[ubuntu-art] QUESTION: usplash

[Kenneth Wimer]

Hi all,

AFAIK, this is the correct info for pretty much all technical needs  
for the usplash from an artist point of view. It goes into detail  
about other splash mechanisms as well.

http://help.ubuntu.com/community/USplashCustomizationHowto

On Jul 8, 2006, at 12:37 AM, Troy James Sobotka wrote:

> Perhaps Frank or Ken could answer this.  It was
> general enough that I believe it is of interest
> to the general list:
>
> Q) Are there any compositional considerations for
>    the current implementation of usplash.  For example,
>    is there a reserved area on the screen for text
>    or something else?  If so, what are the dimensions
>    and coordinates?
>
> Q) Should we assume that the target is still 640x400
>    in 16 colours scaled to the resolution of the destination
>    computer?  Is this scaling universal in aspect ratio,
>    or does it depend on the destination computer's
>    resolution?
>

This is the only question not answered on that page, unless I missed  
something. The idea is this:

We make a pic which is 640x400 but will be shown most often at  
640x480. Yes, we could get into discussions about how it works on  
everyones' systems, but let's avoid that. There is a good reason that  
things are done this way, and if you want a spanking, we can get a  
developer to scream it at us :-)

I only have Macs at home, some boot funky scaled, some boot in a  
small portion of the screen, so I understand the problems but,  
generally speaking, this method is correct for *most* computers. I  
have a *bit* of experience with splash's during boot (I co-authored  
the first linux bootsplash) and I have to say that I agree with this  
decision from a development side, given the situation and decisions  
made. It works on all platforms and run in user space, "out of the  
box" and without any problems, except the restrictions for the  
artwork and interface :-)

Bye,
Ken