It would surely be interesting to have a dev explain why it “can’t be done”, given that Cubase and Nuendo share the exact same codebase and have done so for years. Tried searching the forum for any clues, but didn’t find anything. I wouldn’t suggest them to change it. Just to make it an option.
-Inverting the color of a selected event has exactly the same functionality as adding a red outline. It simply makes clear which event is selected.
True, except it doesn’t make it all that clear. To someone who’s used to the “inverted” approach, it’s a major annoyment. Again, it’s not exactly about inverting the actual colour, just swapping the colour of the waveform and the background when selected. Making it an option would therefore make sense.
To me (and presumably lots of other users as well), this:
cubase_selection.jpg
is simply much more clear and intuitive than this:
nuendo_selection.jpg
-Inverting the color of the selected event has no added value over a red outline. (I.e. there is nothing “more” you can do with it)
Again, it’s a matter of feel and user experience, which in the end affects your daily workflow. Making it an option would make the most sense for users coming from Cubase or ProTools or other DAWs.
-A red outline “breaks” nothing for the users who depend on using colored events. (Except when you use bright red tracks/events - but that is easy to “solve”
True, but there are lots of other stuff that don’t break stuff that they’ve chosen to add as options. As an example, I’ve noticed that the dreaded “Clicking locator range in Upper Part of the Ruler Activates Cycle” that has been an annoyment since Cubase 8.5 is now an option in Nuendo 10. It never broke anything, but many users were annoyed by it and felt that it affected their workflow.
-Inverting the color DOES break the workflow for those who work with colored events. (And that is NOT solvable)
… just like a red outline breaks the workflow in the exact same way for people who are used to the inverted approach. I, too, work with coloured events and have always done so. This is not anything unique for Nuendo users strictly working in “post” (whatever the exact definition of that is these days.)
Bring on the arguments and advantages that inverting colors adds to your workflow, and we can talk.
I hope the above arguments make some sense to you. It’s not about politics, only about creating a better user experience for more users in different fields of the business.
Best,
Robert