Usplash screen: Call for new artwork!

[clem]

Hi,

As you might be aware, Linux Mint 2.1 Bea is planned to be released for mid-December. Time goes fast and one of our major concern with this release is: We still don't have a proper Linux Mint usplash screen.

If you're talented, have skills in this area, and you're willing to help, please come with some suggestions. We badly need artwork in that area.

[Aero]

Could you provide the logo with a transparent background? I'd like to try to work on something, but the logo would be really helpful.

[clem]

Hi Areo,

It has a transparent background: http://linuxmint.com/forum/images/ ... a48f2c.gif

However, it's not of great quality.

[clem]

I designed this Live CD splash last night. If you want you can use it to create a usplash theme:

http://linuxmint.com/pictures/other/splash.pcx

[gramnemo]

At me Barbara is established! The question when will the new version I can Barbara update or I should establish again ?

[manishk]

I'm a noob...but I would like to help .

But I dont understand what exactly is a splash screen and how to create one...and is there any copyrights issues with this??

[Tiptup300]

[Openxworld]

[clem]

Openxworld: Waoo... une menthe a l'eau !!! Faudrait ajouter des bulles pour faire un diabolo menthe

Tiptup300: This looks quite nice. Can you make a usplash.so and put it in a .deb ? You can look at the source code for usplash-theme-bea to see how it's done. I'd like to change the usplash for Bianca and have some green stuff instead. Can you make a green version of this as a usplash, or/and use the little green logo as well ?

Clem

[Tiptup300]

I couldnt figure out all the stuff like that but I'm sure you could do it, but the green would be easy

[clem]

We can talk about it on the IRC if you want. It's not that hard to put the deb together... the hard part of the job is to actually play and figure out how to use the colormap on the pictures..

... for instance, the progress bar is using a particular subset of the colormap. There's a lot of gimping in other words, not to much packaging in fact

Clem

[Tiptup300]

Ewww, who uses gimp? I may no longer be a microsoft whore, but I'm still a photoshop whore.

[clem]

Hmm... I'm not sure tiptup, the Gimp is a great tool... but if you're used to Photoshop, what can I say

[Tiptup300]

I used gimp for 3 hours straight and all I could get was a destroyed layer, I can do amazing things on photoshop in SECONDS

[Openxworld]

Why dont you use gimshop ?

Menu style is photoshop like...

and there ise a .deb too....

funny isn't it ?

[Tiptup300]

Gimpshop didnt really change much, the windows should all be in one like photoshop or else its irritating. The layers should have non-destructive effects. It also needs vector support, once it has those, then I'll use it.

[Aero]

Hmm... I'm not sure tiptup, the Gimp is a great tool... but if you're used to Photoshop, what can I say

Exactly!

I love gimp, it has just enough power for me. I do find it lacking in certain areas though, but I quickly find a way around it. Photoshop was too confusing to me and is way too expensive for me. I'm sure Photoshop is a great tool, but gimp is fine for me.

[900i]

Or that PhotoGimp, Gimp edition. I've never used Photoshop and always used The Gimp, and I'm absolutely bloody useless at graphics, but thats nothing to do with the software.

[npap]

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[Alephcat]

I like it allot, but any chance of having the forum logo (the one in the top left just to be sure that you know the one I am talking about) incorporated? I think that would look good in the space towards the top.