[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0
Anita Graser
anitagraser at gmx.at
Sat Aug 31 06:04:50 PDT 2013
Hi Matthias,
Thank your four raising these points.
Am 31.08.2013, 13:04 Uhr, schrieb Matthias Kuhn <matthias.kuhn at gmx.ch>:
> 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 understand your concern but I'm not sure how big an issue it would be.
In my opinion, the design is very artistic and clearly not a result which
could be achieved directly in a QGIS but which requires serious
cartographic skill.
As a reference, here is the design with the old black-and-white map
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9637382664/
> 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
Sorry, but none of those are an option in my opinion. I think they look
very dull and I would not like to look at them every day. On the technical
side, they are of very low resolution and some blurry. I would like to see
the splash screen design reflected on the new website as well, so the
material should work at different resolutions.
I'm open to try different background maps of the agreed region but they
should be available in a reasonable resolution.
Best wishes,
Anita
>
> 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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