Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished
Hi, Thanks for the awesome effort. I am sure that it wasn't always easy :-) Perhaps once you've had some time to relax, you could write up a simple HOWTO or such. In the meantime, I will be looking forward to the update. Bye, Ken On Thursday 07 September 2006 01:29, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: On wo, 2006-09-06 at 18:58 -0400, Viper550 wrote: Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: well, almost finished The usplash in edgy actually already supports the bling-bling things I worked on lately, but doesn't say how to use them. I've just pushed some more revisions to launchpad, including an example theme and fixes to make theme building out-of-tree possible. The example theme contains a README with theme-creation instructions. It's not hard at all, but it does need the things that are not yet in edgy (well, maybe they'll be there by the time you read it, Matthew Garrett is working on it). If anyone has questions about theming, please ask on this list. Sorry for the very late implementation of this and the lack of responsiveness from me lately, but IRL got in the way of doing this earlier. Umm, a link would probably help... There is none. Next time usplash is updated, you can apt-get install usplash-dev to get the example :) But I spoke a bit too soon: usplash will change some more to support multiple themes per file. This does not mean that people shouldn't start creating themes though, they can be merged afterwards. -- 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] 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
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] 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
On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: well, almost finished The usplash in edgy actually already supports the bling-bling things I worked on lately, but doesn't say how to use them. I've just pushed some more revisions to launchpad, including an example theme and fixes to make theme building out-of-tree possible. The example theme contains a README with theme-creation instructions. It's not hard at all, but it does need the things that are not yet in edgy (well, maybe they'll be there by the time you read it, Matthew Garrett is working on it). If anyone has questions about theming, please ask on this list. Sorry for the very late implementation of this and the lack of responsiveness from me lately, but IRL got in the way of doing this earlier. It's good to hear something from the usplash front. I spent all day yesterday packaging artwork, and I managed to get the following pieces wrapped up: - wallpaper - login splash - GDM theme - startup and shutdown sounds - rounded window border Metacity tweaks Big absentee here is usplash, since it was clear to me it hadn't matured to the point where we'd be providing final artwork yet. Tonight is this week's developer meeting, at 23:00 GMT, so if you are able to join in for a bit that would be great (it's at 01:00 in The Netherlands). Thanks for the progress update, I hope we're able to properly work around feature freeze limitations on the artwork for usplash. 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
Op 7-sep-2006, om 0:45 heeft Dennis Kaarsemaker het volgende geschreven: well, almost finished The usplash in edgy actually already supports the bling-bling things I worked on lately, but doesn't say how to use them. I've just pushed some more revisions to launchpad, including an example theme and fixes to make theme building out-of-tree possible. Awesome. I hope you will write a good how-to, because I'm not really too knowledgeable on those things. Otherwise, perhaps someone can volunteer to make some usplash compilations using artwork by others? Thing is, I've been terribly busy lately and being out for a couple of days due to sickness didn't help too much... I've made some mock-ups earlier in animated GIF format. If you're interested in making these into real versions, feel free to ask me in which format you'd like to receive the individual images! http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/ -- all my mock-ups http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/radial-light_softlight.gif -- one that I like in particular. Michiel -- 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
On do, 2006-09-07 at 11:19 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: Otherwise, perhaps someone can volunteer to make some usplash compilations using artwork by others? I can do that. Thing is, I' I've made some mock-ups earlier in animated GIF format. If you're interested in making these into real versions, feel free to ask me in which format you'd like to receive the individual images! I'm no artist and won't be deciding which artwork will be in there. I'm interested in creating themes though. Images need to be in .png format, for animation either each frame must be easy to generate using only square image primitives or each frame must be available as image. The latter will cause large themes though. usplash now makes it possible to include variants with different resolutions in one theme, so I propose the following: The background image at 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and 2 similar-resolution widescreen sizes, cropped to 4:3. All other needed images (eg progressbar (yes, progress must still be a bar) and animation). All images need to use the exact same 256-color pallette! -- 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] Usplash for edgy is finished
Op 7-sep-2006, om 12:08 heeft Who het volgende geschreven: That is _cool_ - what did you use to make it? I like the added shading on the logo too... Just Photoshop. I'll prepare a version that can be opened up in GIMP when I get home (uses layer effects and clipping masks now). The radial light animation is just a black and white radial gradient tracing the contours of the logo while being blended with it. Photoshop allows you to make simple animations using the state of the layer panel as frame (so you can make an animation by turning on layers on subsequent frames, for example). Michiel -- 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'll see if I can ship you some Blubuntu stuff to make :) Thanks for the offer Thought, it occurs to me you should probably sleep first :P Just to confirm - we get an animation basically just for fun, a progressbar to show how far along loading is and a background image..anything else? Do we need to have certain colours from the palette in the 'right place' - like we used to have to have the fail text colour, etc? Do we need to worry about black borders for some cards too? (I.E is is still best to stick to a black background) Can anyone think of a nice animation for Blubuntu?- making a water droplet that grows would rock but time most certainly does not permit that at the moment!! Who On 9/7/06, Dennis Kaarsemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On do, 2006-09-07 at 11:19 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: Otherwise, perhaps someone can volunteer to make some usplash compilations using artwork by others? I can do that. Thing is, I' I've made some mock-ups earlier in animated GIF format. If you're interested in making these into real versions, feel free to ask me in which format you'd like to receive the individual images! I'm no artist and won't be deciding which artwork will be in there. I'm interested in creating themes though. Images need to be in .png format, for animation either each frame must be easy to generate using only square image primitives or each frame must be available as image. The latter will cause large themes though. usplash now makes it possible to include variants with different resolutions in one theme, so I propose the following: The background image at 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and 2 similar-resolution widescreen sizes, cropped to 4:3. All other needed images (eg progressbar (yes, progress must still be a bar) and animation). All images need to use the exact same 256-color pallette! -- Dennis K. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. -- 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
Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished
On Thu, 2006-07-09 at 12:13 +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: Thanks for the progress update, I hope we're able to properly work around feature freeze limitations on the artwork for usplash. Given that there is no artwork at all yet for usplash and noone wants to see the testcard in the final version, I think this will be possible. Realistically, we need to wait until all the final decisions are made on the artwork direction to make the look flow cohesively. 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] Usplash for edgy is finished
I would like that too, but a background might not work well for the same reasons it couldn't be anything other than black in the old usplash. I was thinking of shining a big spotlight on the logo that revealed a brown radial gradient-like background underneath it, but that doesn't work well with 256 colors. We need 24-bit colors for that. :P Michiel Op 7-sep-2006, om 14:33 heeft Álvaro Medina Ballester het volgende geschreven: Michiel, great work! I think that is perfect now, without the progress bar, which I find useless for usplash. Maybe making the background brown would be better (a clear shade like simple-human ubuntu wallpaper) 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
On do, 2006-09-07 at 14:12 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 7-sep-2006, om 12:43 heeft Dennis Kaarsemaker het volgende geschreven: The progressbar must be able to be drawn using only square primitives and the knowledge of how full it is. And no, we can't ship a theme that has 300 different converted .png files linked in. It also must be able to pulsate. You can of course try to make something more profound under these limitations, but I'd suggest keeping it relatively simple. But using images for specific parts of the progress bar is okay? E.g. a gradient or texture for one of those square primitives. That is fine -- the example theme uses it too (btw: not square but rectangular ;)) What about the ability to drop the progress bar altogether? I don't think that's desirable just yet, maybe for edgy+1 during the big sysvinit scripts to upstart jobs migration. -- 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] Usplash for edgy is finished
Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: well, almost finished The usplash in edgy actually already supports the bling-bling things I worked on lately, but doesn't say how to use them. I've just pushed some more revisions to launchpad, including an example theme and fixes to make theme building out-of-tree possible. The example theme contains a README with theme-creation instructions. It's not hard at all, but it does need the things that are not yet in edgy (well, maybe they'll be there by the time you read it, Matthew Garrett is working on it). If anyone has questions about theming, please ask on this list. Sorry for the very late implementation of this and the lack of responsiveness from me lately, but IRL got in the way of doing this earlier. Umm, a link would probably help... Viper550 -- 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
On wo, 2006-09-06 at 18:58 -0400, Viper550 wrote: Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: well, almost finished The usplash in edgy actually already supports the bling-bling things I worked on lately, but doesn't say how to use them. I've just pushed some more revisions to launchpad, including an example theme and fixes to make theme building out-of-tree possible. The example theme contains a README with theme-creation instructions. It's not hard at all, but it does need the things that are not yet in edgy (well, maybe they'll be there by the time you read it, Matthew Garrett is working on it). If anyone has questions about theming, please ask on this list. Sorry for the very late implementation of this and the lack of responsiveness from me lately, but IRL got in the way of doing this earlier. Umm, a link would probably help... There is none. Next time usplash is updated, you can apt-get install usplash-dev to get the example :) But I spoke a bit too soon: usplash will change some more to support multiple themes per file. This does not mean that people shouldn't start creating themes though, they can be merged afterwards. -- 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
