[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

[Mathieu Pellerin]

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:
 ______________
/                         \
|                          |
|                          |
\______________/
- 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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