I just want to push back on the contrast part -- you'd be right for most apps.
But video editing requires a dark interface with low contrast, so that it doesn't disturb how you see the video itself.
If you're working on a relatively dark nighttime scene, then bright UX icons would be kind of blindingly bright and impair your ability to work with the footage.
Just look at the interface for something like Adobe Premiere and see how dark and low-contrast it is. It's that way for a good reason.
The usual visual accessibility concerns simply don't apply here because if you have vision problems then video editing is probably not something you do in the first place. In the same way that DAWs (digital audio workstations) don't have accessibility features for the hearing-impaired.
My eyesight is fine. What I'm thinking is that you can't do low contrast, very fine lines (1px) and very small text all at the same time. The lower the contrast, the broader the strokes have to be.
But as I said, the contrast may well be sufficient on a MacBook display while being unreadable on the lowish end monitor connected to my Mac mini. It's certainly not a setup that anyone would do professional video editing on, but casual users may well try.
But video editing requires a dark interface with low contrast, so that it doesn't disturb how you see the video itself.
If you're working on a relatively dark nighttime scene, then bright UX icons would be kind of blindingly bright and impair your ability to work with the footage.
Just look at the interface for something like Adobe Premiere and see how dark and low-contrast it is. It's that way for a good reason.
The usual visual accessibility concerns simply don't apply here because if you have vision problems then video editing is probably not something you do in the first place. In the same way that DAWs (digital audio workstations) don't have accessibility features for the hearing-impaired.