[ubuntu-art] Before we vote...

2006-05-16 Thread Michiel Sikma
I'd like to bring something up again. Why are there so many smooth engine skins in the proposed internal package? I feel as though we only need one, anyway, so we might as well move one of the eye-candy external skins to the internal skin proposal list. Ubuntulooks Quicksilver, for

Re: [ubuntu-art] Updated Minimalistic, patching usplash, sources

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Done, https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/44990 signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ugly Usplash: GONE!

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, do you have a .deb to test your artwork ?? Étienne. signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Before we vote...

2006-05-16 Thread Billy
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 11:50 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: I'd like to bring something up again. Why are there so many smooth engine skins in the proposed internal package? I feel as though we only need one, anyway, so we might as well move one of the eye-candy external skins to the

[ubuntu-art] usplash pics

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I made an SVG based on Viper550's work; played around a bit adding more gradients and also a bit of a 3d effect. I added it to the wiki page, even though it is not really a new design (thought it would be better there than posting it here). Oh, and in my pic the reflection is not

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
On Mon, 2006-15-05 at 23:55 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: The logo does not have to be perfect, it just has to look *great* given the medium. Seems to me that the medium dictates that we must keep the palette simple considering the color range. An extremely dense palette also permits the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 16, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: On Mon, 2006-15-05 at 23:55 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: The logo does not have to be perfect, it just has to look *great* given the medium. Seems to me that the medium dictates that we must keep the palette simple considering the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash debate

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Mark, can you explain me why usplash artwork are flatten ? Also how to get a usable .so ? I wrote a Makefile that handle quite well the build and install process of splashes. Is it wrong ? Is there any doc about making usplash theme ? UsplashCustomizationHowto seems to have problems according to

[ubuntu-art] Formal Wiki Centralization?

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
This might seem out of place, but I really would appreciate some direction on where the current leadership is going with the art. One centralized Wiki page for Dapper would be wonderful. It might already exist, but it certainly isn't the easiest thing to find. What I am hoping for is

[ubuntu-art] Re: Before we vote...

2006-05-16 Thread Who
On 5/16/06, Michiel Sikma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to bring something up again. Why are there so many smooth engine skins in the proposed internal package? I feel as though we only need one, anyway, so we might as well move one of the eye-candy Please note the 'Real' meaning of

Re: [ubuntu-art] Voting for Dapper Themes

2006-05-16 Thread Who
On 5/15/06, Guilherme Salgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 12:30:05AM +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Who wrote: What next? I couldn't see how to make a poll on Launchpad... Who If you go there, NOT logged in, it states.. log in as

[ubuntu-art] Re: Before we vote...

2006-05-16 Thread Michiel Sikma
Who wrote: On 5/16/06, Michiel Sikma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to bring something up again. Why are there so many smooth engine skins in the proposed internal package? I feel as though we only need one, anyway, so we might as well move one of the eye-candy Please note the 'Real'

[ubuntu-art] Suggestion: Orangify The Default Desktop

2006-05-16 Thread Lukas Sabota
Hello! There are a few icons that are displayed on the default desktop. I'll list them here: Applications Mozilla-Firefox Evolution Log out Show Desktop Trash My idea is to theme some of these icons orange. Here is a suggestion for each of these: Applications - Already Orange Mozilla Firefox -

Re: [ubuntu-art] Firefox Human theme 0.1 released

2006-05-16 Thread Viper550
If you refer to the new orange arrows instead of green, he's already done that for 0.2 and 0.3 Viper550 -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Firefox Human theme 0.1 released

2006-05-16 Thread Lukas Sabota
No, I'm referring to the round icons a la nautilus with human iconset. God bless, Lukas On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 16:19 -0400, Viper550 wrote: If you refer to the new orange arrows instead of green, he's already done that for 0.2 and 0.3 Viper550 -- ubuntu-art mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-art] Firefox Human theme 0.1 released

2006-05-16 Thread Frank Schoep
On Tuesday 16 May 2006 22:26, Lukas Sabota wrote: No, I'm referring to the round icons a la nautilus with human iconset. Try setting use small icons in the Firefox toolbar. Human only provides 16x16 versions of these arrows, my script wants 24x24 for a normal toolbar. There's a huge list of

Re: [ubuntu-art] Where are the scalable icons?

2006-05-16 Thread Who
On 5/16/06, Lukas Sabota [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Ubuntu-artwork does not seem to provide any scalable (SVG) icons. This makes the Stretch Icon button in nautilus pretty much useless. I have filed a bug here: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-artwork/+bug/34399 Are

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, Ok the page is a bit of a nightmare to scroll thru. Is there any way to set up a tabled thumbnail of the splashes? You're right. I did it for my usplash cause i can host them. That's so crazy to see so many propositions in so few times. Just open the correct wikipage and let's go :)

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
On wo, 2006-05-17 at 00:23 +0200, Étienne Bersac wrote: I don't start with a 640x400 image ??? Do you mean that usplash use 640x400 picture scaled up to 640x480 screen (if vga16fb is used) ? I will test and tell you. Sort-of: vga16fb is a 640x400 screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio. So you indeed

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On May 17, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: Building on this momentum, anyone want to helm building a cohesive wiki page with the desktop contributions (thumbnails) splash and usplash thumbnails? Nice work guys. A little warning though -- some of those 640x400 images will NOT

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
FYI, if you don't already know this, start with a 640x480 image and scale it down to 640x400. That should get you the correct aspect ratio. Hehe, I had this discussion already with someone else :-) You only loose information when doing it as you suggest. The correct way is to

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, 1) Obtain an optimum 16 color palette via careful scrunching. 2) Import the palette via Gimp's palette tool. 3) Scuttle the palette entries around in accordance with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USplashCustomizationHowto?highlight=%28usplash% 29 4) Re-work the working image down to a 16

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hello, Here is how I do it...the first part probably makes no sense, but I am used to doing it that way :-) 1) Create a basic 640x480 pic with the correct branding, etc. as vector. 2) scale that down to 640x400 3) add extra highlights, glow and shadows as appropriate 4) save a pic as

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
This is a great discussion. I'm always interested in other's approaches... --- Ken Wimer said: --- 1) Create a basic 640x480 pic with the correct branding, etc. as vector. 2) scale that down to 640x400 3) add extra highlights, glow and shadows as appropriate 4) save a pic as 24bit png 5) change

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash contributions

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
On Wed, 2006-17-05 at 02:44 +0200, Étienne Bersac wrote: I followed youre step to manually implement Gimp palette drag'n'drop ;) [attached], That may have set up the right palette, but that didn't make my splash viewable ! I wonder why do is see nothing at the screen. Yep. Like I said.

[ubuntu-art] New Default About Me Icon

2006-05-16 Thread Lukas Sabota
Currently, the default About me icon is a little tiny white guy. This does not scale well, and looks very poor on the Lock Screen dialog. I've attached a (quick) image that could replace the little white guy: the Ubuntu logo. This is a 64x64 png image, unlike the 32x32 white guy that is

[ubuntu-art] pngtobogl problem?

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
OK: ubuntu-logo-light.640x400.png (640x400, 4-bit colormap, non-interlaced, 98.5 %). OK: usplash-artwork.png (640x400, 4-bit colormap, non-interlaced, 98.5%). That is the output I just tested on a couple of pngs that are failing in good old pngtobogl conversion. Looks to me that four bits is a

[ubuntu-art] pngtobogl SOLVED

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Ok... for those of you frantically trying to make the best Ubuntu optimized usplash with Gimp, you will need to use imagemagick's convert function to avoid the pgn being stuck with an extra transparency color index. Save your palette optimized image into a bmp format. Use imagemagick's convert

[ubuntu-art] usplash wiki update

2006-05-16 Thread Troy James Sobotka
I took some initiative and thumbnailed all of the work at the usplash proposal portion of the Wiki. You can find it here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/DapperPropositions Hopefully we can arrange a like Wiki page for wallpapers, splashes, etc. -- ubuntu-art mailing list