The moon looks much more realistic now, thank you! I also like the fact
that the image isn't over-sharpened like the old one. I also like the
added contrast to the image as a whole - the colors look better.
I'm not sure about Orion, though. To me, Meissa looks too large. Rigel
should be more blue. Some of the other, dimmer stars look too large as
well. They're kind of distracting. Maybe remove some of them?
Other than this, this is an amazing improvement! Thank you!
-- Brian
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Johan Meuris <johan.meu...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> it's been a while but I revisited the icon with your comments in mind.
> Old version:
> http://johanmeuris.eu/images/stellarium/new-stellarium-icon-sizes.png
> New version:
> http://johanmeuris.eu/images/stellarium/new-stellarium-icon-sizes-v2.png
>
> Please let me know what you think, and sorry for not getting back to this
> earlier!
>
> Thanks,
> Johan
>
>
> On 6 June 2012 09:14, Brady Brenot <br...@brenot.ca> wrote:
>
>> I like the earthshine, but I think the eclipse look comes from that
>> combined with the stylized crescent shape (the curve of an actual crescent
>> moon looks more parabolic than spherical).
>> On Jun 4, 2012 2:54 PM, "Johan Meuris" <johan.meu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the reply Bogdan,
>>>
>>> With the entire moon showing, I'm suggesting earthshine, where the moon
>>> is lit by light reflected off earth. I like the effect in real life, that's
>>> why. I hadn't made the eclipse connection, but you're right, it does look
>>> like it.
>>>
>>> I'll try some things to counter the general flatness of the icon, but I
>>> don't really mind it. Stellarium is a window to the sky, and the icon
>>> should describe that.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Johan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2 June 2012 16:13, Bogdan Marinov <daggers...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Johan Meuris <johan.meu...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi people,
>>>> >
>>>> > I've started work on an update of the Stellarium icon, mainly because
>>>> the
>>>> > current version doesn't have the high-res versions that are possible
>>>> in new
>>>> > operating systems and app stores/markets. Alexander made me aware of
>>>> this
>>>> > problem.
>>>> > An updated splash screen will probably be based on this as well.
>>>> >
>>>> > The icon is not svg based though almost all shapes are defined as
>>>> vectors, I
>>>> > prefer the control Photoshop allows when it comes to sharpening,
>>>> gradients
>>>> > and so on for the final raster image export.
>>>> > The base template is from the Android style guidelines.
>>>> >
>>>> > A look at a few different sizes:
>>>> > http://johanmeuris.eu/images/stellarium/new-stellarium-icon-sizes.png
>>>> >
>>>> > Ideas are welcome. I will be taking a look at some tab icons too, and
>>>> I hope
>>>> > to help with the Android port.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your effort!
>>>>
>>>> The new icon looks good, though there is something that bothers me and
>>>> I can't quite describe. An attempt:
>>>>
>>>> It looks somewhat flat. I don't know why. The Moon also looks flat,
>>>> but in this case I think I know why. Is the crescent supposed to be a
>>>> moon phase, or the moon during an eclipse? Because it looks like the
>>>> second case - the shadow looks like Earth's shadow being cast on the
>>>> Moon.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bogdan Marinov
>>>>
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