico update looks. A large investment has been made in orange LED screens and pro faders. I hope it was worth it.

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The theme update is now available for download, adding mixer states and using image textures for backgrounds.

In case you want to have a look :)

PS:
For the MIDI editor, I borrowed your idea of ​​differentiating the background of the event editor from the note editor.
I think it was a good idea.

Submitted by windowsrefund on Fri, 4 Jul 2025 - 11:47

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G3N-es,

I'm going to check out the new goodness today. Going forward, you may want to consider structuring your .zip files in a single, appropriately named directory, so everything doesn't explode when unzipped. As of now, unzipping VTQs_5.8.zip results in all the directories and README.md being written to the PWD. It'd be much cleaner if all those things lived in a directory called VTQs_5.8 (for example). That way, the end user isn't at risk of clobbering existing bits making it easier to switch back to an older version if needed.

All the best

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