You can take a look here for all our 'official' fonts. http://elementaryos.org/journal/typography-gtk3
I think one video would suffice. On the homepage we need to tell people what elementary is and what they do. I think someone else had problems being stuck in the bootloader as well. Hop on #elementary in irc.freenode.net. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:57 PM, piggy classy <thisispi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, I forgot to do "reply all" in my last message... > > Thanks everyone for all the comments. > > The song was taken from this Google video: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxKJ7yN-PPM&feature=plcp > I think it's a commissioned music, since I couldn't find it anywhere with > Google. > > Honestly, I didn't start making it until I've found this song. As soon as > I heard it, I knew it would be a good song for Luna promotion video:) > > I thought URW Gothic is the official elementary font? > > I think for the official Luna promotion video, we need to make two of > them: a short one (screen recording) to go on the front page and a longer > one (people talking and screen recording) in the Discover page with > explanations for each apps. > > Another problem I've heard from some other people is that they couldn't > really understand what elementary os is by just visiting the website. Maybe > we should add something to the front page explaining what it is? > > Also, the video was made with my uncle's laptop, which I have to give back > this weekend. My own laptop gets stuck at the booting process, and I > wouldn't be able to make more videos until that's fixed:( > > Thisispiggy > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Daniel Foré <dan...@elementaryos.org>wrote: > >> Hey Piggy, >> >> Don't be disappointed! Your work is very good. It's only that we all have >> gotten used to pushing each other for absolute perfection ;) >> >> I love the song. Is it a free song that we can actually use? >> >> I agree that it should show off only default apps to avoid confusion >> about what Luna does out of the box. The HTML5 apps like Angry Birds should >> also work in Midori just fine :) >> >> I think we need to be especially strict about showing only Midori as our >> web browser simply because we have a lot of competition, FUD, and >> misconceptions to overcome with it. People should know that it's just as >> fast and just as capable as the big players (just like our OS!) >> >> I showed the video off to my dad (old guy test) and he said he really >> enjoyed it, but that the transitions were too fast. I agree that in some >> cases it felt like things weren't shown on the screen long enough to really >> absorb. >> >> Another thing I would make sure is to use either Open Sans or Open Sans >> Light for your font. This would more closely tie your ad into our official >> branding. >> >> Also "elementary" is never capitalized. So, for the website I think it's >> fine to write either "elementaryOS.org" or "elementaryos.org" >> >> But I liked the timing with the music, the selection of features you >> chose to show off and the overall feel. It just felt good to watch :) >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:22 PM, <thisispi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> kroq-gar78, thanks! But do you mean not capitalize it? It's already >>> capitalized. >>> >>> Pim, thanks for the suggestion. I agree that it should have more >>> elementary apps... But I was aiming this video more toward non-Linux users, >>> so I didn't think it would matter much. We should make another more >>> technical video for linux users. >>> >>> Also, I agree some parts are pretty fast, and I do have things to hide! >>> For example, the scene with software store ended abruptly because a pop up >>> comes up immediately afterward with user agreement, and I didn't want to >>> include that. I've been trying really hard to fit the scenes to the video, >>> and I hope the next one will be better. >>> >>> Sigh, a bit disappointed that it doesn't live up to everyone's >>> expectation.. >>> >>> Sent from my mobile device. >>> >>> On Aug 29, 2012, at 21:41, Pim Vullers <p...@vullersmail.nl> wrote: >>> >>> > On 08/29/12 18:32, piggy classy wrote: >>> >> This is my first time posting here. I'm also new to Launchpad and >>> >> everything, so I'll be making mistakes. >>> >> >>> >> I have made an unofficial Luna promotion video. You can see it >>> >> here: http://youtu.be/Lw3fGLFqjHs >>> > >>> > Nice, I would however only use apps that will actually be bundled with >>> > elementary, for example, use Midori instead of Chrome. >>> > >>> > Some fragments are really fast, such that a user has hardly any time to >>> > look what it actually happening. (Sometimes almost like there is >>> > something to hide.) >>> > >>> >> I have also made a Google Doc to share some of my tips so to make it >>> >> easy for everyone else to contribute: goo.gl/XUmPL < >>> http://goo.gl/XUmPL> >>> > >>> > You might have mentioned that this was about contributing for the >>> video, >>> > not to developing the OS. >>> > >>> > Pim Vullers >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> >> Daniel Foré >> >> elementaryos.org >> >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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