[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

Tue Jul 16 01:27:51 PDT 2013

we can re-introduce the rounded rectangle when we can deal with circular
arcs and compound geometry in QGIS ;-)

I made the request at Swisstopo regarding the copyright question. I did
not hear back so far. Probably this is not an everyday question.

Andreas

Am 16.07.2013 08:37, schrieb Anita Gtraser:
> -1 for red ... imho, only create a visual using red, yellow, green and blue
> if you have a compelling reason. For me, already having yellow, green and
> blue borders on tropical fruit plate ...
> 
> +1 for ordinary rectangle
> -1 for octagon or rounded corners ... let's keep it simple - except if
> there is a compelling reason to do otherwise
> 
> I like the background map and would not mind the slightly rotated logo.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Anita
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Denis Rouzaud <denis.rouzaud at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>>  It's also a no-go for me for the red!
>> Blue is really nice.
>>
>> I also like the idea of the "octagon"!
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/16/2013 03:44 AM, Mathieu Pellerin wrote:
>>
>>  Some thoughts re Nathan's latest iterations:
>> - Red is a no-go for me, both because it's been associated through time
>> with "oups, something's gone wrong, error"
>>  - I would get rid of rounded corners for splash screen, it's so 1990s ;)
>> rounded shapes are also foreign to GIS environment. If rectangle is too
>> "boring", you could have a stretched octagon:
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>>  - Not a super fan of the rotated QGIS logo, I'd straighten it out.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Here are a blue and red version.
>>>
>>>  https://www.dropbox.com/s/5n2k06mipa9crjz/qgis_red.png
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3bqb4ijd4tndm6/qgis_blue.png
>>>
>>>  IMO the red just doesn't work.  The red on blue just looks strange.
>>>
>>>  Why not leave the logo Q flowing off the splash I think it looks quite
>>> good.
>>>
>>>  I do think that the font all needs to be the same colour or shades of
>>> the same colour, Having different colours doesn't look good at all.
>>>
>>>  - Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>>  For me its -1 for blue, +1 for red.
>>>>
>>>>  Regards
>>>>
>>>>  Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can't say I'm a fan of the red. It's a bit of a harsh colour to use
>>>>> IMO.  The blue looked nice because it matched the blue on the background
>>>>> map.
>>>>>
>>>>>  - Nathan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Nice - how about with the Dufour in caps, red and right aligned?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Tim
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Salvatore Larosa <
>>>>>> lrssvtml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Red text looks nice too:
>>>>>>> http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo_.png
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Here the inkscape source:
>>>>>>> http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.svgz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2013/7/15 Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  What about doing the text in 'Swiss' red, plain and flat?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Tim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Andreas Neumann <
>>>>>>>> a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These are some interesting improvements.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I like it how the arrow points to the "Dufourspitze" and also the
>>>>>>>>> transparency aspect of the arrow. I also like the new arrangement of
>>>>>>>>> version number and code name "Dufour".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You may want to try the text without the borders - just plain fill
>>>>>>>>> without the border.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would either use the original proposal that I did with the
>>>>>>>>> 3D-looking
>>>>>>>>> borders (filter effect) or no border at all, if you want to go for a
>>>>>>>>> flat look.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Andreas
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Am 15.07.2013 19:29, schrieb Salvatore Larosa:
>>>>>>>>>> How about to insert the logo into splash ?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Here as it would look:
>>>>>>>>> http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.png
>>>>>>>>>> note that the load message are shown on the right
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> +1 for square corner
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -1 for adding copyright
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -SL
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2013/7/15 Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I personally do not care too much. Fine with either round or
>>>>>>>>> sharp
>>>>>>>>>>> corners. The latter are easier to do ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Andreas
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Giovanni Manghi <giovanni.manghi at faunalia.pt> schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> To me that is getting there.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> No one else like me would prefer to get rid of round corners?
>>>>>>>>> They do
>>>>>>>>>>>> not look smooth on most machines, and the square corners would
>>>>>>>>> somehow
>>>>>>>>>>>> represent one of the many changes in qgis 2.0
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> cheers!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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