Interface change or PC issue?

[Coolarj10]

Dear all, I just upgraded from CC 2015 to CC 2019. I am using Premiere Pro, and one of the things I noticed is that on the timeline, if I open up multiple sequences, there is hardly any distinction between which sequence I have selected. Please see the attached image of a before and after comparison to see what I mean.

Was this a conscious choice in newer versions of the interface, or is something wrong with my PC or installation?

In previous versions, unselected tabs had a faded out/shaded sort of appearance as if they appear in the "background." But now, the design is very "flat" with hardly any distinction.

Thank you for your help!

Arjun

[R Neil Haugen]

You can go into the preferences and change that.

Neil

[Coolarj10]

Dear Neil,

Thank you for the quick reply! I forgot to mention - I did check the preferences section. I checked all the tabs under Preferences, and I can't find the specific setting. Do you know what the name of that setting is? Perhaps I just don't know what it's supposed to be called. The "appearance" tab did not have any settings that affected it either.

Thank you!

Arjun

[R Neil Haugen]

You can set the darkness of the background gray and the intensity of the blues separately for highlighted text options and highlighted bounds.

I found adjusting those three got my items more easily visible.

Neil

[Mo Moolla · Accepted solution]

The difference between CC2015 and CC2019 is much more evident in my opinion.

The white underline against the dark background is far easier on the eye especially in a edit studio thats dark.

A lot of thought went into this by Adobe who, in my opinion, has come up with an elegant solution to differentiate multiple timeline sequences.

However a lot of users get used to something and find it difficult to adapt to something new.

Give it some time...it will grow on you

[excited_Genie16B8]

I actually find the latter image more obvious.

[Mo Moolla]

Its all user preference really. Sitting in a blacked out edit suite for hours at a time I find the underlined white easier on the eye

[Coolarj10]

Thank you everybody for your replies! Mo answered my original question - I was mainly trying to identify if  there was a bug/glitch when I upgraded, or if the software was intended to look more flat.

I agree that it is a personal preference, and it does make sense to me that having a more flat design with less going on would be easier on the eyes especially during long sessions in the dark.

It seems like this was a conscious design choice, and as Neil mentioned one could try to adjust some of the color settings to make them more distinguishable. I think the default settings are fine for me, it’ll probably grow on me. What was most important to me was that the interface was functioning correctly.

Thank you!

[Mo Moolla]

Always a pleasure to assist Arjun. Hope you are on your way to great editing pieces.

Please feel free to post any other questions/suggestions you have in the future

Mo