Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposal
On Fri, 2006-08-09 at 15:50 +0200, Álvaro Medina Ballester wrote: > I was looking to my ubuntu panel on Dapper and I think that the gray > plain background doesn't have the same style that the human theme. I think we are all with you in agreement. Once the palette is settled down and published, I think Frank intends to slightly tweak the GTK / Metacity etc to bring more elements into alignment. I don't think he will go so far as to be using an image, but possibly a tonal alignment. It simply wasn't an option until all the final issues were resolved. Sincerely, TJS signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Themes
On vr, 2006-09-08 at 17:55 -0400, Viper550 wrote: > I just hope it isn't as bad as "that one", you all remember it from > Dapper right? :D For kubuntu it's basically a shiny version of the dapper one, for ubuntu it's shiny but has only the logo without the word 'ubuntu'. xubuntu temporarily has the kubuntu one and edubuntu will have one tomorrow. -- Dennis K. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Themes
Frank Schoep wrote: > > I wanted to give you a heads up on the usplash - there is a design > going in tonight which is not really final nor polished so please do > not be disturbed by it. For me, it's just a placeholder for the > placeholder so to speak. > > Again, thank you and all the others for the nice comments, I really > appreciate it. > > With kind regards, > > Frank Schoep > > I just hope it isn't as bad as "that one", you all remember it from Dapper right? :D Viper550 -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Micro tweaks
Looking at the new gdm, splash, and wallpaper I really like what I see! Great work guys.I have a few (constructive - I hope) comments. In both gdm and splash the ubuntu logo appears a bit like an external bit just placed on the image. I think it is because the border of the logo is too dark, or maybe it needs a hint of a drop shadow. Another thing in the gdm; the logo looks a bit like it's invading the space of the ubuntu text string. I think raising the logo just a bit to create a slightly bigger gap (just a few pixels) would be desirable. Cheers,Mikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Minor modification to the progressbar in ubunutlooks
On vr, 2006-09-08 at 22:52 +0200, Richard Stellingwerff wrote: > I hope you guys like it. Having only complete boxes is nice, but I don't like the 'half lines' that appear beuond a certain size at all. -- Dennis K. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Themes
On Sep 8, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Vincent Trouilliez wrote: > Yep, my thoughts exactly ! > I have always disliked the Ubuntu looks since Warty's birth. This new > artwork is the first that looks nice and professional/serious enough > for me to be happy presenting/demonstrating Ubuntu to people. I can't > wait to see a reworked version of usplash artwork, once usplash enjoys > improved resolution and colour palette. Thanks. > Same remark for the sound, sound very polished/refined and > professional, but the log-out sound would need to be made a little > shorter, as indeed GDM drums come back soon enough to get mixed. > And my machine isn't particularly fast (4+ year old motherboard, > 1.45Ghz > CPU), so I guess the sounds get mixed on virtually every machine out > there. I definitely agree about the length of the sound - I think both login and logout sounds can use some trimming now that I've experienced them in real life. On my (admittedly) fast machines the logout sound is cut off after a few seconds because ALSA is stopped early on shutdown. I think that even with ALSA running the sound would still be playing after the power is turned off so it must be shortened to match shutdown speed improvements. The login sound is also a bit lengthy and I think we can shorten it a bit. Expect this to be polished further down the road. > So in short, just make the log-out sound a little shorter, thanks a > lot > for the new artwork, and am looking forward to seeing more of it for > usplash ! :-) I wanted to give you a heads up on the usplash - there is a design going in tonight which is not really final nor polished so please do not be disturbed by it. For me, it's just a placeholder for the placeholder so to speak. Again, thank you and all the others for the nice comments, I really appreciate it. With kind regards, Frank Schoep -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Minor modification to the progressbar in ubunutlooks
It's great, really! In my opinion, it must go into Edgy.Cheers.Álvaro. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Minor modification to the progressbar in ubunutlooks
Hi guys and gals, A few days ago Benjamin Otte (Company) sent me a nice patch for ubuntulooks, which slightly changes the appearance of the progressbars in Ubuntulooks. The current progressbar renders squared (width=height) cells, resulting in a partially rendered cell at the end of the bar when the bar's width is not a multiply of a cell's width. Benjamin's patch calculates a sensible width for each cell, so that the bar contains only complete cells. The number of cells also varies depending on the width. An example screenshot is located here: http://www.stellingwerff.com/ubuntulooks/pb1.png . My plan is to get this into edgy. I hope you guys like it. Kind regards, Richard Stellingwerff. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Fwd: Ubuntu panel background proposal
-- Forwarded message --From: Álvaro Medina Ballester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 08-sep-2006 21:59Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposalTo: Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Hello everyone!! I've just made a 'fake screenshot' with my proposal and now you can see if you like it or not. I've copied the combo-box style and I've pasted over the panel. In my opinion, it makes Ubuntu look more integrated and makes a 'shiny' cool effect. Here's the link: http://lasttrainhome.blogsome.com/images/panelproposal.pngAs you can see, the combo-box of the screenshot app has a divider between the two black arrows and the folder where you want to save the image. That could be perfect to separate the panel and the notification are for example. Please give me some feedback and criticize the idea!!! Cheers!Álvaro. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished
i got to say, that's a pretty neat image, although I am not certain if usplash uses .gif yet, as far as I know there are a couple transformations which must occur to the image before it can be used by usplash, the first of which is it must be indexed into 16 colors. This image may work really well with another boot splash called splashy. On Friday 08 September 2006 13:08, effraie wrote: > hello all ;) > > it's my first mail on the that list. > that email to understand why the usplash is not available on ppc? i just > update my edgy, and i j'ust have a black screen at boot. > > small presentation of myself : a simple ppc user, interesseted by this > list cause i think the look is determinant to switch people to free > software > > Klaus Bitto a écrit : > >> http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/radial-light_softlight.gif > > > > Just a note: > > > > Other than the other two, the top right circle is hardly lighted at all, > > when the spot light goes by. This makes it look a bit detached. > > > > -- Klaus pgpkAySWzquxG.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished
Not only on ppc - I don't get an usplash either on a fresh amd64 (knot 2).On 9/8/06, effraie <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1hello all ;) it's my first mail on the that list.that email to understand why the usplash is not available on ppc? i justupdate my edgy, and i j'ust have a black screen at boot.small presentation of myself : a simple ppc user, interesseted by this list cause i think the look is determinant to switch people to free softwareKlaus Bitto a écrit :>> http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/radial-light_softlight.gif >> Just a note:>> Other than the other two, the top right circle is hardly lighted at all,> when the spot light goes by. This makes it look a bit detached.>> -- Klaus >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.orgiD8DBQFFAaOmDZrS/Pzxy5oRAhb9AKCh/1MQeqDMXL9xJEh3adZXRoZ/oQCguLlK f6WsC6peeFn1qEYWvpmmCEE==vbrg-END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Themes
On Sep 8, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Alex Jones wrote: > The new artwork and sound pack in Edgy has just got a whole lot more > earthy and tribal. I can't help but think I'm using an OS that > somebody > has already applied an "Africa" theme to. > > Can we please come up with something more neutral? I think it's the > drums in the logon/logoff sounds and the sheer darkness of the GDM and > GNOME Splash graphics that put me off. > > If we could come up with a unified way of theming the entire system > and > call the current default "Africa" or something, that would be great. I > just don't think people will take Ubuntu seriously if the situation > gets > any worse. I'm CC'ing the artwork mailling list since it seems appropriate. I appreciate the fact that you stepped forward and voiced your concerns on the artwork and sound theme, and I can understand that the change of the overall look and feel of the operating system might have been in a direction you didn't anticipate. The artwork team has been working very hard for the past two months to create the current uploaded design (thanks guys). We started out by defining the artwork philosophy and narrowed down on directions and finally produced various sets of artwork. The current designs uploaded in Edgy are the work of Troy Sobotka (troy_s), who has written a detailed motivation on his well-executed design on the Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Produce/ Incoming/troy_s The sound work was done by Peter Savage (cbx33) and has undergone several revisions before being included as is, yesterday. The African themeing is indeed evident but not over the top I think. Both the sounds and artwork were designed with the Ubuntu philosophy and history in mind: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Philosophy I hope this provides some insight and understanding for the current designs. It's hard to "come up with something more neutral" since it will take time to evolve new designs based on a different philosophy or directions. Even though you, and others, might not like the tone of the artwork, I hope you do appreciate the time and effort that went into it to get all elements in line visually as we focused hard on that aspect. Both the sounds and artwork have been developed completely by community members which I think is a huge step forwards in general and was one of the goals I had. Compared to the artwork in Dapper, we've also made huge progress towards unifying the design for usplash (to be announced soon), GDM theme, login splash and wallpaper. The current design has also a strong visual link with the icon set, making everything blend in together. Although I simply can not offer a solution at this time which will please everyone, I hope my e-mail puts things in perspective. If you want to see in detail what the artwork team has done, please visit the Edgy artwork plan page on the Wiki which contains a detailed paper trail on decisions and concepts made: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/ArtworkProcess Thanks for reading, I hope we can have a nice discussion on this. With kind regards, Frank Schoep -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hello all ;) it's my first mail on the that list. that email to understand why the usplash is not available on ppc? i just update my edgy, and i j'ust have a black screen at boot. small presentation of myself : a simple ppc user, interesseted by this list cause i think the look is determinant to switch people to free software Klaus Bitto a écrit : >> http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/radial-light_softlight.gif > > Just a note: > > Other than the other two, the top right circle is hardly lighted at all, > when the spot light goes by. This makes it look a bit detached. > > -- Klaus > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFAaOmDZrS/Pzxy5oRAhb9AKCh/1MQeqDMXL9xJEh3adZXRoZ/oQCguLlK f6WsC6peeFn1qEYWvpmmCEE= =vbrg -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished
> http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/radial-light_softlight.gifJust a note: Other than the other two, the top right circle is hardly lighted at all, when the spot light goes by. This makes it look a bit detached. -- Klaus -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposal
Yea, I love the idea of a panel image :) I don't know what the evince combo box looks like, but if it looks similar to a Human button, then I like it :) On 9/8/06, Álvaro Medina Ballester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I was looking to my ubuntu panel on Dapper and I think that the gray plain > background doesn't have the same style that the human theme. At the same > time I was reading some pdf's on evince and I looked at the style of the > combo-box (zoom adjustment) and that style seemed a great background for the > panel. What do you think about it? If it's a good idea I can do it this > evening, but I prefer to wait a little discussion after doing it because now > I'm in exams period and I don't have a lot of time. So I hope you like that > idea because I find great! > > Sincerely, Álvaro. > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposal
Hi everyone!I was looking to my ubuntu panel on Dapper and I think that the gray plain background doesn't have the same style that the human theme. At the same time I was reading some pdf's on evince and I looked at the style of the combo-box (zoom adjustment) and that style seemed a great background for the panel. What do you think about it? If it's a good idea I can do it this evening, but I prefer to wait a little discussion after doing it because now I'm in exams period and I don't have a lot of time. So I hope you like that idea because I find great! Sincerely, Álvaro. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Workflow management
Op 7-sep-2006, om 18:43 heeft Nathan Eckenrode het volgende geschreven: > I am not certain I see how Mediawiki is better at allowing one to > see the > progression of work that has been done on artwork. It appears to be > the same > solution that is currently in place, a wiki. i certainly can be > wrong in this > aspect, it will not be the first time nor the last time. MediaWiki keeps revision histories of _everything_, including images. You can jump back to old revisions of images for comparison. Not that this makes it a perfect CMS for artwork collaboration, though... Michiel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Workflow management
On 9/8/06, Troy James Sobotka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-09 at 12:43 -0400, Nathan Eckenrode wrote: > > Perhaps this is not what people are looking for to streamline the > process, but > > it makes sense to me that if the developers of code base have a cvs > to > > maintain code, then the developers of the distribution's artwork needs > a > > system which allows the artists to compare the changes to a piece of > art in a > > visual manner and make decisions on which to make collaborative > > contributions. > > I think you are on the money. This is exactly the > kind of tool we require. The process needs to show a > more evolutionary progression. Diverse artwork in a > plethora of different styles / looks isn't that useful > to a product that seeks a more polished look. > > I believe imbrandon has something mocked up with a > Drupal based CMS, but perhaps he could chime in here > and offer up what he has done. > I agree too - I am forever making huge contact sheets of my work for posting to the wiki so that the evolution is clear and peopel can comment on different stages of the process. A usefull system for me would be the ability to sumit many versions of a specific piece of work, have it tile them, make a slideshow, order them and allow each individual one to be commented on and discussed... Jono Bacon had some thoughts about making it easier for creative people to contribute: http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=740 Who -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
