[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0
Denis Rouzaud
denis.rouzaud at gmail.com
Mon Jul 15 22:17:35 PDT 2013
It's also a no-go for me for the red!
Blue is really nice.
I also like the idea of the "octagon"!
On 07/16/2013 03:44 AM, Mathieu Pellerin 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"
> - 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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