OK, I posted some screengrabs to show you what i’m talking about.
https://www.jakesargeant.com/ae
And the point is obvious. Look at how dead-on crisp the type is in AE 6.5.
It’s also brighter and ultimately more legible and easy to read. They got it
right in 6.5 with the text size and crispness. I don’t know why they messed
with the text in AE 7, but you can see it’s not nearly as crisp, it’s more
bulky and it’s this light gray color that the user should have control over
it’s color in different parts of the layout. Cinema 4D is a great example of
an interface that you can customize right down to the font color in
different palettes. Also, Adobe went and made the layers in the timeline
window 2 pixels taller in AE 7 than 6.5. So you lose out seeing as many
layers in comp with alot of layers. AE 6.5 just has a better look in terms
of the UI font and legibility and sizes in the timeline window. AE 7 has
alot of good features. But I hope someone figures out a way you can patch in
some of the 6.5 look into 7.0. This should be something addressed in AE 7.5.
Give the user options to change text color. The preferences in AE 7.0 for
customizing the UI are still pretty bare bones. How many people here agree
with me on these issues? I’d be interested to know
thanks,
jslicer
jslicer