[OSGeoLive] desktop beta candidate alpha?

[edgar.soldin at web.de]

just added a modified version with a darkened left half (without alpha channel). please consider and comment in the PR https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/pull/335

sunny regards ..ede

On 17.07.2022 17:21, Brian M Hamlin wrote:
> Desktop Art people -
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>    the last nightly build from Athens included desktop artwork, but the result is low-contrast. An experiment with the alternate desktop also showed problems with contrast.
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>    The 22.04 desktop base might be sensitive to alpha channel in the PNG file.  I removed the alpha channel locally using
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>     $ convert OSGeoLive/desktop-conf/osgeo-desktop.png -alpha off out.png
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> you can test any PNG file in the terminal with the $file command and look for  RGBA  or RGB  format. Also we can continue to change the artwork itself to find a visual solution.
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>     this is a blocker for the beta1 build, so feedback and solutions are welcome.
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>     best regards from Berkeley, Calif.   --Brian M Hamlin    / MAPLABS /  OSGeoLive PSC
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