[digiKam-users] Dark themes for digikam

Daniel Bauer linux at daniel-bauer.com
Thu Aug 22 18:41:20 BST 2019


I am quite happy with "Black Body". Please do not replace it!
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Am 22.08.19 um 18:18 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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