Posted: 01-21-18 3:45 pm
Hi there,
I'm new here. I've been eyeing out Synthesia since it's inception and finally tried and paid for it. (better later than never hey?)
My immediate problem. I have a severe light sensivity condition related to photosensitive migraines and a thing called visual stress. White backgrounds, white graphics and even text can be really uncomfortable, cause headaches, trigger migraines, and generally be a pain in the posterior to use on the computer screen. (yes I have turned down the screen brightness and contast via the usual external controls and also through the driver configuration).
So - an urgent request for some accessibility related advice, so I can start using this wonderful program:
Can I tweak the colours of the keys on the keyboard (sharps and main keys), and also the background and note colours used on the sheet music bar?
Using Synthesia just for a few minutes caused me to get quite a bad headache (any more, and a migraine would have started). Yes, I'm using the (classic) grey theme (it would make it more comfortable if I could tweak the classic grey UI theme to be more back as well).
Can these colours be changed (most importantly, the keyboard at the bottom, and sheet music at top). I work best with a pitch black background, a custom shade of green for text and main graphics, and a semi-dark grey for other things. Yes, I know you can change the colours of the dropping note bars (ideally I would need more control over those as well for better comfort still).
Looking forward to any feedback.
ps. I have been a software developer for over two decades, so don't mind tinkering under the hood if needed. (but I would prefer to only change configs to meet the ends I need)
Thanks in advance
Glen
I'm new here. I've been eyeing out Synthesia since it's inception and finally tried and paid for it. (better later than never hey?)
My immediate problem. I have a severe light sensivity condition related to photosensitive migraines and a thing called visual stress. White backgrounds, white graphics and even text can be really uncomfortable, cause headaches, trigger migraines, and generally be a pain in the posterior to use on the computer screen. (yes I have turned down the screen brightness and contast via the usual external controls and also through the driver configuration).
So - an urgent request for some accessibility related advice, so I can start using this wonderful program:
Can I tweak the colours of the keys on the keyboard (sharps and main keys), and also the background and note colours used on the sheet music bar?
Using Synthesia just for a few minutes caused me to get quite a bad headache (any more, and a migraine would have started). Yes, I'm using the (classic) grey theme (it would make it more comfortable if I could tweak the classic grey UI theme to be more back as well).
Can these colours be changed (most importantly, the keyboard at the bottom, and sheet music at top). I work best with a pitch black background, a custom shade of green for text and main graphics, and a semi-dark grey for other things. Yes, I know you can change the colours of the dropping note bars (ideally I would need more control over those as well for better comfort still).
Looking forward to any feedback.
ps. I have been a software developer for over two decades, so don't mind tinkering under the hood if needed. (but I would prefer to only change configs to meet the ends I need)
Thanks in advance
Glen