Pro - Tools 12.5 Dark Mode ^new^

to dim the screen and remove blue light during late-night sessions. Why You Can't Enable the "UI Theme" Switch How To Customize Pro Tools UI and Color Coding

Since true "Dark Mode" is unavailable in this version, you can only adjust existing brightness and saturation levels to reduce glare: pro tools 12.5 dark mode

: While the background is dark, users retain the ability to adjust the saturation of track colors and meters to maintain visibility. How to Access Dark Mode (Post-2020 Versions) to dim the screen and remove blue light

While you can't change the entire frame to black, you can darken the most prominent parts of the UI: Open Color Palette Window > Color Palette Select Elements : Choose "Tracks" or "Clips" from the dropdown. Darken Saturation/Brightness : Move the Brightness slider to the left and increase Saturation Darken Saturation/Brightness : Move the Brightness slider to

Users on version 12.5 (released around 2016) had to get creative. There was no "Dark Mode" button in the preferences. To save their eyes, some engineers resorted to:

The transition to official Dark Mode in later versions addressed several community complaints regarding visibility: