Hi, see my comments/questions below: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Nicu Buculei <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 01/10/2010 11:16 PM, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am considering contributing into F13 wallpaper (or trying to propose > > another trash concept). But I would like to ask few questions first > > (sorry these are all newbie questions): > > > > 1) how much time is left for F13 concepts? As far as I understand there > > are some dates: > > http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-13/f-13-design-tasks.html > > and wallpaper concept design will close on Mon 2010-02-08. More > > specifically, after this date only those concepts will be elaborated > > more which were submitted by Mon 2010-02-08, am I correct? > > I think you are pretty much correct, however it would be best to have > the concept proposed before 2009-12-25 (end of "Conceptual Design Phase"). > Note: obviously, a "concept" is just a concept, it can be just a rough > sketch. > > > 2) do I understand it correctly, that after this there will be only 7 > > days to finalize selected concept to a production quality (Finalize > > Alpha Wallpaper)? > > It does not have to be "production quality" by that date, there is also > a polishing stage during beta, it has to be good enough that we don't > feel embarrassed by including it in an Alpha build, it is supposed to > show the direction we are intending to take and something people can > base their feedback on. > For F12 we had multiple images at this stage. > > > 3) is there any technical specification for F wallpapers? I.e.: > > resolution(s) for single - dual screen configuration, recommended colors > > for F13 release, etc ... > > During the F12 development cycle we advanced the idea to go with a > simple, preferably vector, design as a default and a few other > additional images. We ended with a simple raster image but such things > happen... > AFAIK the plan didn't change, so those still hold for F13. > > You are correct, we sill need also a version for dual screen, also > version for normal and wide screens. As colors, we feel blue is part of > Fedora's visual identity so we want blue *at least* as a secondary color > (usually is the primary color). > The concept which I have in my head is raster based work thus I would welcome if anybody can give me any hints about recommended resolution(s). I am thinking about two side screen theme which can be then sliced (cropped) into smaller formats and single screen size. Or even better, I would like to know the maximal X and Y size of the largest possible screen (probably a dual screen?) and then ratios/proportions of other smaller formats (like 3:4, 5:9 ... etc) Then I will use the biggest size times 2 or 3 as a base for my concept (so it will be always downsized and possibly even cropped in the end). > > > 4) I did not have a chance to follow theme discussion for F13. Is there > > any limitation/recommendation about what should/should-not be depicted > > in F13 wallpaper? > > Feel free to try anything in the "concept" stage, we planned to try > something matching the release code name "Goddard", so space or > rocketry, but this is not a *must*, just a starting point, we can end > with something completely unrelated. > > > 5) Is it important which SW is used to create F wallpaper? In other > > words, does it matter if Photoshop is used? (I don't want to start flame > > wars, I just did not have enough time to learn GIMP better so far, also > > I am not sure whether my good-old Wacom Artpad will work with Fedora. I > > use Fedora as a SW developer on a daily basis but did not use it before > > as a graphic designer...) > > We don't forbid certain tools, just *encourage* the the tools which can > be used on Fedora. However, we *require* open formats and source > availability, so no matter which application is used, if it is raster > you have to provide an .xcf and if it is vector you must provide a .svg > I quickly checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCF_%28file_format%29 and it reads: "The use of XCF as a data interchange format is not recommended by the GIMP developers..." However, I am fine with this as it seems that there is no better option wrt established open standard for raster images right now. > > Just give a try to your tablet, my old Graphire works flawlessly, the > tablet support in F12 is really good. > > -- > nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > Regards, Lukas
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