Hi Anita, The options you have offer a variety of designs concerning the front and allow for the decision about the logo placement and "corporate identity". However, I'm still not really convinced of using a background of a modern (admittedly visually appealing) map service which has no relation to and is by no means produced with the help of QGIS. I would rather like to see an antique background map used (and I believe it was once the plan to use ancient maps as splash screens?). The Dufour map has been judged as too heavy in the previous discussion, and I have unfortunately not found a sample from the Sigfried map which could also be an option. So instead of a map, I was looking for other images, which are not maps, but nevertheless artistic work with spatial nature and cannot be mistaken (at least I believe so) to be a result of QGIS.
So here some pictures I found http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monte_Rosa_and_Hotel_Schwarzsee,_Valais,_Alps_of,_Switzerland.jpg http://www.festivaltour.de/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4817&d=1358685981 http://www.gemeinschaftskatalog.de/GK/stra/Bilder/435%20Nolde-Dufour.jpg http://rlv.zcache.de/monte_rosa_lyskamm_mit_gorner_gletscher_wallis_postkarte-r81b50da849b8458b9a2aa7b91bd5120f_vgbaq_8byvr_512.jpg http://www.historisches-alpenarchiv.org/data/bilder/web/143/00109153_w.jpg I'm not sure about the rights we have to get to use them, but they are ancient, so I guess that should not be a problem? Matthias On Sam 31 Aug 2013 12:31:28 CEST, Anita Graser wrote: > Hi, > > It's time to get the splash ready. This thread seems to agree with the > general direction of the drafts Nathan posted. I've therefore prepared > three variants of the design: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228465/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228767/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228881/in/photostream/ > > Please use the star feature to vote on the design(s) you prefer and > leave comments on the image page if you think something should be > changed. I'll check all the feedback and create the final version on > Sunday evening (Sept 1st, CEST). > > Best wishes, > Anita > > > > > Am 23.07.2013, 09:35 Uhr, schrieb Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com>: > >> Hi >> >> My 2c below: >> >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Larry Shaffer >> <lar...@dakotacarto.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Nathan Woodrow >>> <madman...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Here is a version with the green but also the full logo: >>>> >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.png >>>> >>> >>> +1, I think the layout and color selection are good. The layout doesn't >>> include that dark grey border, does it? If so, please consider >>> removing it. >>> >>> >> I think the Q logo should be smaller, say 1/3 the splash hight and >> nestled >> into the top left corner (with some white space around it) and with no >> transparency. >> >> >>> Also, the font used for 'QGIS' is rather weak and, to be frank, a bit >>> goofy-looking (especially the Q). I have a huge assortment of >>> professional >>> fonts which I can work with to find something better. >>> >> >> Agreed - though can you please use a font that is free or at least >> easily >> available and provide the final splash as a gimp xcf so that we can >> easily >> re-use it in future releases. >> >> >>> >>> Nathan, do you have a working design file I can use? Or at least a >>> background PNG without the lettering? >>> >>> There appears to be no leading between the lines 'QGIS 2.0' and >>> 'Dufour,' >>> nor spacing between 'QGIS' and '2.0.' Was this intended? I do kind >>> of like >>> the effect, however. Usually when this is done in design, at >>> minimum, the >>> coloring of the two words/lines is different, even if just a >>> difference in >>> tone of the same color. >>> >>> >> I agree with this, it needs a little more white space between the words. >> >> Also a note that we usually store the master splash in much higher >> resolution so that it can be used in posters / printed products etc. A >> downsampled one is then used for the final splash. Ideally in future >> releases we would just swap out the background image and edit the text >> containing the version and name. >> >> Regards >> >> Tim >> >> Regards, >>> >>> Larry >>> >>> >>> >>>> - Nathan >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Marco Bernasocchi < >>>> ma...@bernawebdesign.ch> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 07/16/2013 03:02 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Currently, all splash screen drafts I have seen are heavily based on >>>>>> swisstopo maps. While I personally like these very well-done maps, I >>>>>> don't see the connection between these and QGIS. For me, looking >>>>>> at the >>>>>> splashes feels like looking at a swisstopo advertisement. >>>>>> I would prefer a version, where we show off the new features of QGIS >>>>>> and/or having a historical map instead of just showing a standard >>>>>> product of the official Swiss map-makers. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I agree with Matthias, and I'll suggest again (as Andreas did >>>>> before) to >>>>> try the dufour map: >>>>> http://s.geo.admin.ch/**09751c84f<http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f>or >>>>> maybe the sigfriedkarte >>>>> >>>>> ciao >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Marco Bernasocchi >>>>> http://opengis.ch >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer