color theme poll again

[Vincent]

I'd go for a semi-transparent background image, just as some Xfce default
ones, and set the colour theme to the one chosen. Then we could have a
separate poll for the background image, and this poll wouldn't be influenced
by that.

On 18/04/06, j Mak <joz_mak at yahoo.ca> wrote:
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> *Matthew Kuiken <matt.kuiken at verizon.net>* wrote:
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> j Mak wrote:
> > If you compare small artworks the colors doesn't seem too be too
> distinct, but in terms of their overall effect, they make a big difference.
> Gray and the Tango aluminium color scheme, for instance, produce two totally
> different impact. Create two adjacent large squares, large enough to cover
> the entire screen. Paint the left with one color and the right with the one
> you feel to be similar to the first. This way you can see better the
> differences between the subtle colors.
> > Finding the right steel color, for instance, is very hard if you don't
> have visual aids. The ones, I used in the artworks, I generated with a
> professional color scheme generator. It might seem trivial but small
> varieties can make a big difference.
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> > J. Mak
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> Jani,
> Sorry to pollute your thread with questions that don't necessarily
> pertain to the poll, but I would like to understand some of the artistic
> decisions.
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> J. Mak,
> I like both of your themes for different reasons. In #4, I like the
> colors, and the feel of the "folds" as they appear on the wallpaper. In
> #3, I like the way the logo keeps its colors in the wallpaper and
> greeter screens. Is there some reason, like bad contrast, that the
> logos in #4 become a single shade in the wallpaper and GDM screen?
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> As for the usplash screens in both of your designs, you seem to have
> gone for a simple gradient, rather than having the logo retain its three
> part color scheme. Is this to keep the gradient gradual with the
> requirement for only 16 colors? If so, my personal preference would be
> for the logo to be colored with its three colors, and the name being a
> simple color or gradient. A gradient either made up with the colors
> that are left, or use the colors from the logo in the gradient. For a
> single color. perhaps using another color could reduce jagged edges
> through aliasing. This is my personal preference, so I don't
> necessarily expect any concurrence, or action to take place as a
> result. I will offer up my time to make modifications if time is an
> issue, but only with your concurrence that the modifications would be
> enhancements.
>
> I am not a graphic artist, but I'd like to learn some of these issues,
> as an engineer who is occasionally asked to write GUI applications for
> work.
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> Thanks,
> -Matt
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> Matt,
>
> The original idea of the usplash was to match it to ubuntu and kubuntu as
> much as possible. I made it gradient first because both ubuntu and kubuntu
> used the same technique. But now, I changed it back to the 3 colors setup
> because the new dapper usplash doesn't seem to use gradient any more. And
> this is much better because gradients created from indexed colors never look
> good due to color banding. If you look at the ubuntu usplash, the line in
> the middle of the logo shows how ugly color banding could be.
> The other thing is jaggedness. You cannot antialis indexed colors, but you
> have to find work around of this. Now, if you look at the new version you
> don't see anymore jaggedness. I am also experimenting with creating a 3d
> feel of the logo. I figured a technique by darkening the edges which give
> the illusion of the middle to come forward.
> I think the usplash should be made as attractive as possible because it
> stays on screen, in the view of users, until the system boots up. It is more
> important than the gdm splash which is visible only for a few seconds.
>
> J. Mak
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