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It is hard to say for sure due low pixel resolution, but seems there is a little visual bug in sliders lines rounded edges. They look slightly distorted. Can you check this?

It also strange that alignment between elements is so different.
I guess problem somehow may be linked to limitations of native OS elements. But if possible, all those elements should use 11/13/15/17 px height to provide single pixel center guide.

Large sized controls:


Small sized controls:

Situation on Windows also looks rather strange. There is no separation in size between large and small sized sliders. Colored sliders use 14 px size and so can't be perfectly centered compare to normal sliders that use 13 px size.
So i can only recommend here to change colored sliders size to fit 11/13/15/17 px proportions to match with normal sliders alignment.

Here are also some sketches with sliders ruler line aligned to 3/5/7px size.
5px size looks like universal option for both colored and grey sliders.
7 px for colored sliders also looks ok. 3 px for grey sliders provide more seamless look.

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Here is also example how dark appearance may be improved if use:
Round handle Outline Outside Black: 0%, Opacity: 35%
Slider ruler Outline Inside Black: 0%, Opacity: 30%
Current:


Suggested:


And grey sliders examples:
Current:


Suggested:

Or in dark mode sliders rulers may somehow match to original Windows buttons color. This looks even more logical and pretty:

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Currently i draw some cursors based on native system macOS (and Windows) references, and it appears that they are too large to fit into Cursors.pld 32x32 size. Few pixels of shadow from top and bottom are cropped.
Seems changing Cursors.pld document size don't increase cropped area because borders are somehow coded internally in PhotoLine. Maybe there is some sort of trick that will allow PhotoLine to read parts of the cursor image placed outside document borders?

UPDATE: Ok, i see the problem source now.
If i change CursorsUser.pld in Help folder to 48x48, but Cursors.pld inside ProtoLine.app contents remains 32x32 - Cursors from CursorsUser.pld are cropped to 32x32.
So maybe it makes sense to increase Cursors.pld inside ProtoLine.app contents to 48x48 (or 38x38) in future updates?

shijan hat geschrieben: ↑Di 28 Sep 2021 11:50 Seems changing Cursors.pld document size don't increase cropped area because borders are somehow coded internally in PhotoLine. Maybe there is some sort of trick that will allow PhotoLine to read parts of the cursor image placed outside document borders?

I tried that on macOS and it worked fine. I just set the document size to 48x48 und drew a yellow circle in the lower right.

On Windows, we query the cursor size from the OS and use that size.
Note: On Windows the cursors are scaled accordingly to the monitor zoom. So if the Cursor.pld is 32x32 pixels and the monitor zoom is 200%, PhotoLine will create a 64x64 pixel cursor.

Martin

I done the same. Changed doc size to 48x48 and draw circle, but all cursors remains cropped to 32x32 by PhotoLine UI.

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