Walter kills theme creation?

I feel like since V4 came out we've had WAAAAAYYYY less themes come out. Did WALTER kill theme creation because it's too confusing for folks?

Just looking at the Reaper stash it seems that Reaper theming is alive and well. Walter adds so much flexibility, each unique Walter theme is far more valuable, than a Reaper 3 theme. A Reaper 2or3 theme is almost completely a visual change, and not a functional one.

Well Walter is a mess, but a very powerfull one, I was about to give up when I first opened a rtconfig file. But finally it's still not coding or programing. My good old analog api is on its way, it take mounths, but I don't regret to be able to reach the layout I always wanted, I just hope it will be done before reaper 5!

Yeah, if I design my own layout(on top of an existing theme thank you), I'll start from scratch(for that layout) and taylor it to my taste. I can see it now. A TCP and MCP layout, taylored to mixing only. Dream come true, and actually not that hard if you start with a nice static layout. Anyone can make a button or two, so starting simple is not a big deal. Still a programmers thing though. I mean, who else designs GUI layouts with code ?

Quality not quantity! :)

I think it's also that the latest default simply works for more people.

I would certainly pay for a premium theme. Encourage the community.

I would watch theming videos if anyone made them.

I found WALTER far easier to wrap my head around and get to grips with than I have actually creating the buttons and widgets. I'm clearly no expert but getting to the 90% knowledge needed to nudge stuff around and add simple conditions, aw WT mentioned, is relatively straightforward Inkscape baffles me completely! Child

what happened to that guy designing a walter gui designer ?