On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:17 pm, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > We need six wallpapers for the calendar. I would really love to see a > calendar where there's a common red thread through all six images. > Ideally users should be looking forward to see the next calendar image.
Do these need to be photographs of people, or just anything? > The closest thing you get to this is transparent SVG wallpapers. They > allow you to set background colors or gradients behind the image. I like SVGs for they have a major advantage in that field, however I think pixmap edited and created graphics also have a purpose. Both SVG and PNG/JPEG graphics should ideally be included as part of the Breezy artwork release. > Ideally I'd like every wallpaper (also calendar work) to be a > transparent SVG so that they would go with all GTK themes. Actually this > is exactly why I don't use the current calendar images. They are brown, > but my GTK theme uses blue highlighting... - Looks weird. Transparent > SVGs would solve this. Agreed, however not everyone knows what an SVG is, how to change the background gradient and/or colour. I think the safest and most userfriendly way to go is provide both SVG and pixmap artwork (especially in terms of wallpapers). > The downside to transparent SVGs is that it's harder to incorporate > photographs. - It's still doable though. I've also run into some trouble > with gradients. Check bug: > https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16025 Photographs are next to impossible to convert into an SVG. Of course potrace does a fine job, but then it is no longer really a photograph. Taking a look at what needs to be done - Shipped: Three or four _really_ different wallpapers. Not just the ubuntu logo in different layouts. Maybe targeting different user groups. Suggested types of wallpapers: - Children (Colours, cute cartoons. As a last resort we could use one from Edubuntu) - Teenagers (Go for cool factor. See fx. http://art.ubuntu.com/images/backgrounds/Ubuntu-UbuntuGlasses_1600x1200.jpg) - Abstract (like http://art.ubuntu.com/download/backgrounds/ubuntu/3/swirls.svg) - Realistic (a reworked photo or something) Some of those would be quite difficult to make as SVGs. I think we should include a variety of artwork, ranging from realistic (the reworked - if at all - photos), to stuff for the younger users, but also in not only SVG but PNG/JPEGs as well. > Cheers > Mikkel My 2 cents. :o) Have a nice weekend all Pascal Klein -- Cheerio. Pascal Klein Wombat - [http://wombat.nuxified.com] -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
