Basic track colours?

Am quite new to Reaper and am still with the original v3 look... However I've had a look and play with the custom colours and can't seem to change the things i want? bit of a stab in the dark... So... How do i change the track/region colours?? - which item is this?? I basically like the v3 for now, but would love any region highlighted to be say RED but unhiglighted to be white (Like Sony Vegas/Acid) so then i could see whats selected etc instead of the v3 (grey then light blue) which can be confusing...

I'm not sure which colours you are referring to. Tracks do not have a colour. Track backgrounds (odd/even tracks) are in [Options] >> Preferences >> Theme, scroll down the Theme colour/controls list till you see them Clips on tracks do have a colour -- right click the TCP and select one of the 4 colour choices (or the SWS colour menu, if you have that extension installed) -- right-click a clip and select "Item Settings" and select one of the 4 colour choices (or the SWS colour menu, if you have that extension installed) -- the appearnace of the clips depends on the settings in [Options] >> Preferences >> Appearance (in Appearance settings) and in [Options] >> Preferences >> Appearance >> Media (the 5 tint settings) For Regions, there are 3 colour settings, in [Options] >> Preferences >> Theme, scroll down the Theme colour/controls list till you see them. But you might mean the loop area - look for "Time selection color" and the next 2 settings in the list. HTH

Hi I mean the actual audio regions/clips in the timelines, not the tracklist (on the left) or the background track lanes... When I highlight or select a region it turns grey/white - can i change this for ALL tracks? and when they are de-selected they turn blue-grey colour? Surely I would think Reaper would let you change these colours?? I want ALL regions regardless of where they are to be RED when selected and White when UNselected - just so i can see easier what im working on? And Yes i have the SWS extensions installed if that helps??

Sorry tried that and that didnt work...? Just want the regions different colours on whether they are selected or not, regardless of odd even tracks etc... Do i just have to stick with what i have?

Thanks that has worked but crudely.. I basically found the png for each and it brought up a small "box" in paint program... for a test I sprayed it RED and re-saved and the other WHITE and re-saved and selected this theme in the prefernces... and it has worked but they are "badly spray canned" cus im rubbish! how or what is the GIMP thing? And can this be done in paint properly?

I made some for you, hope they are correct. ;) Just click the attachments in this post. Remember that if you put these in the Default theme's folder, Reaper will overwrite them when you update.

Thanks for this!! Just another quickie whilst im here.. Wheres the setting to take off the tiny crossfades on each region?

Thanks thats it!