Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash - the masters are working

2008-07-08 Thread Cory K.
Matthew Nuzum wrote: > There is a reasoning for black. On some screens like LCDs the > resolution of the usplash won't fill the whole screen leaving a black > border. By having the logo on a black background it makes the black > border unnoticeable. > > At least this was the historical reasoning. I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash - the masters are working

2008-07-08 Thread Matthew Nuzum
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Isaiah Heyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2008/07/startup.html > That would look awesome in the center of a white screen:) There is a reasoning for black. On some screens like LCDs the resolution of the usplash won't fill t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash - the masters are working

2008-07-08 Thread Isaiah Heyer
On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 11:12 -0500, Michael McKinley wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:49 AM, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone dabbling with usplash ideas *must* look at this > ridiculously > cool usplash posted on Troy's blog: > h

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash - the masters are working

2008-07-08 Thread Michael McKinley
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:49 AM, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone dabbling with usplash ideas *must* look at this ridiculously > cool usplash posted on Troy's blog: > http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2008/07/startup.html > > Just a heads up. Cheers, > Mikkel > That's

[ubuntu-art] Usplash - the masters are working

2008-07-08 Thread José Luis
Looks cool. Change the fluxbuntu logo for the ubuntu logo et voilà. I would place a simple circle instead of a clock, anyways. -- José Luis Ricón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Esta parte del mensaje está firmada digitalmente -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.c

[ubuntu-art] Usplash - the masters are working

2008-07-08 Thread Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
Anyone dabbling with usplash ideas *must* look at this ridiculously cool usplash posted on Troy's blog: http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2008/07/startup.html Just a heads up. Cheers, Mikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ar

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash change?

2008-03-31 Thread Matthew Nuzum
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:13 PM, AA Boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a lot of good ideas going around here on the future of Usplash. > Just wanted to submit it as something to look to for a change come Intrepid. There was a lot of discussion on usplash in the past. It hasn't changed much

[ubuntu-art] Usplash change?

2008-03-31 Thread AA Boy
There are a lot of good ideas going around hereon the future of Usplash. Just wanted to submit it as something to look to for a change come Intrepid. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash ubuntu 7.04 feisty

2007-10-13 Thread alan c
Oliveiros Peixoto wrote: > Hi. > > I need change usplash screen, but in ubuntu 7.04 feisty is not possible, > using documentation for others ubuntus. Anyone can help? I need > information about image size, colors and extensions. > > Thank's > I have made a custom Live CD including a usplash, an

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash ubuntu 7.04 feisty

2007-10-10 Thread Oliveiros Peixoto
Kenneth Wimer escreveu: > On Wednesday 10 October 2007 16:38:16 Oliveiros Peixoto wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I need change usplash screen, but in ubuntu 7.04 feisty is not possible, >> using documentation for others ubuntus. Anyone can help? I need >> information about image size, colors and extensions. >

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash ubuntu 7.04 feisty

2007-10-10 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 10 October 2007 16:38:16 Oliveiros Peixoto wrote: > Hi. > > I need change usplash screen, but in ubuntu 7.04 feisty is not possible, > using documentation for others ubuntus. Anyone can help? I need > information about image size, colors and extensions. I think that your best bet woul

[ubuntu-art] usplash ubuntu 7.04 feisty

2007-10-10 Thread Oliveiros Peixoto
Hi. I need change usplash screen, but in ubuntu 7.04 feisty is not possible, using documentation for others ubuntus. Anyone can help? I need information about image size, colors and extensions. Thank's -- Oliveiros Peixoto Gerente de suporte [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xx 31 32117740 -- ubuntu-art ma

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash - spinning Ubuntu Logo

2006-10-11 Thread tonic
I'll look into doing that when the theme is complete - hopefully done within 24 hours :). Hmm, just read the manpage for update-alternatives. That is pretty cool :). I'll definitely have to use it. tonic On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 01:04 +0200, Étienne Bersac wrote: > Hey, that's quite nice ! Would b

[ubuntu-art] usplash - spinning Ubuntu Logo

2006-10-11 Thread tonic
Hi guys, I created a usplash theme using the peace wallpaper that appeared for a short time. It has a spinning Ubuntu Logo which some people seemed to want. There is a catch though, the animation makes the theme pretty large. I posted the theme on the forums so I'll link that here. http://www.ub

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-10-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
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: >

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-10-01 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 09:10 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > On Jun 23, 2006, at 11:32 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > Michiel Sikma wrote: > >> It seems that a bunch of specs have been changed into "obsolete" > >> because apparently a new usplash is in the making. Exactly what > >> will the cap

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-08 Thread Nathan Eckenrode
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 w

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-08 Thread Klaus Bitto
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

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-08 Thread effraie
-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

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-08 Thread Klaus Bitto
> 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.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
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 3

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Michiel Sikma
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

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Troy James Sobotka
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

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Álvaro Medina Ballester
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.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Michiel Sikma
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 > abl

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On do, 2006-09-07 at 12:39 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > Weren't we dropping the text completely this time around? If not, > then I'd like to just refrain from using text in my proposal if > that's possible. Themes MUST be able to display text, although usplash by default will not show any. A

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On do, 2006-09-07 at 12:31 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > Awesome! I'll make a few images tonight. What about the widescreen > images cropped to 4:3, though? Do you mean a horizontally squished > version of the logo (widescreen resolution downscaled back to a non- > widescreen resolution)? Yes

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 7-sep-2006, om 12:37 heeft Who het volgende geschreven: > 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 bla

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Who
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 nee

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 7-sep-2006, om 12:22 heeft Dennis Kaarsemaker het volgende geschreven: > 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

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Michiel Sikma
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 radia

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
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 r

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On do, 2006-09-07 at 10:51 +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > 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

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Who
That is _cool_ - what did you use to make it? I like the added shading on the logo too... On 9/7/06, Michiel Sikma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Op 7-sep-2006, om 0:45 heeft Dennis Kaarsemaker het volgende geschreven: > > > well, almost finished > > > > The usplash in edgy actually already suppor

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Michiel Sikma
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 ex

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-07 Thread Frank Schoep
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 fixe

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-06 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On do, 2006-09-07 at 01:50 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > Perhaps once you've had some time to relax, you could write up a simple HOWTO > > > > The example theme contains a README with theme-creation instructions. :) -- Dennis K. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. signature.asc Descri

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-06 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
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, includ

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-06 Thread Viper550
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

[ubuntu-art] Usplash for edgy is finished

2006-09-06 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
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 co

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash art [Formerly: Pretty System Consoles]

2006-08-29 Thread Frank Schoep
On Aug 29, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Chuck Huber wrote: > Very pretty. It's simple enough that it "might" work within the > current > limitations of usplash which is the direction I think we should be > heading. > > If we don't nail down the specs of the usplash artwork soon I > suppose we > could end

[ubuntu-art] usplash art [Formerly: Pretty System Consoles]

2006-08-29 Thread Chuck Huber
On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 18:47 +0200, Quim Calpe wrote: > I did this proposal: http://www.kalpe.com/ubuntu/usplash.gif > > If someone finds it interesting, It uses actually very few colors, but > I guess these aren't the colors of the palette, I don't have the > knowledge, maybe a more experienced us

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash

2006-07-21 Thread Viper550
Niklas Weidel wrote: I took the liberty of creating a usplash-section in incoming; https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/Usplash Also, as promised, uploaded a splash idea. :) /weidel Thanks, I'm re-entering my Tangerine splash screen from the road to Dapper Drake, because thi

[ubuntu-art] Usplash

2006-07-21 Thread Niklas Weidel
I took the liberty of creating a usplash-section in incoming; https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/UsplashAlso, as promised, uploaded a splash idea. :) /weidel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-06-25 Thread Michiel Sikma
On Jun 23, 2006, at 11:32 PM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Michiel Sikma wrote: It seems that a bunch of specs have been changed into "obsolete" because apparently a new usplash is in the making. Exactly what will the capabilities of this new usplash be? Is there any place where I can follow

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-06-24 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: Maybe you remember that a while ago I sent a mockup of a usplash-editor to this list. Good news is that large parts of the required patch are accepted. As Mark already said, the size/number of colors limitations remain, but the themeability is much better now.

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-06-24 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On do, 2006-06-22 at 17:40 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > It seems that a bunch of specs have been changed into "obsolete" > because apparently a new usplash is in the making. Exactly what will > the capabilities of this new usplash be? Is there any place where I > can follow its development o

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: It seems that a bunch of specs have been changed into "obsolete" because apparently a new usplash is in the making. Exactly what will the capabilities of this new usplash be? Is there any place where I can follow its development or learn about Edgy planned features? I'm int

[ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-06-22 Thread Michiel Sikma
It seems that a bunch of specs have been changed into "obsolete" because apparently a new usplash is in the making. Exactly what will the capabilities of this new usplash be? Is there any place where I can follow its development or learn about Edgy planned features? I'm interested in doing

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash came out great

2006-05-30 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 30-mei-2006, om 9:02 heeft Chuck Huber het volgende geschreven: Booting up this morning I noticed the usplash is looking sexy with it's new tangerine color. I can't recall the artist offhand, but nice work. Chuck -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

[ubuntu-art] usplash came out great

2006-05-30 Thread Chuck Huber
Booting up this morning I noticed the usplash is looking sexy with it's new tangerine color. I can't recall the artist offhand, but nice work. Chuck -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash screenshot anyone?

2006-05-18 Thread Frank Schoep
On Thursday 18 May 2006 00:47, Troy James Sobotka wrote: > I need a captured screenshot (ie not digital camera to screen) > version of the usplash with a different text background colour > than the png background. If anyone has this, please email me > with a copy. > > Again, it must have text on a

[ubuntu-art] Usplash screenshot anyone?

2006-05-17 Thread Troy James Sobotka
I need a captured screenshot (ie not digital camera to screen) version of the usplash with a different text background colour than the png background. If anyone has this, please email me with a copy. Thanks a million. As close as I could find was a screenshot taken with a digital camera. Agai

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash text colors

2006-05-17 Thread Viper550
Troy James Sobotka wrote: For the purposes of organizing the proposal wiki, please include your images with your sample text left, sample text right, failed, and progress bar palette colours. Make sure you use existing palette entries and that they don't conflict with one another (eg: failed co

[ubuntu-art] usplash text colors

2006-05-17 Thread Troy James Sobotka
For the purposes of organizing the proposal wiki, please include your images with your sample text left, sample text right, failed, and progress bar palette colours. Make sure you use existing palette entries and that they don't conflict with one another (eg: failed color and background progress

[ubuntu-art] usplash proposal wiki

2006-05-17 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Updated the wiki to show formal offerings now. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/DapperPropositions Try to adhere to the submissions guidelines so that I can use my newly written batch script to file things appropriately into a table. Thanks. At some point in the near future I will try to setup a

[ubuntu-art] Usplash progressive discourse

2006-05-17 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Ok, at risk of stirring up a hornets nest about matters that take up chat time and not making Ubuntu the best damn product it can be... Provide a 16 color PNG image to the wiki page. We can optimize the palette later, but please give some thought to the following indexes in your scheme: 0 Backg

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-17 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: --- Ken Said --- The problems I see with this whole thing is this: A pic, when rendered from vector with a decent editor, anti-aliases differently at different sizes. Every time the thing is scaled you loose quality (unless you are just re

[ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-17 Thread Troy James Sobotka
--- Ken Said --- The problems I see with this whole thing is this: A pic, when rendered from vector with a decent editor, anti-aliases differently at different sizes. Every time the thing is scaled you loose quality (unless you are just really, really lucky). So, making bigger pics is easy b

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-17 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 02:47:50PM +0800, Jerome Gotangco wrote: > A nice wiki page was created just for this and was posted earlier by a > list member: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/DapperPropositions thanks for doing that, great to see them all together! what immediately strikes me is

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash wiki update

2006-05-17 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:13:30PM +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > On Wednesday 17 May 2006 06:56, Troy James Sobotka wrote: > > I took some initiative and thumbnailed all of the work > > at the usplash proposal portion of the Wiki. > > That's great work, thanks a lot for doing that, it was well wo

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash wiki update

2006-05-17 Thread Frank Schoep
On Wednesday 17 May 2006 06:56, Troy James Sobotka wrote: > I took some initiative and thumbnailed all of the work > at the usplash proposal portion of the Wiki. That's great work, thanks a lot for doing that, it was well worth the effort. There are a lot of nice submissions already. For the bigg

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash and a question

2006-05-17 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: Anyone know how to snapshot the usplash during the boot sequence? Take a pic of it running in a virtual machine is the only way I know Bye, Ken It would be nice to have active images. Further, I updated the wiki to accomodate the sc

[ubuntu-art] Usplash and a question

2006-05-17 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Anyone know how to snapshot the usplash during the boot sequence? It would be nice to have active images. Further, I updated the wiki to accomodate the scaling in the thumbnails. Some folks probably got stretched by accident, but alas, it is very late here. You can always point to your own lin

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash wiki update

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Troy James Sobotka wrote: I took some initiative and thumbnailed all of the work at the usplash proposal portion of the Wiki. Thanks Troy, that's a great bit of organisation and makes the options that much clearer! Can I ask that we go through the options and delete (permanently) those

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-16 Thread Jerome Gotangco
A nice wiki page was created just for this and was posted earlier by a list member: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/DapperPropositions -- Jerome Gotangco [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +639196555242 GPG: 0xA97B69A0 -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://li

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Kenneth Wimer wrote: I made an SVG based on Viper550's work; played around a bit adding more gradients and also a bit of a 3d effect. I added it to the wiki page, even though it is not really a new design (thought it would be better there than posting it here). Oh, and in my pic the refle

[ubuntu-art] usplash wiki update

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
I took some initiative and thumbnailed all of the work at the usplash proposal portion of the Wiki. You can find it here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/DapperPropositions Hopefully we can arrange a like Wiki page for wallpapers, splashes, etc. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
On Wed, 2006-17-05 at 02:44 +0200, Étienne Bersac wrote: > I followed youre step to manually implement Gimp palette drag'n'drop ;) > [attached], That may have set up the right palette, but that didn't make > my splash viewable ! I wonder why do is see nothing at the screen. Yep. Like I said. Th

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
This is a great discussion. I'm always interested in other's approaches... --- Ken Wimer said: --- 1) Create a basic 640x480 pic with the correct branding, etc. as vector. 2) scale that down to 640x400 3) add extra highlights, glow and shadows as appropriate 4) save a pic as 24bit png 5) change t

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, > Here is how I do it...the first part probably makes no sense, but I > am used to doing it that way :-) > > 1) Create a basic 640x480 pic with the correct branding, etc. as vector. > 2) scale that down to 640x400 > 3) add extra highlights, glow and shadows as appropriate > 4) save a pic

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, Here is how I do it...the first part probably makes no sense, but I am used to doing it that way :-) 1) Create a basic 640x480 pic with the correct branding, etc. as vector. 2) scale that down to 640x400 3) add extra highlights, glow and shadows as appropriate 4) save a pic as 24bit png 5

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, > 1) Obtain an optimum 16 color palette via careful scrunching. > 2) Import the palette via Gimp's palette tool. > 3) Scuttle the palette entries around in accordance with > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USplashCustomizationHowto?highlight=%28usplash% > 29 > 4) Re-work the working image down to

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
> > FYI, if you don't already know this, start with a 640x480 image and > > scale it down to 640x400. That should get you the correct aspect > > ratio. > > > > Hehe, I had this discussion already with someone else :-) > > You only loose information when doing it as you suggest. The correct >

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: Building on this momentum, anyone want to helm building a cohesive wiki page with the desktop contributions (thumbnails) splash and usplash thumbnails? Nice work guys. A little warning though -- some of those 640x400 images will NOT sc

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On wo, 2006-05-17 at 00:23 +0200, Étienne Bersac wrote: > I don't start with a 640x400 image ??? Do you mean that usplash use > 640x400 picture scaled up to 640x480 screen (if vga16fb is used) ? I > will test and tell you. Sort-of: vga16fb is a 640x400 screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio. So you indee

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, > Building on this momentum, anyone want to helm building a cohesive wiki > page with the desktop contributions (thumbnails) splash and usplash > thumbnails? I started hosting my splahes. I may do the same for the others. I add rules to my Makefile to do the thumbnails. > A little warnin

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Building on this momentum, anyone want to helm building a cohesive wiki page with the desktop contributions (thumbnails) splash and usplash thumbnails? Nice work guys. A little warning though -- some of those 640x400 images will NOT scale correctly to their final locations. FYI, if you don't alr

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, > Ok the page is a bit of a nightmare to scroll thru. Is there any way to > set up a tabled thumbnail of the splashes? You're right. I did it for my usplash cause i can host them. That's so crazy to see so many propositions in so few times. Just open the correct wikipage and let's go :)

[ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Ok the page is a bit of a nightmare to scroll thru. Is there any way to set up a tabled thumbnail of the splashes? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/DapperPropositions -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Mark, can you explain me why usplash artwork are flatten ? Also how to get a usable .so ? I wrote a Makefile that handle quite well the build and install process of splashes. Is it wrong ? Is there any doc about making usplash theme ? UsplashCustomizationHowto seems to have problems according to U

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 16, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: On Mon, 2006-15-05 at 23:55 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: The logo does not have to be perfect, it just has to look *great* given the medium. Seems to me that the medium dictates that we must keep the palette simple considering the co

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
On Mon, 2006-15-05 at 23:55 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > The logo does not have to be perfect, it just has to look *great* > given the medium. Seems to me that the medium dictates that we must keep the palette simple considering the color range. An extremely dense palette also permits th

[ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I made an SVG based on Viper550's work; played around a bit adding more gradients and also a bit of a 3d effect. I added it to the wiki page, even though it is not really a new design (thought it would be better there than posting it here). Oh, and in my pic the reflection is not

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: I'd like to ask you how the logo guidelines come into play in the making of a usplash screen. Are we supposed to stick with the currently used color scheme of brown for Ubuntu, blue for Kubuntu, and yellow for Edubuntu? Do you think that the usage of the Tangerine color und

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 16-mei-2006, om 12:41 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven: Hi all I'm writing to try to focus the energy that everyone is putting into getting a great usplash image for Dapper. I really appreciate the effort and the care and the creativity of the proposals. At this stage in

[ubuntu-art] usplash

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I am the evil person who made the new splash pics (actually I am not that evil) :-) The stuff that I made was trying to fit perfectly with the branding and colors from the original logo (which is pretty much impossible with 16 colors). Note that the pic submitted was supposed to b

[ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-15 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi all I'm writing to try to focus the energy that everyone is putting into getting a great usplash image for Dapper. I really appreciate the effort and the care and the creativity of the proposals. At this stage in the release process there is absolutely no way we can change the code or prot

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-14 Thread Øivind Hoel
On 5/13/06, Frank Schoep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello everyone, I felt it was time to put my money where my mouth is, so here you go: http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/usplash/usplash-minimalistic_0.1.deb What it has: - 100% correct Ubuntu colors - Sharp antialiased logo - No text, o

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Jan Claeys
Op za, 13-05-2006 te 11:21 -0400, schreef Lukas Sabota: > 16 colors? Didn't the windows 98 boot screen have even more than > that? It was 320x400 with 256 colors. (Yes, that's 320 horizontal pixels & 400 vertical pixels!) -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Lukas Sabota
On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 10:56 -0400, Viper550 wrote: > Lukas Sabota wrote: > > Frank, > > Your usplash is really nice; it's probably the best one I've seen. The > > rounded edges are a bunch better idea than just using black. I for one > > would like to see the in dapper. > > However, the l

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On za, 2006-05-13 at 17:12 +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > Dennis, I'll announce and provide the sources officially by then too, > is that good enough for you? Absolutely, I'm looking forward to trying it. -- Dennis K. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. signature.asc Description: This is

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Frank Schoep
On Saturday 13 May 2006 16:49, Lukas Sabota wrote: > Frank, > Your usplash is really nice; it's probably the best one I've seen. The > rounded edges are a bunch better idea than just using black. I for one > would like to see the in dapper. > However, the limitations of usplash show.

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On za, 2006-05-13 at 11:09 +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > I felt it was time to put my money where my mouth is, so here you go: > http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/usplash/usplash-minimalistic_0.1.deb Could you make the sources available too? -- Dennis K. Time is an illusion, lunchtime dou

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Viper550
Lukas Sabota wrote: Frank, Your usplash is really nice; it's probably the best one I've seen. The rounded edges are a bunch better idea than just using black. I for one would like to see the in dapper. However, the limitations of usplash show. The edges of the Ubuntu icon seem

Re: [ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Lukas Sabota
Frank, Your usplash is really nice; it's probably the best one I've seen. The rounded edges are a bunch better idea than just using black. I for one would like to see the in dapper. However, the limitations of usplash show. The edges of the Ubuntu icon seem a bit jagged. Could s

[ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

2006-05-13 Thread Frank Schoep
Hello everyone, I felt it was time to put my money where my mouth is, so here you go: http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/usplash/usplash-minimalistic_0.1.deb What it has: - 100% correct Ubuntu colors - Sharp antialiased logo - No text, only "FAIL" if something goes wrong - Graceful fallback

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash

2006-05-12 Thread Viper550
Okay, for some reason, GIMP couldn't index pallete my Ubuntu graphic properly, and it didn't keep the sizes correct for some reason. Now, I've used Fireworks MX to do it the correct size (and in the Ubuntu's case), dither them to the correct amount. This should work now... Viper550 p.s. Ignor

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash

2006-05-12 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, Is this possible to change usplash artwork easily ? As easy as gnome theme. Where are spec for writing themes ? Étienne. -- Verso l'Alto ! signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash

2006-05-12 Thread Étienne Bersac
Le vendredi 12 mai 2006 à 17:41 +0200, André Schindler a écrit : > Oh please dont use this new usplash, > the colors are cruel, > the progress bar is unclear, > the text is unreadable. > > The old on was much better. I'm so agree !!! :$ -- Verso l'Alto ! signature.asc Description: Ceci est u

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