On Sat, 25 Mar 2023 21:33:38 -0500 Darrell Anderson via tde-users users@trinitydesktop.org wrote:
On 3/25/23 7:10 PM, E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
The originals are gradients intended to suggest a contour, yes. The ones I sent you show up as gradients for me, just very dark ones. It's possible that a differently-adjusted monitor would hide the variation.
Try the attached—is it still dead black for you, or is the gradient visible now? The lightest colour is still quite a dark grey (#404040), but much lighter than the ones in the first set.
My eyesight no longer is sharp anymore. One of the effects of aging that I have not accepted gracefully. Once upon a time people called me eagle eyes. :(
Considering the thickness of my glasses, I have no right to comment about anyone else's eyesight.
When viewed in an image viewer the default_black2.png looks flat. Oddly, when tested in the panel as a background image I then see a downward gradient similar to the original default.png. A keeper. :)
Noting the difference caused by the image viewers and my vision, I looked again at your first two images. The black_glass.png still looks flat to me in the panel, but if I look real close I see the top and bottom are a smidgen lighter than the middle. I think the color black causes a loss of the curvature effect unless the top and bottom were a lighter gradient.
Just insufficient contrast, then. Here's a couple of black_glass variations with higher contrast for you to play with.
E. Liddell
