Sometimes videos can be quite dark and I find the fact that the background of the user interface is white it can be quite difficult to see details.
If the user interface could be reversed with a dark background and light text, lines etc.
2 2011-09-24 03:33:04 (edited by Chas Tennis 2011-09-24 14:43:21)
spudnik wrote:
Sometimes videos can be quite dark and I find the fact that the background of the user interface is white it can be quite difficult to see details.
If the user interface could be reversed with a dark background and light text, lines etc.
There is a reason for what you have noticed.
When light enters the eye and travels through it some light may scatter and then be spread across the retina. All eyes would scatter, but especially if the viewer has some cataract in his eye lens the scattering would be greater. In the case of a bright screen surrounding a dark video some of the light from the screen scatters into the area of the retina that the video is imaged on. With a dark video the scattered light may make the video harder to see as you pointed out. You can block out the surrounding screen light with dark paper - cut a rectangular opening and hold the paper somewhere between your eye and the screen - and see what difference it makes to you.
Likewise, if light from a desk lamp, overhead lighting, or window, etc., is shinning into the eye from any direction, that scattered light will have the same effect. You can quickly check for the effects of stray light by holding your hand up to block it and see the difference it makes when viewing darker videos.
A dark screen/light screen option might be a plus in some cases.
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Maybe a future idea would be to allow some "skins" to be developed. Users can customise their own colour profile to their preference.
The user interface of Kinovea is quite standard compared to other media players and editors. At the moment, i don't find this design too distracting.