Setting Contact Sheet Colours [OutlyerNet: Projects]

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====== Setting Contact Sheet Colours ======

===== Custom colours =====

Colours can be set through configuration/overrides. There's a set of variables controlling colour, listed below. Background colours start with ''bg_'' while font colours start with ''fg_''

^   Colour-controlling variables   ^^
^   Background colours   ^^
^ Variable          ^  Controls ^
| ''bg_heading''    | Background for meta-information |
| ''bg_sign''       | Background for signature        |
| ''bg_title''      | Background for the title        |
| ''bg_contact''    | Background for the captures     |
| ''bg_tstamps''    | Background for timestamps       |
^   Font colours   ^^
^ Variable          ^  Controls ^
| ''fg_heading''    | Meta-information font colour    |
| ''fg_sign''       | Footer font colour              |
| ''fg_tstamps''    | Timestamps font colour          |
| ''fg_title''      | Title font colour               |

They accept both named colours or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_color#Hex_triplet|hex-code]] (HTML-style) colours.
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To see a list of named colours, use:
  $ convert -list color

The simplest way to set your preferred colours is to add them to a configuration file, e.g. ''~/.vcs.conf''.

==== Examples ====

=== Example ''~/.vcs.conf'' #1 ===

<code>
bg_heading=Wheat4
bg_sign=Tomato3
bg_contact=WhiteSmoke
fg_heading=White
</code>
{{:vcs:colour_example_1.jpg?350|Example colours #1}}

=== Example ''~/.vcs.conf'' #2 ===

<code>
bg_heading=gray
bg_sign=silver
bg_contact=#cbe1d2
fg_heading=#fefefe
</code>
{{:vcs:colour_example_2.jpg?350|Example colours #2}}

=== Example with default colours ===

This would be the result with the default colours:\\
{{:vcs:colour_example_default-1.11.jpg?350|Example colours with default colours (in vcs 1.11)}}

===== Different profiles =====

  * You can also set colours from (a very long) command-line to change for a single file, e.g.:<code>
  $ vcs -O bg_heading=gray -O bg_sign=silver -O 'bg_contact=#cbe1d2' -O 'fg_heading=#fefefe' [other options] file.avi</code>
  * Since ''vcs'' also reads any file named ''vcs.conf'' in the directory from where you call it, you can also set up different //profiles// by creating files named ''vcs.conf'' with your preferred colours and running vcs from the same directory,\\ e.g. place the first example in ''dir1/vcs.conf'' and the second in ''dir2/vcs.conf'':<code>
    $ cd dir1
    $ vcs [options] file.avi    # The first example colours will be used
    $ cd ../dir2
    $ vcs [options] file.avi    # The second example colours will be used</code>

===== The default colourscheme =====

<html>
<style type="text/css">
</style>
<table style="width:60em;">
<tr>
<th colspan="2">Current (1.11 and above)</th>
<th colspan="2">Previous (1.0.3b to 1.0.100a)</th>
<th>Old (≤ 1.0.2b)</th>
</tr>
<tr style="height:4em;">
<td style="background-color:#afcd7a; width:20em;border-left:1px solid #afcd7a;border-right:1px solid #afcd7a;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="width:4em;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="background-color:YellowGreen; width:20em;border-left:1px solid YellowGreen;border-right:1px solid YellowGreen;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="width:4em;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="background-color:YellowGreen; width:20em;border-left:1px solid YellowGreen;border-right:1px solid YellowGreen">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:8em;">
<td style="background-color:White; width:20em;border-left:1px dashed gray;border-right:1px dashed gray;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="width:4em;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="background-color:White; width:20em;border-left:1px dashed gray;border-right:1px dashed gray;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="width:4em;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="background-color:White; width:20em;border-left:1px dashed gray;border-right:1px dashed gray;">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:2.5em;">
<td style="background-color:SlateGray; width:20em;border-left:1px solid SlateGray;border-right:1px solid SlateGray;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="width:4em;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="background-color:SlateGray; width:20em;border-left:1px solid SlateGray;border-right:1px solid SlateGray;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="width:4em;">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="background-color:SandyBrown; width:20em;border-left:1px solid SandyBrown;border-right:1px solid SandyBrown;">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
</html>
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