[digiKam-users] Dark themes for digikam

Gilles Caulier caulier.gilles at gmail.com
Thu Aug 22 17:18:10 BST 2019


Hi,

I don't yet tested here these 3 new color schemes, but if there give better
results than currents, i agree to replace them.

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 22 août 2019 à 13:23, woenx <marcpalaus at hotmail.com> a écrit :

> Hey everyone,
>
> inspired by this other post
>
> http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/digiKam-users-quot-Legible-themes-quot-td4708788.html
> ,
> and not very satisfied with the dark themes currently included in digikam
> (they either have some elements that contrast too much, causing eyestrain,
> look too cluttered, or have non-neutral grey backgrounds), I decided to
> customize a new theme to my taste.
>
> Based on the the Optimal color scheme (https://store.kde.org/p/1001783/),
> the highest rated dark theme in the KDE store, I adjusted it so the color
> of
> the frame surrounding each picture blends with the background (I think they
> clutter the interface), and I adjusted the font color so it does not
> contrast that much.
>
> So, I have created three color schemes with three different levels of
> darkness. They work perfectly fine with the Breeze Dark icon theme. Here
> are
> some screenshots:
>
> Optimal-DK-lighter
> Optimal-DK_lighter.colors
> <
> http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376572/Optimal-DK_lighter.colors>
>
>
> <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376572/Optimal-DK-lighter.png>
>
>
>
> Optimal-DK
> Optimal-DK.colors
> <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376572/Optimal-DK.colors>
>
> <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376572/Optimal-DK.png>
>
>
> Optimal-DK-darker
> Optimal-DK_darker.colors
> <
> http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376572/Optimal-DK_darker.colors>
>
>
> <http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/file/t376572/Optimal-DK-darker.png>
>
>
> To use them, just place them in ~/.local/share/digikam/colorschemes/ (in
> Linux) or C:\Program Files\digiKam\data\digikam\colorschemes (in Windows)
> and restart digikam.
>
> So, what do you think? Any feedback will be welcome.
>
>
>
> --
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>
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