[ubuntu-art] Animated logo

[Ryan Prior]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 17:23 +0200, Steve Dodier wrote:
>
>> I don't see the point of using Flash (closed and proprietary
>> technology) for the Logo of an openSource OS. I think you should be
>> able to do the same with some SVG and JavaScript, or with an animated
>> GIF.
>
> GIF would be terrible inefficient.
>
> SVG and JavaScript means you don't have a decent authoring environment.
> While it is not given this had been created using Flash, that tool makes
> it straightforward like no free software does.


I agree with Thorsten's sentiment: Flash is perhaps the best and
definitely the most widely used tool right now for creating animations
such as this.

I see two actions being of benefit to us:
* Test the animation with the Gnash Free Software Flash player
(http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/). If the animation does not work
with Gnash, file a bug and see that they fix it. This should be
repeated with all Flash artwork we produce.
* Those with the needed expertise and tools can re-implement Flash
animations using different methods such as SVG + Javascript. When we
do this and publicize the resulting artwork, we demonstrate that there
are artists who need tools to do this and we expand the body of
available animated SVG artwork available, removing the "but it doesn't
exist yet so why should we support it" argument that some implementers
make.

Thanks for creating the animation, Jimmbo! I like the feel and flow of
it and I also have one non-artistic request: can you make it say
Ubuntu GNU/Linux, or just Ubuntu, rather than Ubuntu Linux?