I agree with you Leandro, we need a contest for the logo. 2008/3/14, leandro ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Personally, I don't like the old one or this one. I also don't think > we should hang at the first "logo paradigm" someone offers and try to > improve it untill it's "ok". > > How about an open contest with professional-reviews? I'll explain it > better: anyone who wants makes a logo and submits it to the contest. > We obviously have some people on the mailing list that "knows about > logos", their rules, the good design tricks, etc, so all these formal > designers would write some reviews about the entries and only after > that the voting would take place. > > Another thing: I'm not a designer (in the sense I didn't had any > formal learning of the subject), but I do know that the logo does not > come alone, it comes with everything else: the font type used, the > visual aspect of the website, the flash-screen of the software... So > the people who submit the logos to this contest should also submit > their logo's consequence in everything else: what font will it be used > with this logo? What color? What kind of website? Etc. > > Last point I want to make: one of the HUGE problems with free software > is the fact that it doesn't care much for some "details" as > proprietary software. Take Adobe Photoshop as an example: they don't > just have people who programs in their teams, they have photographers > that just sit there and say "this is important, this is irrelevant, > photographers work this way, photographers work that way". I've been > for a while in The Gimp forums, where the ruling philosophy is "If you > can't contribute with code, don't bug us with Gimp should have this > and Gimp should have that" - and that explains why so few > photographers use The Gimp. > > Lumiera must avoid this, Lumiera should work the same way Blender > worked: with people who don't know how to program but are pros in the > 3D modeling and animation area, who can contribute to the project just > by using the software. > > There are alot of people out there wiling to do, for free, stuff that > free-software so sadly disregards, like the quest for a good name, or > a good graphic interface and a good layout for websites, or just plain > using it and posting not just software bugs, but stuff like "I, as a > professional film-maker, wouldn't use Lumiera because it lacks this > and that". > > And for now, have a nice weekend :) > > Leandro Ribeiro > > 2008/3/13, Ichthyostega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > > > > Thanks a lot for suggestions! > > > > > > I try to redraw logo with more motion and new ideas. Basically, I want > > > to use the modern camera lens colors, anyway mind that this logo is only > > > a draft! > > > > > > Hi Paolo, > > > > good Idea, seems better than the fist one. > > > > One point -- please try to avoid any colours as much as you can > (exception is > > one single "signal" colour). And please, don't use gradients, > transparency etc. > > > > The art of designing a logo is about creating a simple, recognisable shape > > which expresses some idea. If a logo is only cool if it is rendered with > funny > > colours, transparency and shiny gradients, it's worthless. > > > > As some others pointed out already, the round shape could be a lens or > could > > be a DVD. This sort of aproach is definitively good, because it can be > made > > incisive, bringing several related ideas into one single symbol. > > > > thanks again for you contribution, > > Cheers, > > Hermann V. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFH2V5xZbZrB6HelLIRAsxvAKD5SQA4zjOVTYlD/nzFJV5G78JllACgjCmU > > xrICAcXv2HT/0iJQskVxabI= > > =QF9v > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >
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