Aleksandar, You are welcome and like I said in a reply to one of your emails the Autumn Season banners did inspire me to do something that I'm not sure that we have done before. I am almost done with it, the problem is that I do not own the software that I am making it in and am making it at school. I know of an open source alternative, but to be honest I just found it and it NEEDS A LOT of work for me to even think about using it. I hope to have something that I can show the team by this Saturday, for that is the next time I will go to DeVry.
Just wanted you to know that you did inspire someone to do something new and different. Andrew On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Aleksandar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > I want to thank you all for your support. I read all your emails and this > was great experience so far. > Tobias, I understand your point but please note one thing, my time is (and > will probably be this year) > very limited so I don't have time to create graphic in gimp/inkscape from > start. > I used gimp before and would like to use it again and I know about > inkscape, > it's always great to learn > something new,new tool,new language etc. and it's not problem to work with > these tools but as I said > I am currently very busy and time doesn't allow me to do all that things. > My idea was to inspire people to create better graphic, to motivate them. > > I was aware about problem you are talking about. As Christoph said: > > Why do I say that? Because Aleksandar told me about his tools preference > > in advance - and as long is able to read PSD files to a certain extend, > > we should aim for "data exchange compatibility", not "tools > > compatibility". I've heard many designers who simply prefer to stick > > with their tools ... > > I sent him email to see will this be a problem. I was happy to join > Libreoffice > project and tried to create something new and fresh but I also knew that > using > commercial software can be problem in opensource community. I wanted to see > can I post my work here so other can see it and maybe create better graphic > or get > new ideas. This part of email I sent to Christoph (just my part that can be > shown in > public,I respect others privacy): > >I have one very important question. [bold] *I work with Photoshop and all > graphic I created * > *>is done with Photoshop. *[/bold] Will that be a problem? > > and > > >Also, it's not problem for me to upload and send you files but as I said > all work is done in Photoshop and would > >like to hear from you will that be a problem. > > I showed that I am interested in this problem and that I wouldn't post > any > work that > others can see as problem in opensource community. I just wanted to offer > my > time > and experience. > > > My idea was to post some new things on my wiki page and inspire people > to create new graphic for LibreOffice project, to share it with friends and > to have > something "cool" to show them about LibreOffice. Just that. You don't need > to use > it,share it or do anything with it if you don't like it. > I was inspired and wanted to share that ideas with others. > > David,Andrew,Sveinn i Felli,Christoph, thanks for your kind emails. These > kind of email motivates me to > work harder and to help opensource projects. Thanks > > > Where have I seen this before... > http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/happy-birthday-libreoffice.html > > > > ^_^ > > Thanks Daniel, it's always great to see LibreOffice in the news ;) > > I have also posted some new things and ideas on my wiki page: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:See > > > I have so many things to say but this email is already way too long. > Thank you for your time, > Aleksandar > > > > 2011/9/29 Daniel Merker <[email protected]> > > > Where have I seen this before... > > http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/happy-birthday-libreoffice.html > > > > ^_^ > > > > Daniel Merker > > Computer Engineering Graduate Student > > Wayne State University > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tobias Bernard [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:52 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-design] New web banners. Feedback? > > > > hi > > > > maybe there have been some misunderstandings, i had no intention to > "flame" > > anyone and think aleksandar is doing a great job. > > but as i already said and others too mentioned, it *is* a problem, when > > design is done with proprietary software and no soures are available in a > > standard format (in our case SVG). > > > > i agree that everyone has his favourite tools and is free to use what he > > wants, but if that means it is not possible changing these files using > free > > software, someone should at least be aware of that and the problems it > > causes. after that it's up to everyone to decide for his own what he > wants > > to use, but if he decides to use proprietary software, he should at least > > export the source file to an open format (SVG if possible) everyone can > open > > and edit. > > > > in aleksandars case there is kind of a problem doing that, because ps is > a > > raster graphics editor, so i don't really know which possibilities there > > are. btw psd import in gimp is horrible for complex designs. that's not > > gimps fault, it's because psd is a proprietary format, but it is no > solution > > for us. > > in any way, i highly recommend everyone to use free software from the > very > > beginning, so we don't have to deal with such problems in the future. > > > > tobias > > > > > > 2011/9/28 David Nelson <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > Sorry, but I disagree with criticising Aleksandar like this. > > > > > > 1) We need creative people doing work for our project. I don't really > > > care what he uses, as long as the format of the source files is > > > accessible. Sure, it would be great if he was using Gimp or Inkscape, > > > but Photoshop can output files that can be read with those programs, > > > and Gimp can read .psd. > > > > > > 2) We all have our favorite tools. I run Linux 24/7 on my system, but > > > I always keep a copy of Photoshop 6/ImageReady installed using > > > Wine/Crossover Office, simply because I know how to easily do things > > > with them that *can* be done with Gimp but only in a more round-about > > > manner. Plus, there are things that Gimp and Photoshop each do > > > slightly better or worse than the other. > > > > > > So I think Aleksandar should be left to use what tools he wants. You > > > do know that Photoshop is a *very* commonly-used tool among graphic > > > artists, right? > > > > > > So can we stop the flaming in this thread about tools? > > > > > > Tobias,Vitorio, when I the same real productive output for the > > > LibreOffice project from you guys as Aleksandar has contributed, then > > > you can start bitching. Until then, please let the guy work in peace. > > > > > > Thanks. ;-) > > > > > > -- > > > David Nelson > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > > Problems? > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > Posting guidelines + more: > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
