On 8/14/05, Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 08:27:54AM -0400, michael chang wrote: > > On 8/14/05, Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > we have been talking about running another splash contest for the first > > > two weeks in September. the problem with this is that the timing has > > > more to do with birthdays than it does with an important release (like > > Ooh... sounds like fun. ^^ What birthday exactly is this running for, anyways?
> > > here is the resource a day page my script makes: > > > http://carol.gimp.org/blog.html > > > it is ugly and stupid and was fun to put together. the pattern of the > > Hah. No kidding... first thing we should have is a "design a resource > > of the day page layout contest". ^^ > getting the information to the web page was my goal. when it all > started to get there, successfully -- this is when the ugly problems > started. It could be worse, I suppose. > > > day is not viewable via internet explorer either, a design flaw. > > > > Why are you using CSS for the actual pattern: > > "background-image:url(/gimp2/resources/default/2.3.0-patterns-3D_Green.png)" > > yet you have <img src="frame.png" alt="frame"></img> for the frame? > > Wouldn't this make more sense as: "background-image:url(frame.png)" > > and <img src="/gimp2/resources/default/2.3.0-patterns-3D_Green.png" > > alt="3D Green" /> ? [BTW, I believe the </img> tag is deprecicated in > > HTML -- they now suggest <img ... /> as a single standalone tag. But > > that's another issue entirely, and not really all that important.] > > > also, what i wanted was a sappy portrait > look. i got bored with making a fancy frame though and stuck by what > color or metal or wood look to make it. i recently looked through css2 > stuff to see if they had elliptical clipping and i had missed it. i get > bored with rectangles on web pages. don't you? That's why so many people preprocesss their patterns and images before putting them on a web server... as for the rectangle issue, well, it's not like the circle is all that much better. (No offense.) If you really want to get creative, try going for a mosaic effect... [try using a table with 0 for the spacing and no borders and the like] > i think many of the current patterns were created with POV-Ray. o.O > here is the list of the number of resources: > gradients_number = 78 > patterns_number = 58 > palettes_number = 39 > brushes_number = 48 > tips_number = 34 > plugins_number = 255 > scripts_number = 207 > translations_number = 54 > changelogs_number = 1315 > i was looking into having them rotate together, this time for a journal > page. if each gradient remains on the page for 3 days, the brushes > would have to remain on the page for 5 days. i was trying to plan this > "journal" page so that they all started and ended together. i went to > sleep when i realized i was starting to see "resource leap days" in my > ideas.... And yet you understand this planning has to be flexible for the addition of new patterns. Surely there is a way to devise an algorithm for this? For example, ensure that there is a minimum length for an item to be on a page, and an ideal length for the cycling, and then how frequently to cycle. Nothing says you can't have an automated script to calculate which one it's on in a cycle, and have things cycling as frequently as every hour or three hours or something. > seems like every resource should get a week. i tried my hand at 1315 weeks for the change log entries? I think not! > something that gave you two days to be artistic and i failed. i blame I'd rather see more things in a shorter period of time than have something hanging on the wall for two days. It *is* a resource page after all -- besides, you could always put in a fixed pattern, and then that allows you to give the page a specific time code or similar to get the same set again... > the pressure. if every gradient got 7 days it would take 546 days to > run through them completely. i think just interupting that for splash > contests will be fun and a refreshing change. It will, surely. Then again, look at the IRTC -- they run contests year round; each round lasts about 3-4 months. > then there is the idea of new resources. lately, adrian has been around > and playing with the brushes. he has two things he is working on. one > is this jitter effect for the brushes: > http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/artsy-fartsy/jitterbrush/ Nicey. > he was working on another paint thing -- something about smudging. i am > unable to find the sample image he made, but the smudges with the green > pepper were really beautiful. i wanted my gimp to work that way and i I'm not surprised, to be honest. *remembers a thing about virtual apples somewhere* > wanted to start making vegetable brushes to feed it. What about fruit brushes? > i am typing too much today, sorry. Gee, if you think that's too much typing... I wonder about how much typing I do. It's alright, I think. > along with the journal idea i had for the same information that is on > that first ugly page, i am considering how to have a "guest resource of > the day" without having too many resources to choose from and how to do > that without offending people. Ouch. Too much thinking. > in the end, collecting good resources and examples should be the goal > more than something competitive. the apparatus for collecting images > and information is already available. if we can figure out something > that will work without getting too boring or disruptive the software > should already be there to be implemented. Meh. > sometimes, my ideas get out of hand or too complex.... So do those of many people. One last note, what language is the R-o-D page generator written in? And how big is your resource collection (e.g. size)? Maybe I could take a look at either the former or the latter, and see what I can suggest. Hm. You know what would be an interesting idea? A resource-a-day script project. It sounds like something you could put on sourceforge. ^^ -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
