P: Customize Classic Interface

I have not found a way to lighten the interface of Lightroom as I can the other programs in Adobe Creative Cloud. For whatever reason I have difficulty with dark interface and cannot work for more than 20-30 minutes. Obviously I would like to work longer in Lightroom and take advantage of its features. All I can change is the desktop which is then covered by photos so not as helpful as having the other areas lightened with dark text. In preferences I've changed the settings to light grey and white and no change takes place.

please please let me choose my own color on the interface. I really cant stand the dark look and reading menues is not hard but it doesnt come fluint like black text on white for instance or many other color combinations. It ́s just such a downer seeing black.

To me, one of Lightroom's biggest drawbacks is the interface and lack of customization available for the interface. After enjoying the look and layout of Bridge, it's a big let down to see the low contrast, cluttered UI for Lightroom. I want to be able to change the text contrast/brightness, select a background color for the panels, increase the size of the borders between the panels, and be able to see thumbnail metatdata in the same format Bridge offers, with the ample space between thumbnails. Bridge offers the thumbnail view, which to me is much sleeker and less cluttered looking than the grid view of Lightroom. Even the document path, which is clearly displayed at the top of the screen in Bridge, to me is far superior than what Lightroom offers. Also, the scrubby sliders which are so easy to use in ACR, are more difficult with Lightroom, since you have to move the mouse to the far right of the slider to use them, where as with ACR you simply hover the mouse over any portion of the slider. In a nutshell, I would like Lightroom to look exactly like Bridge,except with the extra functionality Lightroom offers.

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After the first steps with Lightroom 4, I'm impressed with the functionality, Lightroom 4 will not buy but probably because the user interface repels me deeply! It might be "smart", whichever is such gloomy user, I prefer software whose interface can be customized to fit my needs and the operating functions are clearly visible. I have been searching to find a way to the low-contrast black and gray as to change into a better more readable blue-white / blue-black. Unfortunately, none! Or I just did not found?
Therefore I will wait for competitors with similar (or possibly less) functionality but better UI.
This also applies to the other Adobe Acrobat X. New in our range as PSE etc.
Despite the compelling functionality of the Adobe products, and prevents me from the repulsive to me illegible user to buy this product! As I settle better with nearly as powerful competitors (Ashampoo etc.) win when I need several tools for the functionality of an Adobe product.
Perhaps you have even one day at a way to adjust. If even Microsoft has realized that inflexible user interfaces with customers does not arrive, it should at a high-tech companies such as Adobe also be possible!

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After the first steps with Lightroom 4, I'm impressed with the functionality, Lightroom 4 will not buy but probably because the user interface repels me deeply! It might be "smart", whichever is such gloomy user, I prefer software whose interface can be customized to fit my needs and the operating functions are clearly visible. I have been searching to find a way to the low-contrast black and gray as to change into a better more readable blue-white / blue-black. Unfortunately, none! Or I just did not found?
Therefore I will wait for competitors with similar (or possibly less) functionality but better UI.
This also applies to the other Adobe Acrobat X. New in our range as PSE etc.
Despite the compelling functionality of the Adobe products, and prevents me from the repulsive to me illegible user to buy this product! As I settle better with nearly as powerful competitors (Ashampoo etc.) win when I need several tools for the functionality of an Adobe product.
Perhaps you have even one day at a way to adjust. If even Microsoft has realized that inflexible user interfaces with customers does not arrive, it should at a high-tech companies such as Adobe also be possible!

Nach den ersten Schritten mit Lightroom 4 bin ich von der Funktionalität begeistert, werde Lightroom 4 aber vermutlich nicht kaufen weil die Benutzeroberfläche mich zutiefst abstösst! Es mag ja "schick" sein, solche düsteren Benutzeroberflächen vorzuweisen, ich bevorzuge Software, deren Oberfläche an meine Bedürfnisse angepasst werden kann und deren Bedien-Funktionen klar und deutlich erkennbar sind. Ich habe lange gesucht um eine Möglichkeit zu finden, das kontrastarme schwarz-grau z.B. in ein besser lesbareres blau-weiss/blau-schwarz zu verändern. Leider Fehlanzeige! Oder habe ich es nur nicht gefunden?
Demzufolge werde ich auf Konkurrenzprodukte mit ähnlicher (oder evtl. geringerer) Funktionalität aber besserer Benutzeroberfläche warten.
Dies gilt auch für die anderen Adobe-Produken wie Acrobat X. PSE usw.
Trotz der überzeugenden Funktionalität der Adobe Produkte hindert mich die abstossende und für mich schlecht lesbare Benutzeroberfläche am Kauf dieser Produkte! Da begnüge ich mich lieber mit annähernd so leistungsfähigen Konkurrenzprodukten (Ashampoo o. ä.) auch wenn ich dabei mehrere Tools für die Funktionalität eines Adobe-Produktes benötige.
Vielleicht bieten Sie ja irgendwann eine Möglichkeit zur Anpassung an. Wenn sogar Microsoft eingesehen hat, dass unflexible Benutzeroberflächen bei den Kunden nicht ankommen, sollte das bei einem High-Tech-Unternehmen wie Adobe doch auch möglich sein!
MfG.
Otmar Thoma
e-mail: otmar.thoma@web.de

I love Lightroom's UI and personally wouldn't want any of the colour scheme to change.

However, I do know someone who finds the dark interface so depressing that they won't consider LR. For people like him, the option to use a lighter scheme would be very welcome.

Please give us the ability to change the colors of the interface on LR4. The dark on dark is just to hard to use.

Well, it's not present on any of my machines, which are numerous. The text is very clear, plenty of contrast and quite easy to read. The numerical values of the grays that are against each other on my screen as seen by PS are 141 against 41, 178 against 0, and 153 against 73. I have a hard time imagining how those could be perceived as low contrast.

Well, it's not present on any of my machines, which are numerous. The text is very clear, plenty of contrast and quite easy to read. The numerical values of the grays that are against each other on my screen as seen by PS are 141 against 41, 178 against 0, and 153 against 73. I have a hard time imagining how those could be perceived as low contrast.