infinity kde ksplash theme needed

[Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek]

Dnia 26.10.2007 22:38:31, Chitlesh GOORAH napisał(a):
> On 10/19/07, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Having both a fedora-branded and brandless version of the theme
> would be
> > ideal.  Any assistance greatly appreciated as well as likely 
> getting
> you an
> > adult (or not) beverage of your choice when/if I ever meet you at
> any
> > fedora or red hat event.  :)
> 
> My motivations -> I would like to have a fedora kplash instead of a
> kde's on FEL
> 
> Following the discussion with Rex and Kevin on #fedora-kde which
> ultimately tuned to #fedora-art, there are the constraints:
>  * have a proper color gradient from the splash_top to splash
> active/inactive bar
>  * the actual inactive/active bar is with echo icons but fedora's kde
> uses crystal icons by default
>  * not enough time before F8
> 
> Based on the above, I've got my hands dirty and created :
>  http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/art/splash_top.png
> 
> the complete preview:
>  http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/art/preview.png
> 
> a screencast (poor quality)
> http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/art/screen1.ogg
> 
> What I did ?
> Took the rhgb image and scaled it to 400*248
> then from the color of the active/inactive bar I've created a
> gradient.
> 
> 
> Kevin's comments:
> [22:20:23] <Kevin_Kofler> I think it's a good idea, but the color
> transition somehow looks artificial.
> [22:20:50] <Kevin_Kofler> Maybe a combination of recoloring both the
> top and the bottom by a small amount (small enough not to look
> recolored, large enough to get closer to each other) and a smoother
> gradient can make it look better?
> [22:21:14] <Kevin_Kofler> But I have almost zero artwork experience
> and not a good sense of aesthetics. ;-)
> [22:21:33] <Kevin_Kofler> So an actual artwork designer can probably
> make it look better.
> 
> 
> Michael's comments
> [22:14:52] <tw2113> for some reason, i want to see the inifity lines 
> a
> little bit more
> [22:15:05] <tw2113> i kind of think they blend in a little bit too
> much
> [22:15:57] <tw2113> other than that, i don't see much that i'd change
> 
> I'm not an artist and I agree with them.
> It's a bit artificial and I hope an artist could do some final touch.
> http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/art/kde-splash.png.svg
> 
> Can any artist in here, add the blue gradient like on the preview.png
> and at the same time bring the lines of the infinity theme forward
> please (as soon as possible) ?
> 
> Jakub, I've no intention to take over your proposal. If you like my
> proposal, please do take the lead :)
> 
> regards,
> Chitlesh
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What should I say, its gorgeous :) .

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Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek
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