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ninose11
Inspiring
October 7, 2014
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Premiere Pro CC: can blue text interface be changed back to yellow?

  • October 7, 2014
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Just wondering if there's an option in preferences to change the color of the interface text. It used to be yellow and now it's more difficult to see.

I notice the blue text across the entire range of updated programs: AE, PP, Photoshop, etc.

So is it a setting in the cloud itself that would allow me to change the color back to yellow?

If not, not big issue, I'll just have to get used to it. Love the new interface in any case. Much more responsive with no issues.

Thank you, Adobe!

    49 replies

    Mohr
    Participant
    October 26, 2014

    I'm someone who doesn't complain on forums. I'm also generally amenable to new UI, and am willing to give new stuff that seems unfamiliar a fair shot.

    However, I simply cannot read the blue text on the dark gray background without squinting and straining. It's incredibly annoying. I'm downgrading to the previous version until there is some ability for the user to adjust the font color is added or the readability has been restored in the default color. I'm hoping by adding another voice to this that it will spur someone at Adobe to elevate the priority of this as an issue.

    On a side note, thanks, Adobe, for allowing people to install previous versions of your software (unlike Apple). In this case it has allowed me to continue making progress on my project.

    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 27, 2014

    Hi Mohr,

    If you have a moment, please let the team know about your difficulties here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish

    Thanks,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
    Mohr
    Participant
    October 27, 2014

    Kevin,

    Thanks for the URL. I have submitted info about my difficulty there.

    -Paul

    Stephen Barrante
    Inspiring
    October 24, 2014

    I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who's been frustrated by this – and despite already contributing my opinion to the thread, I've now spend several weeks working through the latest AE and Premiere project, and I'm sorry... just can't get use to the blue.

    To echo T Milner's point above, I constantly have to double take to see if the keyframes are selected, and have on numerous occasions waste time getting the correct group selected. The blue also doesn't pop against the gray in terms of things selected. Either because of habit or the fact that the gold just stands out better, I feel like I'm searching around a bit more for selectable text, toggles, etc... than before.

    I hope that moving forward a global setting to change the blue to something else will at least be provided, now that the first step to make the interface's more uniform has been done.

    shooternz
    Legend
    October 24, 2014

    After time...I also have not grown to love "the blue" and the other  colors on the interface.

    I have no eye issues unless one considers that the colors appear garish to me. 

    If one uses colored markers and clips labels...the interface can look like a bad day at Play Skool.  Very un professional!  

    I would much have preferred that the sensitivity of grabbing and adjusting the parameters ( as they work in AEFX)  would have been "fixed" ahead of a color palette change.

    Legend
    October 25, 2014

    I would much have preferred that the sensitivity of grabbing and adjusting the parameters would have been "fixed"

    That still frustrates me, too.

    Known Participant
    October 24, 2014

    The little trick of brightening the interface doesn't work for me.  The blue type and the background both change, so the lack of contrast is not resolved.   I find this particularly annoying in After Effects;  it's very difficult to see that a keyframe is selected.  Very bad design decision.  Usability should trump aesthetics in any software interface. 

    Participating Frequently
    October 17, 2014

    Anyone can see and work with these bezier handle colors?
    http://puu.sh/cg0m3/48cb0d54dc.png

    Inspiring
    October 17, 2014

    A sneak peek at the UI for the PPro 8.2 update...!?!

    SO MODERN, YOU GUYS! Word is that the Beta testers are having a hard time with it, but, y'know. Whatevs.

    (Don't mind me, I'm just being an a-hole... )

    Participant
    October 17, 2014

    A couple of options would help for those with colour vision problems and different monitors. Best submit a feature request...

    aikane
    Inspiring
    October 18, 2014

    jgharding wrote:

    A couple of options would help for those with colour vision problems and different monitors. Best submit a feature request...

    This is much more than a features request. This is an accessibility issue. I took a couple of PP screenshots into Photoshop and looked at them with the colorblindness filters. It is blatantly obvious that Premiere has not been checked for an affliction that occurs in the population at nearly the same rate as lefthandness. Perhaps they assume that the colorblind don't edit video. (Let's hope that the next UI doesn't accidentally incapacitate all you lefties.)

    By the way, please don't assume (as I first did) that Photoshop was considering colorblind users when they added those filters. No, those filters are there so that you can prepare material that is accessible to the colorblind. That's commendable but not the same thing.

    Participant
    October 16, 2014

    Just want to another vote for getting it back how it was. The bigger issue than the blue, is that you darkened the rest especially in Premiere in order to use the blue color. As a result I pretty much only see glare, in my office. Its like I'm outside. Look at how visible my mic is for example

    For comparison, the grey in Photoshop, same monitor, same everything --- much clearer:

    The Premiere interface is so dark it just makes it look like a mirror. It's really awful on my eyes. Only way I can currently do any work in Premiere or AE is by turning off the lights in my office. Feature Request submitted

    Known Participant
    October 16, 2014

    While I agree the interface background itself should be user-choice as well, your setup is really bad I'm afraid.  There is waaay too much reflection (for me) in either of them. 

    I have close to ZERO glare/reflection with my setup.  I don't have glass-covered monitors for one, and your ambient light is waaay too high for full-time editing.  I took all my ceiling lights and inverted them.  Now there is just a nice glow on the ceiling that "trickles" down the walls.

    You should definitely consider making some changes to avoid headaches, eye-strain, etc.  I've been there, and it's awful ... kind of like the new blue highlighting.

    Participant
    October 16, 2014

    I tend to turn my lights off if I'm doing heavy AE work, most of the time I'm in PS, InDesign, or Sublime. It's a corporate office, I don't have the luxury of doing whatever I want to the lighting. Its never been a problem before this new dark interface.

    Stephen Barrante
    Inspiring
    October 16, 2014

    Also throwing my 2 cents in, as the gold for parameters values. Gold and gray balance very nicely, and the blue kind of vibrates against the grey on my screens.

    I appreciate that Adobe is trying to make each program more uniform. I'm sure many hours were spent noodling with the "perfect color" – for something like this, that could work better or worse across all different kinds of screen setups, etc, it would probably be prudent to add a global adjustment to change the color in the prefs.

    Jerryno
    Participant
    October 14, 2014

    Wtf Adobe, blue text on dark background? Who did this? Does he know a bit about colors? Human eyes are least sensitive to blue, and blue on dark background has also a bad contrast. Also the focusing distance to a blue color is different than to red(yellow). This all makes it hard to read. When something works don't change it, now, fix it pls back or make it user adjustable.

    Participating Frequently
    October 14, 2014

    I also do not like this colour change either.

    It's taxing on my already questionable eyes.
    Been using AE without a problem for 5+ years but this colour is throwing me, finding it hard to quickly spot things even though i know where they are. Would be nice to be able to change it, you can change all the interface colours in Audition without any issues so surely it can't be too hard to add in the extra functionality.

    It's a worrying trend lately it seems with technology that fancy looks seem to be outweighing ease of use.

    Participating Frequently
    October 13, 2014

    I'm one of those people that usually doesn't complain on vendor forums, but I had to chime in here.  I started with the CC update this weekend and at first the blue text was a nice change (being a fan of the color blue), but then it actually starting becoming a distraction; instead of being part of the interface, I feel it's almost too much in your face (I keep my appearance slider on dark).  I was totally fine with the yellow, but if it has to be blue...maybe the saturation could be reduced or more cyan as someone else suggested.   I do appreciate that Adobe is constantly working on the software...so I don't think they intentionally set out to make it difficult to read...just not sure the text color is the right choice, when working in Premiere 16 hours a day.