On 3 Dec 2004 11:08:46 +0100, Andreas Waechter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I usually don't care for the splash screen, so I won't judge > on it. > > But when I looked through the images, there were some I > really disliked - NOT for the graphical ability, just for > the motive. [...]
Besides the motive, there is another thing that has not been mentioned so far about the splash screens: if you look at the history of previous splash screens (available from http://www.gimp.org/about/splash/), you will see that there is a difference between the splash screens for stable releases and the ones used during the development cycle. - For the development releases, many splash screens were based on photos and had a slightly humorous tone (references to bugs, crashes, etc.) - For stable releases, the images are generated entirely within the GIMP. Those who pay attention to them can try to guess how some filters, gradients, patterns, fonts and so on were used to create the final image. We do not have to follow the same tradition as for the previous stable releases and I think that some of the splash screens based on manipulated photos are very nice. But personally, I prefer the splash screens in which the original photo (if any was used) has been modified in some significant way instead of having simply been inserted into the existing layers. Of course, I don't want to influence the judges... ;) IMHO, IANAJ (I am not a judge), etc. -Rapha�l _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
