On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote:
In case you are not following the discussion on the dev list, Juergen,
the 4.0 Release Manager, has proposed an endgame schedule for the AOO
4.0 release:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201306.mbox/%3C51C16876.402%40gmail.com%3E
The date relevant to the logo is Monday July 1th. That is the
deadline for getting the logo changes integrated into Subversion for
the OpenOffice product.
Changes on the website and social networking don't have a hard
deadline and can come later, perhaps synched up with the actual
release of AOO 4.0, which is planned for later in July.
So what needs to be done?
1) Kevin said he wanted to make some fine tuning of the text kerning
in the logo.
Kevin sent me an updated SVG file, but I'm having problems opening it
in Inkscape or Illustrator. But I have posted the PNG of the result
to the wiki:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Stage+3+Logo+Refinement
Once we have a working SVG file we can move ahead.
2) Alexandro said something about adjusting the colors. But I'm not
certain I understood that correctly.
I've heard nothing from Alexandro on this. I think we need to move on.
3) We need to update the graphics in the product. And there are a lot
of them, around 25 of them, which I've laboriously transcribed onto
the wiki:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Product+Logo+Use
Most of them will be simple. It is just a matter of replacing one
logo with another, and preserving the right formats, dimensions, color
depths, etc.
There is a column in the wiki to indicate who owns a given image.
I'd recommend that we use this to avoid duplicating work.
Of course, if someone wants to do all of the conversions, that is fine too ;-)
I did one, as test, that used only the globe element from the logo.
You can see in the wiki I added a little comment that explained what I
did, so this work can be replicated later if needed.
Regards,
-Rob
A few exceptions, of placements which will require some more thought:
a) The splash screen is here:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk/main/default_images/introabout/intro.png
It has integrated text and graphics and the text is rather ugly. Can
we do better here? This is a place where some wow is appropriate.
b) Some of the placements have high contrast versions, needed for
when this mode is enabled in the operating system. This improves
visibility for users with low vision. For example:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk/main/default_images/framework/res/backing_hc.png
I think we need to consult with someone with expertise in this to know
exactly what we should be doing here.
c) This is from the SDK install:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk/main/instsetoo_native/inc_sdkoo/windows/msi_templates/Binary/Image.bmp
As you can see it is a more elaborate, 3D image showing
OpenOffice.org in the title bar. This will require someone skilled
with their graphics editor to replace that text and make it look
natural. Or redo the image.
So plenty of work to do here for anyone who is good with a graphics
editor and wants to help.
But first we need Kevin and Alexandro to make their changes to the
master SVG. After that we can work in parallel on the remaining
pieces.
The master SVG, from Chris, is here:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/marketing/art/galleries/logos/aoo-working/
We have a little more than a week to do this, so can I strongly
suggest that Kevin and Alexandro make their changes ASAP, and by
Monday June 24th at the latest?
Thanks!
-Rob
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