[ubuntu-art] usplash pics

[Kenneth Wimer]

On May 17, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Troy James Sobotka wrote:

> --- Ken Said ---
> The problems I see with this whole thing is this:
>
> A pic, when rendered from vector with a decent editor, anti-aliases
> differently at different sizes. Every time the thing is scaled you
> loose quality (unless you are just really, really lucky). So, making
> bigger pics is easy but they are only loosely related to other
> versions of the same pic (when it comes to the anti-aliasing) and
> therefor not the best determiner as to the quality of anti-aliasing.
> ---
>
> _Anyone_ who has done art in a digital medium knows this.
>

Erm, I would hope so, but sadly this is not always the case.

> What I have suggested is that you scale the image after you
> shrink it merely for viewing in the proper aspect ratio.
>
> Further, what we are talking about here is 80 lines of 1:1
> resolution stretched from the 640x400 antialised image.  If
> you use even the most rudimentary of scalers, it should
> approximate close enough.
>
> Again, the 'stretched' version is what the final usplash
> will be based on.
>
> Sorry if I didn't make that clear.  It simply makes viewing
> what it will look like in the final product one step
> closer to reality.
>
>

Now I understand, I think...

  Unless I misunderstood something again, you are suggesting to judge  
the design based upon the "normal" image (not pre-scaled) and to  
judge the anti-aliasing and other more technical issues based on the  
pre-scaled version. If this is correct, I totally agree :-)

Bye,
Ken