Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-09-05 Thread Bob Peterson
- "Nicu Buculei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | a small complaint: we tried to keep some sanity in wiki attachments | and | used a naming scheme for the images: Wallpaper-username-imagename.jpg, | the | file names used by you are all generic (with the potential of | creating | collisions). Hi Ni

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-09-05 Thread Nicu Buculei
Bob Peterson wrote: > Hi Everyone, Hi Bob, > I just wanted to let everyone know that, as promised, I just > uploaded a bunch of photos (I think 23) to the wallpaper > extras wiki: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Wallpaper_Extras Your photos are beautiful and I am glad you submitted the

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-09-04 Thread Bob Peterson
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that, as promised, I just uploaded a bunch of photos (I think 23) to the wallpaper extras wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Wallpaper_Extras Most of these are suitable for wallpaper backgrounds, but I couldn't resist adding a few others t

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-07 Thread ryan lerch
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > The general thought is against "fedorification", so if we will use photos > will most likely leave them unbranded. > > I agree with this nicu on this point. The wallpapers will then be more useful upstream if they ever wante

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-07 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 02:50 +0200, Hylke Bons wrote: > The air balloons in one of the earlier releases were very nice. I agree, but as a corollary, the amount of detail and color made it less usable as a background. Icons and text tended to get lost in the detailed areas. The effect was worse on

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2008-08-07 Thread RazGriz
ons about the artwork included with Fedora, including icons, > themes, and wallpapers." > Inviato: Giovedì, 7 agosto 2008 12:02:47 GMT +01:00 > Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna > Oggetto: Re: R: Re: R: Re: Using photos rather than "art" > > >

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2008-08-07 Thread Samuele Storari
occolma/Vienna Oggetto: Re: R: Re: R: Re: Using photos rather than "art" +1 but i think that its time to change the process of the name choose, its Marketing and Artwork teams work , fedora is a product like another distros or proprietary systems but we have a way of life inside i

Re: R: Re: R: Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-07 Thread RazGriz
D]> > A: "Discussions about the artwork included with Fedora, including icons, > themes, and wallpapers." > Inviato: Giovedì, 7 agosto 2008 11:32:12 GMT +01:00 > Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna > Oggetto: Re: R: Re: Using photos rather than "art"

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2008-08-07 Thread Samuele Storari
ed with Fedora, including icons, themes, and wallpapers." Inviato: Giovedì, 7 agosto 2008 11:32:12 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna Oggetto: Re: R: Re: Using photos rather than "art" Samuele Storari wrote: > I really think that the bottom isn't a Bl

Re: R: Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-07 Thread Nicu Buculei
Samuele Storari wrote: I really think that the bottom isn't a Blue Beatyfull Subject, but THE Right "Blue Beatyfull Subject". What we need is, IMO, a good metaphor. This time we have to work with a difficult name to face, we can ignore it, but I really don't think this will be the right way

R: Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-07 Thread Samuele Storari
OTECTED]> A: "Discussions about the artwork included with Fedora, including icons, themes, and wallpapers." Inviato: Giovedì, 7 agosto 2008 2:50:24 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam/Berlino/Berna/Roma/Stoccolma/Vienna Oggetto: Re: Using photos rather than "art" The air balloons in o

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Hylke Bons
The air balloons in one of the earlier releases were very nice. Hylke 2008/8/7 Ian Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 04:24:57PM -0500, Bob Peterson wrote: > > I was wondering if Fedora could have a photo for its > > main background screen. As an amateur photographer, I have s

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Nicu Buculei
Bob Peterson wrote: Here's another photo I took. This one has nice blue Fedora-like colors and shows the top side of a jellyfish. The symbol on the back of the jellyfish is pretty close to the Fedora infinity symbol; it could be morphed into one pretty easily by some creative soul with tools.

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Nicu Buculei
Bob Peterson wrote: I'm a Red Hat developer, and completely new to this list, so forgive my ignorance. I like the "blue" themes that Fedora has traditionally chosen, but I was wondering if Fedora could have a photo for its main background screen. As an amateur photographer, I have several "scen

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Bob Peterson
Here's another photo I took. This one has nice blue Fedora-like colors and shows the top side of a jellyfish. The symbol on the back of the jellyfish is pretty close to the Fedora infinity symbol; it could be morphed into one pretty easily by some creative soul with tools. (This photo has not be

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Ian Weller
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 11:34:15AM +1000, ryan lerch wrote: > Personally, i think that we need a package of addtional wallpapers for > fedora, not just the generic gnome ones... > Gah, I neglected to mention this! Yes. A higher resolution would be much better though -- these days, 800x600 doesn't

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Matthias Clasen
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:24 -0500, Bob Peterson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a Red Hat developer, and completely new to this list, so forgive > my ignorance. I like the "blue" themes that Fedora has traditionally > chosen, but I was wondering if Fedora could have a photo for its > main background screen.

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread ryan lerch
Personally, i think that we need a package of addtional wallpapers for fedora, not just the generic gnome ones... the shot of clouds by andyfitz on flickr is a prime candidate for this pack IMHO, as is Bob's shot... Andy's Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyfitz/2366301782/ cheers, ryanlerc

Re: Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Ian Weller
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 04:24:57PM -0500, Bob Peterson wrote: > I was wondering if Fedora could have a photo for its > main background screen. As an amateur photographer, I have several > "scenery" photos I've taken that may be suitable, and I'm willing to > donate. Some even have a nice blue the

Using photos rather than "art"

2008-08-06 Thread Bob Peterson
Hi, I'm a Red Hat developer, and completely new to this list, so forgive my ignorance. I like the "blue" themes that Fedora has traditionally chosen, but I was wondering if Fedora could have a photo for its main background screen. As an amateur photographer, I have several "scenery" photos I've