On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 18:58 +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > Hello Ubuntu Art Team, > > I wanted to discuss the posibilities of changing the current GIMP splash > screen. I documented my thoughts and reasoning behind this proposal in the > following bug report on Launchpad: > https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38968 > > As you can see, the package maintainers pointed me towards the Art mailing > list and it seemed like a very good proposition. I searched the archives of > March and April 2006, but only found the following thread related to The > GIMP: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2006-March/000740.html > > In the bugreport, I wrote the following: > > " > GIMP's splash screen in Dapper feels rather unpolished compared to the one > found in Breezy (will attach a comparison shortly). This is not strictly a > bug in Dapper, but in my opinion a rather poor choice upstream. My suggestion > would be to reuse the Breezy splash screen in Dapper, I'll elaborate a bit > more on why I'm proposing this change. > > The current Dapper splash screen is the result of a competition set up by the > GIMP Team celebrating the tenth anniversary of the program. I followed this > contest from the start and I feel that none of the entries matches the > elegance and polish displayed by the current splash screen in Breezy. > > Especially the winner, and thus the current splash, lacks in a few > departments: > - The GIMP title text is barely legible due to the font, shadow and bordering > - Legibility gets worse for the color blind, try using the "Deuteranopia" > display filter on the new splash, it becomes one big washed out gray area > - A rusty dial doesn't instill confidence or inspire creativity > - The green color doesn't match any element in the Dapper theme and feels > out > of place > > The current Breezy splash offers the following advantages: > - The orange base color blends in perfectly in the new Ubuntulooks theme and > the overall appearance of the desktop environment > - The GIMP name is sharp and has a good contrast compared to the white > background > - The pencils are appropriately themed and (for me) do inspire creativity > - The white background makes the splash screen uplifting and clean instead > of > depressing (the green in the new one is kind of dark) > - The version number doesn't list the minor release so it could be reused > without any further changes > > To rehash: I would feel that the Ubuntu Dapper release would benefit greatly > by reverting a bad aesthetical choice upstream. I haven't held a popularity > contest or something, but I hope I've been able to convey my thoughts and > feelings on this subject with a solid list of arguments. > > If the Breezy splash is not an option, the Dapper example content also > provides a GIMP splash screen which looks better than the current Dapper one. > Look for this one in the Examples folder in your home directory on Dapper. > > All of the above is purely subjective and represents my view on the subject, > please take this in consideration. > " > > I attached a comparison image to the bugreport, which can be found online > here: > http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/gimp-splash-compare.jpg > > I hope I can set off a spark to make Dapper better and feel more integrated > and polished. Thanks for reading this far and I'd be glad to receive your > thoughts on this matter. > > With kind regards, > > Frank Schoep > > > > (Sorry if this one's a dupe, I previously sent this message from a different > account) >
I'd be happy to offer the two that I posted earlier and are already in the example content package. You can find the XCF at http://klepas.org/temp/gimp-ubuntu-splash.xcf and the PNG/JPEG on my site, ought to be the first splash in the page: http://klepas.org/splash-screens Happy easter and kind regards, Pascal
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