[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

[John C. Tull]

Hi all,

Great work on the final touches! This is an exciting release and something for which everyone who's worked on it should be very proud.

On Jul 15, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com> 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"

+1, the red looks quite awkward.

> - 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.

+1, looks sloppy IMO.

Cheers,
John

> 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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