Re: [ubuntu-art] How fast does your PC boot? - promotional video ad for Ubuntu
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Samuel Loy sams.silly.st...@gmail.comwrote: I like it, I like the choice of music -- a href=http://www.zazzle.com/veggiet*;Sam's Silly Stuff/a -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Very nice video, classy looking :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Just to be clear
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Sam shadow.h...@gmail.com wrote: The Mail List policy on spam is to ignore it, correct? -- Ubuntu FTW! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art I actively mark it as spam in Gmail... -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Just to be clear
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Mr. Andrzejak mrandrze...@gmail.comwrote: If you mark it as spam in gmail, wont it consider the list as spam then, or are you going after their particular email address. / Dave Google has some really good spam filtration systems. I haven't yet had anything in this list that wasn't spam get marked as spam - i.e. only the spam gets put into the spam folder. :) -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Jerseys
Hi all, I'd just like to publicly thank Trey Ethridge for getting the Ubuntu Jerseys organized, I just got my shirt in the mail and it looks amazing. I'll take some pictures of me riding in it on our local trail here this weekend and put them up for people to enjoy :D Thanks Trey! -Chris Tooley -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Mark Shuttleworth's recent post on windicators
Thought I would point out a recent post for the 1% of people who don't regularly read Mr. Mark's blog: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/333 This gives a good reason on why they chose to put the window controls on the left. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark Shuttleworth's recent post on windicators
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Mark Curtis merkin...@hotmail.com wrote: Not as far as I'm concerned. Why couldn't the controls have stayed where they were and the Windicators put to the left of it? I mean to the immediate left, but on the right hand side. Look up at the top bar, the indicator applet isn't it the extreme right, the shutdown icon is. For the consistency the Windicator applet shouldn't be the extreme right the shutdown (ie close) button should be I'm not saying I agree with it, just that this is probably the reason why they've moved the windows controls by default to the left - perhaps they are attempting to redefine how we interact with a window decorator...? I do like the idea of windicators though. :) Excited to see how this might be adopted. I've changed my window controls back to the right hand side after upgrading to lucid by the way. I couldn't get used to them being on the left hand side - even though I use a Mac at work! :P How's that for weird. I don't associate closing the application with decorations on the left. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Jersey's
I would just like to chime in and say how impressed I am with these jerseys :) Is there any way of getting one of these for myself in the future? -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Title Page Design on the Planet
If I may offer some comments.. :) perhaps constructive, perhaps not. I am not a layout specialist :D I think a combination of the icons from (c) and the layout of (b) would work the best. The missing computer icon might take away from the end user that this is a computer manual, although there is a mouse pointer - which I originally thought wasn't needed, but I agree that it conveys the idea of computer to the user. I would also like to say that I think the icons in (b) should be spaced so they are justified with the dot grid, because when they aren't it competes with the left margin. The layout of the icons in (a) works because there is no dot grid, but with the dots, it implies to me that there is two sections of the title page, the left margin and the right with graphics - thus when the icons are not the same width, it breaks up this duality. I like the drop-cap style with the ubuntu logo as well - it brings your attention to the very recognizable logo. Basically, I think what I'm saying is, keep the drop caps CoF and layout from (b), and add all the icons from (c), perhaps justifying them with the dots grid. Thanks for listening :) -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Metacity Button Order Changed
Here's a great post by Ivanka Majic regarding the button order to further the discussion: http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=281 -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Metacity Button Order Changed
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Luke Benstead kaz...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know if this has been mentioned/noticed, but this change of default effectively breaks a *load* of metacity themes, including Dust, Dust Sand and New Wave and probably hundreds more on gnome-look.org. Also Radiance and Ambiance also don't display properly in the theme dialog, but obviously that bug can be fixed, making a load of themes compatible with vanilla Gnome AND the new Ubuntu ordering isn't easy to fix. I don't think the theme is going to directly affect other themes. As far as I can remember (correct me if I'm wrong), the button layout is an option you can set with gnome config. I certainly know it's an option for emerald anyway. P.S. Also +1 on the muscle memory thing, I just can't get used to minimize/maximize this way round, and reversing it breaks the new themes. It basically looks like we can have the new themes, or every other theme out there, but not both without fiddling in gconf-editor each time. I don't find it hard to switch between Mac OS X and Linux, I don't see how this would be any different :) I often hear people complain about the switch from windows to OS X but they get used to it pretty quickly. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Metacity Button Order Changed
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Alin-Andrei nilarimog...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 21:34, Chris Tooley euxn...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think the theme is going to directly affect other themes. As far as I can remember (correct me if I'm wrong), the button layout is an option you can set with gnome config. I certainly know it's an option for emerald anyway. A very common scenario: A n00b (and not only!) searches for themes in the Software Center, installs the package with Dust and New Wave and tries them out: everything will be very messy. You just can do thing like this in a default installation... Doesn't a theme have the ability to define where the window controls are located in relation to the title, etc? -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Metacity Button Order Changed
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:48 PM, SorinN nemes.so...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. What was to happen was happened :( Very much amateurism on this change (right corner to left corner for close / minimize / maximize buttons). Yes amateurism - you hear well my friends. A good Human Machine Interaction engineer will not do such a move. There are laws and principles. Some Unix friends told me that they have a word do not destroy well established things. I bet they know what they say they are Oracle engineers with almost 30 years of Unix / Linux behind. 2 main reasons which prove the amateurism : - this move will broke what was good and acknowledged by 90 % or more PC users as `de facto ` (and I don't hear complains about that). - the left side position of those buttons will agglomerate (unnecessary) the space where a normal user search for menu bar and for 1'st level functions. Those buttons has a secondary scope and are rarely used, the right corner was a good place for this group according usability standards (the fact that MAC use those buttons on the left means nothing they are maybe 5%, rest of the world just close their windows from the right corner). Indeed, everyone know that Gnome need some facial changes but hey - why they start to kill the piano ? ..just because ? Well it's clear that the team behind that move does not contain professionals. If this was just a proposal - there's no excuse for that. A single word amateurism. Shuttleworth deserver better peoples because his movement is a crucial movement of the modern history. I think he believe in peoples too much and that's that's the point where some peoples can see a profit. Too bad. I think we need to keep in mind that they have just released a small amount of information about the new shift in look, and I would liken this to a beta release. I think what they're doing is testing the waters for certain ideas to see what the reaction of the users will be. Personally, it doesn't matter to me which side the controls are on, but just due to the outcry of detractors I agree that it would be harmful if they didn't change it back to the right hand side of the window. Interestingly related: http://blog.daviey.com/blogroll/anything-but-the-buttons.html -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New Identity
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: Hi! No, I don't have to get rid of stalkers ... I guess everyone is aware of it already, but if not: http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/03/refreshing-the-ubuntu-brand/ There are mixed reactions on Slashdot, Digg, Reddit and a few blogs. Our own forums receive the price for dumbest thing I found, someone saying Aubergine wouldn't be a professional color :} To be fair, I saw that comment on Slashdot as well. I don't understand where that sentiment comes from... Recommended reading (unlike those listed before): http://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2010/03/03/the-new-ubuntu-lucid-look-an-appraisal/ http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2010/03/ubuntu-branding.html Another good link to understand the reasoning behind the colour schema was posted by Mr. Shuttleworth on his blag: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/308 -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] .doc, .xls, etc icons in Humanity Update
Thank you, if you look through this thread, there are a few other variations I did. Adding stroke, trying a different version of the Ubuntu Title Font. http://old.nabble.com/file/p27617704/humanity-msword.svg Stroke http://old.nabble.com/file/p27626085/humanity-msword2.svg Stroke with alternate font I like the second one. Why? I think it seems more dynamic, and may convey the idea of filetype better. The reason I say this is because a W fully contained within the document could give the impression of it just being a text file - letters in a document. Whereas, a W partially inside but slightly outside would, in my opinion, give the impression of it being part of the document and at the same time, _not_ part of the document, perhaps giving more meaning to the typical user - i.e. W being the filetype, which is in essence ephemeral to the end user. :) Just my attempts at logically laying out why I like the second one better :P Feel free to rip apart my statement. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Refreshing the Brand comments
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Sam shadow.h...@gmail.com wrote: A.H.D.: One thing that really grates me is the graphic in the logo is now superscript. It’s like a copyright circle or something. I think I much preferred it vertically centered on the left of the logo. I agree, it would go better on the left Agreed, it would be nice to make it as large as the font, it seems to be pushing the new font over the old, recognizable logo. I really like the rest of it though. That boot splash is going to look clean and nice. Also, purple FTW! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Re : .doc, .xls, etc icons in Humanity Update
The problem is the same for the psd file icon (attached): why putting a Photoshop logo? The user only has to know it is an image, with the psd extension. The photoshop logo is a nonsense here. I was under the impression that a PSD file was a PhotoShop Document. Is this not a proprietary format? As for the mime-type icons, I'm rather of the impression that using the text PSD or DOC in the thumbnail is best - most people will understand the meaning - and it's consistent and easy to implement. Colouring can imply a specific application or association, and give more differentiation amongst mime types if needed.. Just my two cents :) -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] .doc, .xls, etc icons in Humanity Update
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Merk merkin...@hotmail.com wrote: So I see a lot of nice changes with the humanity icon update. However the icons for .doc, .xls etc are really bothersome. The icons are blatantly ripped off the OSX version of Office. Why? I can understand having a W be pronounced in the icon for .doc like all versions of word, but why make the W exactly like that in the OSX version? Most people coming to Ubuntu would be coming from Windows if anything. I removed the Mac OS X Word W and replaced it simply with the Ubuntu Title Font and already find it an improvement http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity.png Current Humanity .doc file http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity2.png Slight change to Humanity .doc file -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/.doc%2C-.xls%2C-etc-icons-in-Humanity-Update-tp27613841p27613841.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art I like it, but I think a little bit of perspective and some highlights to match the W of the previous version would make it that much better. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] .doc, .xls, etc icons in Humanity Update
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Mark Curtis merkin...@hotmail.com wrote: I deliberately didn't do perspective because I didn't want it to look too much like the Mac OS X version. I was thinking of highlights and/or outline, where is the svg for the icon stored as that was a quick mockup from the png. Look at the Wikipedia article on Microsoft Word to see the icon for Mac OS X (as well as Windows for 2007 and 2010) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:09:45 -0800 From: euxn...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] .doc, .xls, etc icons in Humanity Update On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Merk merkin...@hotmail.com wrote: So I see a lot of nice changes with the humanity icon update. However the icons for .doc, .xls etc are really bothersome. The icons are blatantly ripped off the OSX version of Office. Why? I can understand having a W be pronounced in the icon for .doc like all versions of word, but why make the W exactly like that in the OSX version? Most people coming to Ubuntu would be coming from Windows if anything. I removed the Mac OS X Word W and replaced it simply with the Ubuntu Title Font and already find it an improvement http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity.png Current Humanity .doc file http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity2.png Slight change to Humanity .doc file -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/.doc%2C-.xls%2C-etc-icons-in-Humanity-Update-tp27613841p27613841.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art I like it, but I think a little bit of perspective and some highlights to match the W of the previous version would make it that much better. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art I found the icon in the elementary icons set, which you should be able to download from launchpad. https://edge.launchpad.net/~elementaryart/+archive/ppa/+packages The icons are called things like application-msword.svg and application-vnd-ms-excel.svg. Perspective may not be needed - also, if anyone knows how to transform perspective with inkscape, please let me know, but I think the gradient used in the original plus a shadow as per the original may be necessary :) Look at the attached to see what I mean (i'm currently on a mac so I don't have the ubuntu font and this is just a quick sketch up anyway). You should also consider whether this implies microsoft word to your average user. -Chris attachment: word_icon.png-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] initial burg screenie
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 22:25 -0800, Chris Tooley wrote: I still have to do the reflections of the images, (...) Please look at just the background again. You have light from the top shining down unto a floor; it's a room. Now if you add elements in the middle of the screen, 2 ways to look at them come to mind: objects floating inside the room, or objects on a layer in front of the room. But reflections right below the elements imply that they stand on their own floor, creating a conflict with the background. Agreed, however, I was following Lasse Havelund's mockup here: http://blog.lassehavelund.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/uboot.png Should I abandon the background and instead keep the reflections? Or, should I remove the reflections? I'm slightly inclined to abandon the background as keeping it would make the grub loader more ubuntu 9.10 specific, however, on the other hand, I know a lot of people are looking for a unified bootloader, loading, login screen. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu - 10.4 - Lynx wallpapers
write: A Mini-Me He-man version of Mark Shuttleworth riding on an armored battle lynx that rips a meditating Darth Koala to pieces. All this happening on Pandora, with some non-communist heterosexual Smurfs watching in the background (one of them smoking a joint). I would actually really like to see someone make this wallpaper. :D -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] initial burg screenie
Agreed, however, I was following Lasse Havelund's mockup here: http://blog.lassehavelund.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/uboot.png Should I abandon the background and instead keep the reflections? Or, should I remove the reflections? If you keep the reflections, please make them subtle. Study how real reflections become blurry going downwards. Saleel is right, the flat icons suggest to not try to suggest depth. This is agreeable to me :) I will implement sans reflection. I'm slightly inclined to abandon the background as keeping it would make the grub loader more ubuntu 9.10 specific, however, on the other hand, I know a lot of people are looking for a unified bootloader, loading, login screen. No reflections doesn't mean you have to keep that background. Opening another possibility ain't helpful, is it? ;) Good point :) See, this is why I like an open community. Communication is great :) Thanks all, I'll update later with a newer picture. -Chris P.S. My current iteration of the burg theme works as far as I can see. Should I upload the theme somewhere, perhaps to launchpad? -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Ubuntu 9.10 artwork
Hello all, Is there a specific site that lists all the official Ubuntu artwork the Ubuntu artwork team has put into Karmic? I found this site here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official but more specifically, I'm looking for the background to this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FJH0hYZmVtc/S0HK2oILuBI/FNY/F7wtt9LyZOQ/s1600-h/uboot.png and the above wiki doesn't have it. A high quality version would be best, gimp .xcf is preferable. Can someone steer me in the right direction? Basically, I want to try my hand at making a BURG theme, and I need to start with the background :) Thank you, ~Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu 9.10 artwork
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Vishnoo drkv...@yahoo.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 20:56 -0800, Chris Tooley wrote: Hello all, Is there a specific site that lists all the official Ubuntu artwork the Ubuntu artwork team has put into Karmic? I found this site here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official but more specifically, I'm looking for the background to this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FJH0hYZmVtc/S0HK2oILuBI/FNY/F7wtt9LyZOQ/s1600-h/uboot.png and the above wiki doesn't have it. A high quality version would be best, gimp .xcf is preferable. Can someone steer me in the right direction? Basically, I want to try my hand at making a BURG theme, and I need to start with the background :) Thank you, ~Chris The background in the system will be here /usr/share/images/xsplash/bg_2560x1600.jpg For the source , I'm not sure ;) -- Cheers, Vish Ah, that works fine. thank you :) -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Creating Viral Video's - Is anyone interested?
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Joeri Jungschlager jjungschla...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe if I have some spare time I sure help promote the videos via my site http://undergroundlinux.webs.com But im also bizzy in as young politicion (at least becomming one) for the Socialist Party in the Netherlands. For a local part. So I will not have that many time but I will try. On 2 February 2010 17:20, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Joeri - Are you interested in Helping out the project then? Thanks; Liam On 2 February 2010 16:08, Joeri Jungschlager jjungschla...@gmail.com wrote: Im now installing Open Shot all those other were not what I was looking for. On 2 February 2010 17:02, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: the only others I can think of are PiTiVi, openshot, Avidemux. kdenlive, open movie editor, projectX, or LiVES, or even Blender But like I said, it doesn't have to be video editing, it can be submitting artwork to be used in the videos, or anything. Liam wilson On 2 February 2010 15:54, Joeri Jungschlager jjungschla...@gmail.com wrote: I know it I tried it. But sometimes I just look for more simple. But their seems too be nothing between advanced and technological and simple VJ apps. On 2 February 2010 16:23, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Joeri, cinelerra's a good one, really advanced. Liam On 2 February 2010 15:20, Joeri Jungschlager jjungschla...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds awesome. Love it, but I dept if it's going too work. Do your best and send me some good video creating progames voor Ubuntu On 2 February 2010 15:09, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all; Some of us on the Ubuntu-uk LoCo have come up with an idea for a new project - creating a marketing campaign for Ubuntu using Viral Videos - short little videos that get a message across, similar to Microsoft's efforts, we also discussed a TV advert, but deicded Viral Videos were better because: It's cheap - no cost of getting it on the air Easy to spread - just send a link to friends/family, etc More involvement - the project can go on for a longer time period, and people from other countries can contribute, too. It'll last longer - Any videos made will stay online for as long as the video hosting sites are up. Before this project actually gets to a head, I'd just like to know who would definitely be interested in contributing. And it wouldn't just be making videos, remember, we need people to manage any web hosting channels we have, people to create themes and or/artwork for the channels, and to be possibly be included in the videos, people to keep the wiki updated, poeple to suggest ideas that can be used in videos, there are PLENTY of ways to contribute, so just because you can't make a video, doesn't mean there won't be something for you to do. If you're interested, please reply to this message. If we get enough people, popey (Alan Pope) has pointed me to these two guys who we could ask to help, as long as there's enough interest: http://www.youtube.com/user/dribletofanaphorism http://www.youtube.com/user/madsrosendahl They're both really good at video editing/creation, check out their works, once enough replies are had, I'll email them asking to help Liam Wilson P.S; I'm asking around loads of LoCo's/Teams, so apologies if you get this more than once. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- J.D. Jungschlager Telephone: +31647843040 -- 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 -- J.D. Jungschlager Telephone: +31647843040 -- 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 -- J.D. Jungschlager Telephone: +31647843040 -- 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 -- J.D. Jungschlager Telephone: +31647843040 -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art My minor two cents: I've often noticed that the best viral videos are not the ones that are specifically created to be viral, but are instead just plain videos with something weird. I would suggest just creating copious amounts of video and tag an ubuntu logo on the end... One of the videos may evoke something trivial in people's brain and thus make it viral. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com
Re: [ubuntu-art] Humanity for Quadrapassel
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Merk merkin...@hotmail.com wrote: Merk wrote: Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:24:31 -0800 From: euxn...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Humanity for Quadrapassel On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Thursday 07 January 2010 04:32:50 pm Merk wrote: The only thing that maybe looks relevant is renderer.cpp, but that's so much code I can't make heads or tails of it. I guess I was foolish to think that since the background was an easily replaceable file, that the blocks would be too. It feels like I wasted my time on it, since I have no idea how to apply it, and documentation is awful. Ah, Also found it browseable online... In any case, relevant code for those who are interested: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-games/tree/quadrapassel/renderer.cpp#n103 basically, the renderer is hard coding the look and feel in terms of cairo objects. You won't be able to style them with external SVG unless someone writes a styling engine. At least, that's what it looks like to me. :) Next step would be to talk to the gnome-game maintainers to see if they want to enable skinning of cairo game objects in their code, or, at least, in quadrapassel, but I would assume that skinning on all apps would be a more useful and interesting endeavour. Hope this helps! -Chris -- Holy Crap I thought that was it when I saw it, but I just wish it weren't! I emailed who I think are the maintainers about it. I would think they'd want to rewrite it for theming since currently it says the following garbage is derived from the official tango style guide. So basically they're calling that part of the code garbage _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art http://old.nabble.com/file/p27201427/blocks.svg blocks.svg Oh well guess these won't see the light of day. Here they are anyway -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Humanity-for-Quadrapassel-tp27026930p27201427.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Those look really good btw. Maybe you can send them to the maintainer of the package? :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Humanity for Quadrapassel
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Thursday 07 January 2010 04:32:50 pm Merk wrote: The only thing that maybe looks relevant is renderer.cpp, but that's so much code I can't make heads or tails of it. I guess I was foolish to think that since the background was an easily replaceable file, that the blocks would be too. It feels like I wasted my time on it, since I have no idea how to apply it, and documentation is awful. Maybe there is a hacker our there who would be interetsed in helping? Perhaps simply talking to the maintainer would get you somewhere. It would be worthwhile to at least look into a couple of options ;) -- Kenneth Where's the code? I might be able to help you figure it out ;) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Humanity for Quadrapassel
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Mark Curtis merkin...@hotmail.com wrote: Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:13:11 -0800 From: euxn...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Humanity for Quadrapassel On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Thursday 07 January 2010 04:32:50 pm Merk wrote: The only thing that maybe looks relevant is renderer.cpp, but that's so much code I can't make heads or tails of it. I guess I was foolish to think that since the background was an easily replaceable file, that the blocks would be too. It feels like I wasted my time on it, since I have no idea how to apply it, and documentation is awful. Maybe there is a hacker our there who would be interetsed in helping? Perhaps simply talking to the maintainer would get you somewhere. It would be worthwhile to at least look into a couple of options ;) -- Kenneth Where's the code? I might be able to help you figure it out ;) -- Well Kenneth told me to apt-get source gnome-games, which I did, upon doing so a folder gnome-games-2.29.3 was put into ~/ That's where all the code is. Thanks for the instructions :) I'll take a gander and let you know what I can see. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Humanity for Quadrapassel
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Thursday 07 January 2010 04:32:50 pm Merk wrote: The only thing that maybe looks relevant is renderer.cpp, but that's so much code I can't make heads or tails of it. I guess I was foolish to think that since the background was an easily replaceable file, that the blocks would be too. It feels like I wasted my time on it, since I have no idea how to apply it, and documentation is awful. Ah, Also found it browseable online... In any case, relevant code for those who are interested: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-games/tree/quadrapassel/renderer.cpp#n103 basically, the renderer is hard coding the look and feel in terms of cairo objects. You won't be able to style them with external SVG unless someone writes a styling engine. At least, that's what it looks like to me. :) Next step would be to talk to the gnome-game maintainers to see if they want to enable skinning of cairo game objects in their code, or, at least, in quadrapassel, but I would assume that skinning on all apps would be a more useful and interesting endeavour. Hope this helps! -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] [Released] New Wave 0.8.2
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Anton Kerezov ank...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all Ubuntu-art members, I'm very proud to announce the next version of the theme New Wave. More about this release here: http://ankere.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/new-wave-0-8-2-and-configurator-0-2/ P.S. The configurator deb installer is included in the pack. Anton Kerezov http://ankere.wordpress.com/ Is there a changelist of the changes? I'm curious on what needed to be changed :) The previous version seemed like a very well functioning window decoration to me. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Backgrounds Wiki Policy (was: Human Helix)
My other concern is that I never again want to deal the wiki surge protection warning. This is a great thing IMO. I remember trying to upload to the wiki and getting multiple surge protection warnings, as well as when I was just trying to view the other submissions... The only problem with flickr is that people without pro accounts are limited to a non-current-desktop resolution size.. Would the desktop selectors care about those size issues? Are they able to contact flickr users to request larger sizes? -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Wallpaper Contest Planning
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: Hi! Ivanka, Kenneth, Myself, among a few others, discussed the future of our Flickr group and the selection process at the UDS: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Lucid/Wallpaper_Contest_Planning Your feedback will be appreciated! Feel free to revise the text directly on the wiki, if you are sure about it. Of course I will monitor all changes ;) Reading over the wiki, what exactly does [...]suffered from having the motive out-of-focus[...] mean? Just curious in case I want to submit images in the future.. :) -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Flickr - What is the desire of this group?
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com wrote: [snip] I've discussed using deviantArt for some ubuntu community work with them directly and they asked for a large amount of money to do it ;( - -- Ken What about using a place like http://ubuntu-art.org/ or http://gnome-look.org? -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Fluid Boot Experience
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:19 PM, mac_v drkv...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 15:37 -0600, Jonathan Blackhall wrote: So I got to thinking about the boot experience today and I was wondering if anyone had any comments on this. First, I think a successful default booting sequence should have 3 characteristics that are currently not implemented. 1. GRUB2 menu be hidden on all machines by default and the usplash image load immediately and have it include a small message saying Press Esc for more boot options or something to load the GRUB2 menu. 2.The transition between usplash and xsplash should be smooth. 3. The startup sounds would be refreshed and shortened. Possibly 4. Make sure the transition between xsplash - log in screen - xsplash again is smooth as well. You know what would be a really excellent way to mash-up all this boot stuff? Take the current usplash (just a white Ubuntu logo on a black background) and make the logo explode into MadsRH's Swarm animation (or a Humanized version) while having the rest of the xsplash elements (background gradient and Ubuntu name) fade in. For me, it would really make this whole boot sequence more integrated and slick. What I think would be a cool boot experience: -usplash Ubuntu logo appears with message saying Press Esc for more boot options, message disappears after 3 sec, leaving Ubuntu logo -xsplash starts as same logo as usplash (no transition apparent to user), background gradient fades in, Ubuntu logo explodes into Swarm animation, the word Ubuntu appears above the Swarm -if your Log In screen enabled, transition to it (perhaps have the Swarm re-form an Ubuntu logo next to the word Ubuntu??) and have the remaining Log In stuff appear -Some other quick animation between Log In and a fully loaded desktop (maybe?), play a 1-2 sec subtle (unobtrusive) startup sound -All of that in 20 sec or less on a normal laptop without an SSD Do you think that type of boot experience is possible? Is it desirable? What would you change? Of course this is all just fantasy, but I'm curious what people think would be a desirable boot experience. Do you have hope that your expectations will be met in Lucid? Cheers, J -1 MadsRH had other good ideas , but swarm wasnt the best one. The swarm is too reminiscent of the windows7 orbs and also the swarm just seems too aimless. they are not arising from some place nor are they leading some where. -- Cheers, mac_v I like the idea of something like swarm, but as fireflies in a grassy field, and a new firefly would pop up once a new proc has been init'd... -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Fluid Boot Experience
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:47 PM, David Callé davidcal...@gmail.com wrote: The boot experience talk is on air right now at UDS. http://icecast.ubuntu.com:8000/lonestar1.ogg.m3u 2009/11/16 Saleel Velankar svela...@gmail.com On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Jonathan Blackhall johnny.one@gmail.com wrote: Of course this is all just fantasy, but I'm curious what people think would be a desirable boot experience. Do you have hope that your expectations will be met in Lucid? Cheers, J I hit power button. Grub loads, I hit enter for ubuntu, no time passes, I am presented with kdm/gdm. This is what happens in my fantasy. My fantasy is always on, no reboot on kernel updates, etc. This splash stuff is pretty but in the future I don't see this happening a lot :) -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Karmic boot and login - proposed designs
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Mat Tomaszewskimat.tomaszew...@canonical.com wrote: Hi, Not so long ago we announced the revamp of boot and login experiences in Ubuntu and received a great response from the Artwork Team, with many interesting concepts being submitted. Thanks again for all your hard work. The deadline approaches fast and the time is now to make final decisions. We have just returned from the Platform Sprint in Dublin, where folks directly responsible for making Ubuntu release happen on time have gathered. The design team's role was to propose final concepts, communicate them to the developers and make sure they can be implemented on time. We have received a lot of valuable feedback and revised our proposals accordingly. The initial assumptions, however, remain unchanged. The Foundations Team's goal is to start the X server as fast as possible (3-4 seconds on a reference machine) and therefore, Usplash will not be used in most cases. A new splash screen (Xsplash) will be developed on top of the X server and enable a smooth transition into the GDM and the user session. The latest designs can be viewed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo. We're looking forward to your feedback! Many thanks, Mat I love the transition effects, but, as has been mentioned before, I was expecting to see a darker theme, in line with the loading screen colours - the transition from dark brown to brighter human felt a bit disconnected :) If we think about it, Mac uses a grey background with a simple logo and throbber, even though at first glance it seems to disconnect with a background, it does match the window decorations well. Just my 2 cents. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hello World
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Chris Tooleyeuxn...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Antonio Robertsanto...@hellocatfood.com wrote: Hi Chris, I've downloaded the Breath icon set. As I've never done this many icons before I just wondered if there's any particular way to go about colouring them or any recommended working methods. Ant 2009/7/24 Chris Tooley euxn...@gmail.com: I would love to see what you could do with icons. Your art is surreal and colourful (I like it!), which I think would make an awesome icon set. Maybe use Breathe as a base and color it in your style? -Chris On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Kenneth Wimerkw...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Antonio, On Wednesday 22 July 2009 11:02:46 pm Antonio Roberts wrote: Hi everyone, I just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Antonio (sometimes known as HelloCatFood). I've been using open source software exclusively for my artwork for nearly two years and made the switch to Ubuntu about 4 months ago. I'm quite interested in helping out in the art department in whatever way I can. I look forward to talking with you all and being involved in a great Linux distro Great to have you on-board! There is quite a lot going on...check out the wiki for more info, as well as this mailing list for questions or specific queries. Hope to hear from you soon ;) Ken -- 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 mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Well I mainly just thought you could use your unique colouring style in an icon set - and since it seemed like you haven't done an icon set before, I suggested Breathe as a base.. :) I don't know your technique but whatever you did for this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellocatfood/3745753569/ Would make some excellent icons IMO. I think would make a really cool icon set :) -Chris To clarify a bit more, I mean to make an entirely new set..? Of course this requires a lot of time and effort and was a sort of offhanded comment .. :\ -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Hello World
I would love to see what you could do with icons. Your art is surreal and colourful (I like it!), which I think would make an awesome icon set. Maybe use Breathe as a base and color it in your style? -Chris On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Kenneth Wimerkw...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Antonio, On Wednesday 22 July 2009 11:02:46 pm Antonio Roberts wrote: Hi everyone, I just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Antonio (sometimes known as HelloCatFood). I've been using open source software exclusively for my artwork for nearly two years and made the switch to Ubuntu about 4 months ago. I'm quite interested in helping out in the art department in whatever way I can. I look forward to talking with you all and being involved in a great Linux distro Great to have you on-board! There is quite a lot going on...check out the wiki for more info, as well as this mailing list for questions or specific queries. Hope to hear from you soon ;) Ken -- 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] Hello World
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Kenneth Wimerkw...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Antonio, On Wednesday 22 July 2009 11:02:46 pm Antonio Roberts wrote: Hi everyone, I just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Antonio (sometimes known as HelloCatFood). I've been using open source software exclusively for my artwork for nearly two years and made the switch to Ubuntu about 4 months ago. I'm quite interested in helping out in the art department in whatever way I can. I look forward to talking with you all and being involved in a great Linux distro Great to have you on-board! There is quite a lot going on...check out the wiki for more info, as well as this mailing list for questions or specific queries. Hope to hear from you soon ;) Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Gah! Sorry for the previous top post! Once again, this time with effort: I would love to see what you could do with icons. Your art is surreal and colourful (I like it!), which I think would make an awesome icon set. Maybe use Breathe as a base and color it in your style? -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave User Requests
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Anton Kerezovank...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody, This thread is about telling me what you would like to have changed/added in New Wave so that it better fits your needs. Fell free to express everything. [snip] Anton I would like to see what you can do with a white version. Or a really lightly coloured one, maybe a sandy/cream coloured one (light green)? I love New Wave btw. It's my current theme on Ubuntu at my home desktop. Thanks for your hard work in New Wave! -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] mimetypes
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Cory K.coryis...@gmail.com wrote: Or even just lose the paper entirely @16px? I though about this but, although it give us more space for details, I don't know if it's such a good idea. I'd like to try it. See how it works out. If I may offer a suggestion, I think removing the paper border would allow more detail in the icon that represents a specific filetype - giving more detail and definition in all sizes. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] mimetypes
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Cory K.coryis...@gmail.com wrote: For 16px, sure. That's what I wanna try. On the other sizes I want to still have the paper to clearly show its a file. Let me start off this by saying: In my opinion ;) I think it would show more definition of filetype without the paper background as a border. I also think it's an unnecessary trope left over from older systems that tried to represent digital information in a physical representation. If you think about it conceptually, the paper is only there to serve as a reminder that the file is a file. But what else is it going to be? If we have these distinguishing marks (video negative, photos, music note) we may as well go the whole shebang. Just my opinion though :D -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Re styling the Logo, Circle of Friends 2009
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Oliver Scholtz 1scholli...@yahoo.de wrote: :-D ... It won't be goodlooking on small sizes (22, 16). Surely not. Oliver Am Donnerstag, den 02.07.2009, 19:02 +0300 schrieb Anton Kerezov: В 08:28 -0700 на 02.07.2009 (чт), Phoenix Corleone написа: So, here is the link: http://itmages.ru/view.php?action=viewid=6613key=ae9b8d Very good work! I like it even more than the current logo because it inspires more community spirit and interconnection. I'd like to know your opinion about the restyled logo! Can it be used in 9.10 Karmic?=) I can't answer this as I'm not competent enough but somebody else could do it ;) Anton Besides the fact that it looks awesome (I'll try to make an SVG of it later on today), I don't think Ubuntu will change their logo any time soon - it's branding after all :) This is just my opinion on the matter though :D That would be a good logo for an Ubuntu derivative though. -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Re styling the Logo, Circle of Friends 2009
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Steve Dodiersidnio...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think the current official logo is that out-dated... Breaking building is extremely dangerous for a big company, and the logo is the first part of branding. People, with the new logo, may think that this is _another_ Ubuntu and not give it trust. Also, even if the logo is damn sexy, its assymetry gave me the thought that every of the 3 humans on the logo was embrassing the one on his right but rejecting the one on his left. That's not really a circle of friends anymore ;) I hope your logo will be used, but i dont think the official logo should be replaced for a good 3-10 years. Hey all, I've made an SVG, please excuse me if I'm not supposed to attach it in a mailing list but I don't really have any other place to put it :) Unless I do and I just don't know it...? I've had to take some minor liberties in order to make sure it's a uniform and consistent design, with arcs that are actually based upon ellipses. I basically just did some cutting with some skewed spheres and rotated them to the approx. positions. the colours are official RGB ubuntu colours as per: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official Obviously this isn't my original artwork so I'll just say I converted to SVG pro bono ruski publico ;) the original artist has full discretion over the copyright. Let me know what you think :) -Chris attachment: newbuntu.svg-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New Boot Experience in Karmic
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Jonathan Blackhalljohnny.one@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:52 PM, spg76 sebastianpo...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know if I have to announce it here but I made an animation for the boot and upload it to the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot#spg76%27s%20boot I think that looks really good. Simple, but not too simple, quick (since we won't have too long to look at it!) and the fading works. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art What would it look like without the outer glow effect? I'm just thinking that a straight ubuntu logo might be more clean looking? -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] Sorry
Doesn't the wiki have versioning? Or does that not work with attachments? -Chris On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:59 AM, mac_vdrkv...@yahoo.com wrote: Micha Reischuck wrote: I could restore nearly all the png from the svgs, It seems that Michote has used a nautilus script to convert ALL the svg to png at once, So certain exported png's did not come out well, so anyone who has submitted might want to recheck their submissions cheers, mac_v -- 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] Breathe:[submissions tuesday 19]
I really like version 3 over the other two for preferences-desktop-theme. It seems more interesting; especially at lower resolutions. With preferences-desktop-wallpaper the brush seems to fade into the background colour. I really like these icons though. Keep up the good work! -Chris On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Cory K.coryis...@gmail.com wrote: daniel planas armangue wrote: this afternoon has been very productive for me, I hope your comments on the new icons apps preferences-desktop-theme (versions 1,2,3) apps preferences-desktop-wallpaper apps wmtweaks compiz fusion manager apps fusion-icon apps gnome-panel-notification-area PD:hope you like! Nice. :) I'd like Sebastien to give his opinion. If positive, I'll upload. -Cory K. -- 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] [Breathe] Sorry
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Cory K.coryis...@gmail.com wrote: Chris Tooley wrote: Doesn't the wiki have versioning? It does. Or does that not work with attachments? Correct. Please do not top post. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Apologies regarding top post. I use gmail and there isn't a way as far as I know to set it to default to bottom post - unless someone can tell me of a plugin or something? -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] extra wallpaper package for Karmic
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:13 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: For Karmic we would like to include a set of high quality desktop backgrounds which are organized according to a predefined set of adjectives which describe emotional atmospheres, slogans (so to speak) for the way an image makes you feel. - All around the world - Interlinked, distributed - Desktop as gate to the world - Community/Collaboration - Freedom (to be, to learn, to explore, to communicate, to express yourself) - Diversity - Tool: stable, reliable, fast, refined ? Are these the adjectives or the suggestions? I think Nature would be a good one as well :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] extra wallpaper package for Karmic
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com wrote: Other operating systems offer an extra selection of desktop backgrounds to their users. Often they are based on different themes typically applied to photography (nature, for instance). For Karmic we would like to include a set of high quality desktop backgrounds which are organized according to a predefined set of adjectives which describe emotional atmospheres, slogans (so to speak) for the way an image makes you feel. In order to accomplish this we call on anyone and everyone to submit images which are freely licensed and follow the guidelines for inclusion. Let me know if you have any ideas for improving this idea, or if you'd like to help coordinate things, etc. Thanks, Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art I have a full colour version of the image located here: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Daisy+Daisy..+Give+me+your+answer+do?content=46757 Is this the sort of image you're looking for? How would I submit it for consideration? ~Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] Weather Icons
Well for glow I imagine it being more like a white shadow, surrounding the moon, ala (allow me to insert my previous artwork here): http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/KDE+moon+(KDE+SVG)?content=19303 ignore the third image, that was done a long time ago :P So you have a really luminous looking moon. -Chris On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Saleel svela...@gmail.com wrote: spg76 wrote: It looks great. About the shadows, I'm with Cory, I think there's not need. -- Seba (AKA spg76) http://www.ubuntu-ar.org In that case, consider it dropped. The glow idea looks good but not for a realistic moon, maybe for something more abstract like this. -- 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] [Breathe] Weather Icons
I would think the opposite to a shadow actually, how about a glowing moon? On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Cory K. coryis...@gmail.com wrote: Saleel wrote: I have been working on a weather-clear-night icon Here is what I have so far (see attached png render.) Reactions? +1 from me. Keep it going but be mindful on the shadows. Do we really need them? (considering the realism) -Cory K. -- 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] SVG icons and default colour scheme
I was browsing the icons for Breathe and something occurred to me, is it possible to create SVGs with scripts in them? i.e. is the SVG engine complete enough that adding some scripting, or adding a scripting engine would be trivial? The main reason I'm curious about this is that we could possibly define SVGs with a default colour, then if the colour is different in the system then we could change the colour - for instance, in the current BreatheIconSet submissions, devices/computer has an orange background on the screen. It looks great, and fits excellently with an orange based theme, but what about a theme that is blue-colour based? Wouldn't it be cool if we could just say make this colour match (such and such) colour defined in appearance settings? I suppose for colours, we wouldn't really need scripting but if we had scripting in SVG it would open up an entire world of possibilities. If this is well received I will put forth this suggestion on brainstorm, if it isn't already. :) Thanks, ~Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Animated logo
On the topic of circle of friends, what about having a bunch of people ala the AOL guy (highly stylized), walk together, discuss something, then turn into the circle of friends - cue ubuntu name and voila! Also, imagine this as a plymouth bootloader... On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 17:23 +0200, Steve Dodier wrote: I don't see the point of using Flash (closed and proprietary technology) for the Logo of an openSource OS. I think you should be able to do the same with some SVG and JavaScript, or with an animated GIF. GIF would be terrible inefficient. SVG and JavaScript means you don't have a decent authoring environment. While it is not given this had been created using Flash, that tool makes it straightforward like no free software does. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- 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] Ubuntu Powder
You know, there are probably some women on this mailing list... Maybe some that just joined ;) Perhaps it would be good to garner some feedback from the very audience targeted? -Chris On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Matthew Nuzum n...@bearfruit.org wrote: On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: @Matthew It's been about 3 weeks since the last word on this. This was an idea with alot of steam that has seem to fallen down. Like all of us I know you have many duties but there was a lot of interest in this and I hope you haven't missed your opportunity Did you say you were gonna have some research up like 2 weekends ago?. Sorry for the delay, the jaunty release is consuming all of my time. Don't consider this abandoned yet, Jaunty is out the door on Thursday and around next Monday I'll be going through my inbox and todo list to set priorities. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter -- 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] Mandating usage of free tools.
Just thought I would throw in the fray that Photoshop can be run on Ubuntu using wine. Thus, I wouldn't equate photoshop to windows by any stretch of imagination :) However I do recognize that proprietary formats do not foster open collaboration. Personally, I use Inkscape for almost everything I do but I'm not much of a raster-man :P -Chris -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Inkscape export and resizing
This is probably something completely different from this discussion, but it's something I think might be helpful...(maybe everyone already knows this) If you're working on something at 16x16 pixels, and output to 16x16, the antialiasing looks better depending upon the dimensions of your vectors and where you place them. For instance, I can draw a box in a 16x16 working area 15 pixels wide, and center it, but the edges will look like crap - even though it's a straight line, the antialiasing will blur the lines - due to the 15 pixel box being defined on half pixels. However, if I draw a 14 pixel wide box and center it, then the icon is much cleaner. i.e. at 16 pixels, with a 14 pixel box, there is a well defined pixel on either side. So I get a clean white full pixel, instead of being half a pixel, which inkscape then proceeds to dirty up with it's valiant attempts at antialiasing. One could conceivably apply similar thoughtfulness to other vector/image size combinations in order to suppress dirty pixels. Hope I'm not blowin' smoke! ~Chris On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Oliver scholli...@yahoo.de wrote: Am Dienstag 07 April 2009 17:23:00 schrieb Thorsten Wilms: Hi! Some say that higher quality output can be obtained by exporting from Inkscape with the desired size x a-power-of-2, e.g double, fourfold or eightfold. It seems that is the case, but not always. I did an experiment with just black text on white: http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1239116989.png Inkscape-Bitmapexport (180dpi) and resize it with gthumb is always the best result. It's a harmony between sharp and smooth and craps better with one colour to the next one. Think this is an argument for this method. Only Inkscape in Bitmapexport fails a little bit in round things (light smooth is missing). Oliver The GIMP and gThumb examples are scaled down from an Inkscape export of eightfold size, using Cubic interpolation in GIMP and High-Quality in gThumb, which is likely to be cubic, too. For the difference images, I used GIMP's Difference layer mode. The gThumb/GIMP difference is not entirely black, there are pixels with a minimal value, but visually, this difference is pretty much non-existent. I would like to see suggestion for how to get the worst case for Inkscape, where this method could shine the most. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- 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] [Breathe] user-desktop
I wonder if we can generate a desktop image on the fly with compiz, sans open windows? In this way it is an actual representation of the user's desktop and not just a standard one...? Just a thought, -Chris On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: spg76 wrote: I uploaded to the wiki a new icon for user-desktop. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions So aside from my previous technical note, I'm wondering if we want to go with this literal screenshot kinda image or the desktop mat we see in other sets? Personally, I'm curious to see what can be done with the mat idea. :) -Cory K. PS: Extra work ain't too bad. I just said something so it doesn't happen again. ;) -- 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] Retreat from Ubuntu Artwork
Oh snap! you totally got me hahahaha On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Smartboy smartboyath...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: Hi! With the possible exception of some work for The Fridge, I will pull out of all ubuntu-related artwork! I'm worried about the move of dumping brown for Karmic and have been less and less satisfied with the distribution. I'm preparing to join the Fedora artwork community instead, now that it seems save to say they will not make another mistake like the artwork for 7, which was too imaginative and hence distracting from the cold, hard work we all should be doing. (see http://pthree.org/2009/02/05/ubuntu-vs-fedora-artwork/) Sadly they have an elitist approach and don't just let everyone in before submitting artwork meeting some quality level, but I'm confident I can make it and look past this silly step. Too bad I didn't finish my wallpaper collection, but I think I can turn them all blue for Fedora! I will miss the short and to-the-point, heart-felt comments we sometimes got to enjoy here, but I have to move on. Farewell! -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Wait a minute, this couldn't be your APRIL FOOL, could it? :o -- 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] Simple logo for Karmic.
I like it! It looks like he's surprised though.. All koalas I've ever seen are kinda sleepy looking - which might fit with the karmic idea..? -Chris 2009/4/2 Saleel svela...@gmail.com Yeah, I know Jaunty is not even out the door yet. But I have been doing research on koalas. (Well I call it research, it is in retrospect, looking at baby koalas, and awwing away the afternoon.) Attached is a simple idealized logo that I have made. I believe someone called Ajcham suggested having a simple idealized animal logo for jaunty, and I rather liked that idea. I think we should try that for karmic. Suggestions/ Comments all appreciated. --Saleel -- 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] [Breathe] Additions to Categories
I like how Apple handles their windows logo. It's reminiscent of Windows without infringing on their copyright or trademarks. For example, I copied it to use for a VirtualMachine link on my desktop: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Boot+Camp+Logo+SVG?content=56439 Obviously it's not that popular ;) but I thought maybe this could be an idea starter.. :) Thanks ~Chris On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: Ryan Prior wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Oliver Scholtz 1 scholli...@yahoo.de wrote: One ask? How are the ideas for Wine? The glass wine is not really a good icon, because in 24x24 and dark themes it isn't well for seeing it. Maybe the Windows-flag would be better? Hey it's only a opinion ... :D I don't like the wine glass either, and think that something like the Windows flag would be better. Thorsten did a wonderful icon for Wubi ( http://wubi-installer.org/) so perhaps we can take inspiration from that and create an icon that says here be Windows software rather than here be a weird pun. Now while I'm not totally against dumping the WINE glass (the win logo might be fine) we have to remember this is also playing with upstream branding. Something I'm keen to try to avoid changing radically. -Cory K. -- 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
