Frank Schoep wrote:
On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Viper550 wrote:
Étienne Bersac wrote:
This is not the produce phase. This is the polish phase. We should just
improve troy_s wallpaper.
Oh great, why didn't you use SVG? There is no open-source version of
Xara for Windows, and I usually do all my graphics design on Windows!
Whoops...
I'm sorry for the confusion guys, let me clear this up.
Étienne, I can certainly understand your point of view where the
Polish phase means trying to improve Troy's current design. However,
because Mark doesn't approve the current artwork we need to work on a
very different design given a new set of directions. So the "Polish"
phase is actually a short version of the whole process we went through
already.
This means that Viper550 is doing the right thing in trying to come up
with new designs conforming to Mark's directions. Because of the name
"Polish" it's easy to get confused about the meaning right now, so I
hope this clears it up.
The second thing about the Xara format: I think it's not a bad thing
that Troy used Xara for his design. There are some tricks in there
which are not easily created in Inkscape so it makes sense to use
Xara. With Xara being open source and the file format being properly
documented the future for that format looks bright.
I can understand the problem of availability on Windows, so it's
obvious we should prefer Inkscape. However, there are a lot of people
on the team using Linux who are able to use Xara open-source. Maybe
you could try the free VMWare Player to install Ubuntu in a virtual
machine on your Windows installation to enjoy the best of both worlds?
Your questions and comments are welcome, I'll be here to take away any
confusion regarding our current directions.
With kind regards,
Frank Schoep
I'm just concerned because my Linux machine (FC5) isn't as powerful as
my main computer. My main has Windows XP, 512 MB ram, and a Athlon XP
processor. But my older computer has 256 MB ram, Windows XP and Fedora
Core 5, and the Athlon Thunderbird (pretty much the Athlon version of a
Pentium III). Also, it's just that for some reason, they don't have a
version of the open-source version for Windows XP (you pretty much have
to buy it if you want it for Windows right now)
Also, I agree with what Frank just said. I was following almost EXACTLY
with the guidelines you gave (modeling it after the Dapper Gnome Splash).
p.s. I've attached the SVG source if anyone wants it. I've also added a
new subpage to the Polish section with my wallpaper on it!
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Polish/Incoming/Viper550
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