Feature Request:
The “Project Colour Setup” functionality needs a complete overhaul. Custom color palletes should be able to be easily saved as presets and recalled whenever the user wants.
Reasoning:
Currently the only way to recall a custom color pallete is to create one and then save a project template to start new projects with so that the new custom color pallette is loaded with the project.
When you open any older projects the custom color pallete is not available.
Custom color palletes should be able to be easily saved as presets and recalled from within the “Project Color Setup” settings whenever the user wants.
Well, technically you have one preset, as you can save the project color set as default (so every new project will get it), and also recall the default color set in projects that don’t have it.
But I agree, having a proper preset management like in Audio Connections would be really nice.
Also, would be great if the Colour picker remembered a list of the last used colors, or even some slots to define colors for quick selection.
I did some testing based on your feedback and indeed you are able to recall your singular new default color pallette via “Project Color Setup / Options / Reset Color Set to Default”, however that is very inconspicuous to the user. It also tries to switch the colors automatically and it doesn’t work properly so you end up with a mixture of the previous color pallete mixed with the new default color pallete and end up having to manually re-color everything again. So that functionality is also broken and needs a overhaul.
Here is a list of things that I would like to see for the “Project Color Setup / Custom Color Palletes”:
Ability to save multiple custom color pallette presets
Ability to recall all of the different color pallete presets
Color picker retains a history of “X” amount of previously chosen colors
Improved “Project Color Setup” dialog box, menus and settings
Improved color pallette preset manager
Improved automatic coloring of Tracks and Events when switching between different color pallette presets (or don’t automatically switch colors)
Maximum color set limit increased from 128 upto 256
I started out by using this website. Color Palette Generator for Cubase
It taught me how to make my own color palettes. I then wrote a small program, I make a living as a C# programmer, to create multiple color palettes.