[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

Marco Bernasocchi marco at bernawebdesign.ch
Sat Aug 31 06:02:37 PDT 2013


Hi All, I agree as well with Mathias, the new swisstopo maps are 
awesome, but it looks a bit like swisstopo advertising.

I still think that Dufour map is not heavy, foremost if not on 100% 
opacity, and SiEgfridkarte (note the E mkhun, that is why you couldnt 
find anythink, too much Jass during Karto 101? ;) )

and here [1] the link with the region and the 2 map types.

also, I think the ancient images look super (foremost the hotel 
monterosa one), but an ancient map would be better.

regarding the Layout, I'm going to flickr now :)

thanks a lot
ciao

[1] http://s.geo.admin.ch/0cda0c7cf

On 08/31/2013 01:04 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> Hi Anita,
>
> The options you have offer a variety of designs concerning the front
> and allow for the decision about the logo placement and "corporate
> identity".
> However, I'm still not really convinced of using a background of a
> modern (admittedly visually appealing) map service which has no
> relation to and is by no means produced with the help of QGIS.
> I would rather like to see an antique background map used (and I
> believe it was once the plan to use ancient maps as splash screens?).
> The Dufour map has been judged as too heavy in the previous discussion,
> and I have unfortunately not found a sample from the Sigfried map which
> could also be an option. So instead of a map, I was looking for other
> images, which are not maps, but nevertheless artistic work with spatial
> nature and cannot be mistaken (at least I believe so) to be a result of
> QGIS.
>
> So here some pictures I found
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monte_Rosa_and_Hotel_Schwarzsee,_Valais,_Alps_of,_Switzerland.jpg
> http://www.festivaltour.de/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4817&d=1358685981
> http://www.gemeinschaftskatalog.de/GK/stra/Bilder/435%20Nolde-Dufour.jpg
> http://rlv.zcache.de/monte_rosa_lyskamm_mit_gorner_gletscher_wallis_postkarte-r81b50da849b8458b9a2aa7b91bd5120f_vgbaq_8byvr_512.jpg
> http://www.historisches-alpenarchiv.org/data/bilder/web/143/00109153_w.jpg
>
> I'm not sure about the rights we have to get to use them, but they are
> ancient, so I guess that should not be a problem?
>
> Matthias
>
> On Sam 31 Aug 2013 12:31:28 CEST, Anita Graser wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> It's time to get the splash ready. This thread seems to agree with the
>> general direction of the drafts Nathan posted. I've therefore prepared
>> three variants of the design:
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228465/in/photostream/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228767/in/photostream/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228881/in/photostream/
>>
>> Please use the star feature to vote on the design(s) you prefer and
>> leave comments on the image page if you think something should be
>> changed. I'll check all the feedback and create the final version on
>> Sunday evening (Sept 1st, CEST).
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 23.07.2013, 09:35 Uhr, schrieb Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com>:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> My 2c below:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Larry Shaffer
>>> <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Nathan Woodrow
>>>> <madmanwoo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here is a version with the green but also the full logo:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.png
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1, I think the layout and color selection are good. The layout doesn't
>>>> include that dark grey border, does it? If so, please consider
>>>> removing it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I think the Q logo should be smaller, say 1/3 the splash hight and
>>> nestled
>>> into the top left corner (with some white space around it) and with no
>>> transparency.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Also, the font used for 'QGIS' is rather weak and, to be frank, a bit
>>>> goofy-looking (especially the Q). I have a huge assortment of
>>>> professional
>>>> fonts which I can work with to find something better.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Agreed - though can you please use a font that is free or at  least
>>> easily
>>> available and provide the final splash as a gimp xcf so that we can
>>> easily
>>> re-use it in future releases.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nathan, do you have a working design file I can use? Or at least a
>>>> background PNG without the lettering?
>>>>
>>>> There appears to be no leading between the lines 'QGIS 2.0' and
>>>> 'Dufour,'
>>>> nor spacing between 'QGIS' and '2.0.' Was this intended? I do kind
>>>> of like
>>>> the effect, however. Usually when this is done in design, at
>>>> minimum, the
>>>> coloring of the two words/lines is different, even if just a
>>>> difference in
>>>> tone of the same color.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I agree with this, it needs a little more white space between the words.
>>>
>>> Also a note that we usually store the master splash in  much higher
>>> resolution so that it can be used in posters / printed products etc. A
>>> downsampled one is then used for the final splash. Ideally in future
>>> releases we would just swap out the background image and edit the text
>>> containing the version and name.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>   - Nathan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Marco Bernasocchi <
>>>>> marco at bernawebdesign.ch> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 07/16/2013 03:02 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Currently, all splash screen drafts I have seen are heavily based on
>>>>>>> swisstopo maps. While I personally like these very well-done maps, I
>>>>>>> don't see the connection between these and QGIS. For me, looking
>>>>>>> at the
>>>>>>> splashes feels like looking at a swisstopo advertisement.
>>>>>>> I would prefer a version, where we show off the new features of QGIS
>>>>>>> and/or having a historical map instead of just showing a standard
>>>>>>> product of the official Swiss map-makers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree with Matthias, and I'll suggest again (as Andreas did
>>>>>> before) to
>>>>>> try the dufour map:
>>>>>> http://s.geo.admin.ch/**09751c84f<http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f>or
>>>>>> maybe the sigfriedkarte
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ciao
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi
>>>>>> http://opengis.ch
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