Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-31 Thread Mark
> OK, then is out from Art hands and have to be asked on either desktop or > devel it such a patch would be accepted. If the patch is accepted, we > already have the background PNG. forwarded to devel ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@red

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-31 Thread Nicu Buculei
Mark wrote: Well i'm not counting on it to leave for F9.. And i looked over the c coding of splash.c and it can't be hard to patch it to use a image instead.. but a harder thing might be that the background needs to fit the screen so you need to check and see if the screen is widescreen or not a

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-31 Thread Mark
> I don't think RHGB is technically able to use a PNG as background, only > a solid color, and with it going to die anyway (hopefully in F9), there > is little reason to patch, otherwise, indeed, RHGB would look better > with a textured background. Well i'm not counting on it to leave for F9.. And

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-30 Thread Nicu Buculei
Mark wrote: And a idea for the boot theme as well as GDM and the desktop background. Why not set the same background image everywhere? that gives fedora a nice uniform look. and with everywhere i mean the boot progress (RHGB) background as well!! not just one default color. Than use the main-logo

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-30 Thread Mark
And a idea for the boot theme as well as GDM and the desktop background. Why not set the same background image everywhere? that gives fedora a nice uniform look. and with everywhere i mean the boot progress (RHGB) background as well!! not just one default color. Than use the main-logo.png image for

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-30 Thread Mark
Hey, With the last update round i got a new Fedora boot theme. Here is some feedback on that theme. First of all i like almost everything alot except the fedora logo itself. it somehow doesn't fit in the boot theme. Or the logo itself needs be be made a little more 3d? or with a little more effec

Re: Fedora Infinity Lighter Touch(was Re: Fedora Infinity Update)

2007-08-15 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Think less bling and even more minimalistic with more muted coloring: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes/Infinity/Round3Scratch#head-0a9599c1325bcd011a560deee06efb1f6e5314a1 Is this too corporate-looking? I like the absolute minimalism from "Lighter Touch"

Re: Fedora Infinity Lighter Touch(was Re: Fedora Infinity Update)

2007-08-15 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 04:03 -0400, Máirí­n Duffy wrote: > Think less bling and even more minimalistic with more muted coloring: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes/Infinity/Round3Scratch#head-0a9599c1325bcd011a560deee06efb1f6e5314a1 > > Is this too corporate-looking? A bit too min

Fedora Infinity Lighter Touch(was Re: Fedora Infinity Update)

2007-08-15 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Hey folks, I've been playing around with the Fedora Infinity wallpaper this weekend trying to get something I felt really comfortable with because I felt that what we had at the end of round 2 just didn't have the level of polish and 'bling' I think we were hoping for.

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-14 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: I've been playing around with the Fedora Infinity wallpaper this weekend trying to get something I felt really comfortable with because I felt that what we had at the end of round 2 just didn't have the level of polish and 'bling' I think we were hoping for. Anyway this

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-14 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 02:33 -0400, Máirí­n Duffy wrote: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes/Infinity/Round3Scratch > > What do you think? Honestly, I *really* like the fourth image on that page. So much so that I'm using it for my current background. Change the purple to dark blue an

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le mardi 14 août 2007 à 10:26 +0530, Rahul Sundaram a écrit : > Not asking anyone to reject Purple. Just pointing out that it is already > being used predominantly in another distribution and that to a extend > invalidates the argument that people dont like purple as a color. Do Note I was obj

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Michael Beckwith
I see what Rahul is saying. He's not saying that we shouldn't use purple cause Gentoo does, he's saying that because Gentoo does, we shouldn't shy away from the color. On 8/13/07, Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Máirí­n Duffy wrote: > > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> Máirí­n Duffy wrote:

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Rahul Sundaram wrote: Máirí­n Duffy wrote: This sounds like a bit of an urban myth? I've never heard of this and I've a design degree - I would love to know where you've heard this? Purple is the Gentoo color. See http://gentoo.org including their icon theme. Isn't

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Máirí­n Duffy wrote: This sounds like a bit of an urban myth? I've never heard of this and I've a design degree - I would love to know where you've heard this? Purple is the Gentoo color. See http://gentoo.org including their icon theme. Isn't it kind of silly to re

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: This sounds like a bit of an urban myth? I've never heard of this and I've a design degree - I would love to know where you've heard this? Purple is the Gentoo color. See http://gentoo.org including their icon theme. Rahul

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Michael Beckwith
Very good revision here. There are some very strong leading lines all over the place that all converge towards where the ghosted lines join and lead you up. The limited purple as well as the star field stuff help highlight the area. On 8/13/07, Máirín Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael B

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Dimitris Glezos
O/H Máirín Duffy έγραψε: > Martin Sourada wrote: >> I put together in gimp some different colour variants of the fourth >> wallpaper, as I like that one most of all. The purple somehow reminds me >> of Christmas - not a good thing in the middle of summer :-D... So I made >> in inkscape two blue gra

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Máirín Duffy
Martin Sourada wrote: I put together in gimp some different colour variants of the fourth wallpaper, as I like that one most of all. The purple somehow reminds me of Christmas - not a good thing in the middle of summer :-D... So I made in inkscape two blue gradients (brigther and darker) and in g

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Máirín Duffy
Michael Beckwith wrote: I honestly like the last one that Mairin did with the rays of light. When I first saw it, the impression I had was that of a ghosted roller coaster track, taking us up and off the wallpaper, as if going into the infinite abyss above. In a lot of ways that's what the chos

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Christopher David Desjardins
I quite like the Infinitelines-overlay2 myself. The Inifinitelines-divide reminds me of Ubuntu. The first overlap is nice too just doesn't seem to have as much breadth and fullness as the 2nd. On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 16:09 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > I put together in gimp some different colou

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Michael Beckwith
I honestly like the last one that Mairin did with the rays of light. When I first saw it, the impression I had was that of a ghosted roller coaster track, taking us up and off the wallpaper, as if going into the infinite abyss above. In a lot of ways that's what the chosen theme is about anyway. Ta

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Lun 13 août 2007 16:09, Martin Sourada a écrit : > I put together in gimp some different colour variants of the fourth > wallpaper, Yellow! Yummy -- Nicolas Mailhot ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.co

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Martin Sourada
I put together in gimp some different colour variants of the fourth wallpaper, as I like that one most of all. The purple somehow reminds me of Christmas - not a good thing in the middle of summer :-D... So I made in inkscape two blue gradients (brigther and darker) and in gimp desaturated the orig

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Lun 13 août 2007 14:05, Máirí­n Duffy a écrit : > Ah okay. I am intending to add a lot more of the darker blue color to > the gradient anyway but was just curious because this is just > something > I've not ever heard. Was it the same shade of purple? Or was it a more > violet / reddish-hued p

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Nicolas Mailhot wrote: In a previous life I helped organise an event. We organised a competition to choose the picture that would appear on brochures, leaflets, ads, etc The design winner was purplish (with a bluish gradient, just like your mokups). The print shop warned us this was not a popula

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Lun 13 août 2007 13:22, Máirí­n Duffy a écrit : > This sounds like a bit of an urban myth? I've never heard of this and > I've a design degree - I would love to know where you've heard this? In a previous life I helped organise an event. We organised a competition to choose the picture that w

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Nicolas Mailhot wrote: Le Lun 13 août 2007 08:47, Jiri Jakub Masek a écrit : Hi Máirín, I like them, the fourth is the best, the third looks good but I can't accept the perspective of *pyramid steps*, it needs more work on dimensions to look naturally, I think... I'm afraid I'm going to compla

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Hey folks, I've been playing around with the Fedora Infinity wallpaper this weekend trying to get something I felt really comfortable with because I felt that what we had at the end of round 2 just didn't have the level of polish and 'bling' I think

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Lun 13 août 2007 08:47, Jiri Jakub Masek a écrit : > Hi Máirín, I like them, the fourth is the best, the third looks good > but I > can't accept the perspective of *pyramid steps*, it needs more work on > dimensions to look naturally, I think... I'm afraid I'm going to complain about colours a

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Hey folks, I've been playing around with the Fedora Infinity wallpaper this weekend trying to get something I felt really comfortable with because I felt that what we had at the end of round 2 just didn't have the level of polish and 'bling' I think we were hoping for.

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Perhaps you should make the bridge a little bit abstract or subtle. The last background feels strange as the rays look distracting. -- Luya Tshimbalanga * Thinking too much like Fundamental Design class * Fedora Project contributor http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/LuyaTshimbalanga

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-13 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirí­n Duffy wrote: Hey folks, I've been playing around with the Fedora Infinity wallpaper this weekend trying to get something I felt really comfortable with because I felt that what we had at the end of round 2 just didn't have the level of polish and 'bling' I think we were hoping for.

Re: Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-12 Thread Jiri Jakub Masek
Hi Máirín, I like them, the fourth is the best, the third looks good but I can't accept the perspective of *pyramid steps*, it needs more work on dimensions to look naturally, I think... JJM 2007/8/13, Máirí­n Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hey folks, > > I've been playing around with the Fedora

Fedora Infinity Update

2007-08-12 Thread Máirí­n Duffy
Hey folks, I've been playing around with the Fedora Infinity wallpaper this weekend trying to get something I felt really comfortable with because I felt that what we had at the end of round 2 just didn't have the level of polish and 'bling' I think we were hoping for. Anyway this is what I