[Live-demo] Re: [OSGeo] #443: Desktop appearance

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#443: Desktop appearance
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  Reporter:  jsanz     |       Owner:  live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  task      |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  critical  |   Component:  LiveDVD                  
Resolution:            |    Keywords:  3.0 branding             
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Comment (by hamish):

 Replying to [comment:23 wildintellect]:
 > Yes that's where I was heading, couldn't remember how to adjust
 > the transparency in GIMP though.

 I'm no expert, but my method which seems to work is to add a new blank
 layer over the top and then adjust opacity in the layer manager dialog.
 You can change the "Mode" pulldown in the layer manager for different
 effects.

 > My biggest gripe with the base image used for that is actually
 > that the OSGeo logo is in the worst position for a desktop,
 > any icons will start to cover it. The logo really needs to be on
 > the right side top or bottom.

 right! after committing to svn I tried it out on my LiveUbuntu 9.10 USB
 stick and that's the first thing that struck me about it.
 I've just uploaded a new version to svn with the logo on the right side
 (r3229). On the 9" eeePC LCD screen I tested it on the dark version looked
 really nice and didn't distract from the desktop icons on top of it. YMMV

 > Also note, all the background images I uploaded are directly
 > from marketing material OSGeo paid someone to make. I just
 > cropped them out of the 2 sided brochure and fully expect to add
 > the standard green logo in the corner of each.

 FWIW I loaded the OSGeoLogo.eps from marketing/logo/ svn into Inkscape and
 bulk adjusted the hue away from the 'vivid' shade of green before loading
 the eps @ 600dpi into GIMP, select by color the white background part of
 the image, select invert, then cut & pasted into a new blank image with a
 transparent background, before scaling it (bicubic) down to ~ 17-20% size,
 selecting all, and adding it as a new layer over the background. Probably
 that method's way more complicated than it needs to be, but it works. Also
 GIMP lets you worked with the .xcf.bz2 version directly, which is a nice
 touch.


 regards,
 Hamish

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