14 Nov
2015
14 Nov
'15
6:53 p.m.
Hi,
This morning I had some time to play with Gimp, and I made a new splash for amaroK.
It is based on a few KFaenza and Masalla 0.8 (0.8 is now gpl, by the way) icons.
Tell me what you think, and if someone is interested in seeing it replace the old one.
Have a great day!
-Alexandre
14 Nov
14 Nov
8:21 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
On Saturday 14 November 2015 18:53:11 Alexandre wrote:
Tell me what you think, and if someone is interested
in seeing it replace
the old one.
My husband and I just looked at both together. I like the old one - possibly
because I associate it with Amarok, so I don't have to think, but he prefers
the new. It is perhaps relevant that I have never known him to use Amarok.
One comment though: the new would benefit from showing the version number, as
the old one does.
The new one is certainly nicer on the eye - I'm just not sure about the
message. But I don't feel strongly. One doesn't see it for long, and I'd
soon identify it correctly. And as I say, it is pleasant eye-candy. In
fact, it is positively pretty. But I do like seeing the version number on
Application Splash screens.
Lisi
10:48 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
On Saturday 14 November 2015 18:53:11 Alexandre wrote:
Hi,
This morning I had some time to play with Gimp, and I made a new splash for
amaroK.
It is based on a few KFaenza and Masalla 0.8 (0.8 is now gpl, by the way)
icons.
Tell me what you think, and if someone is interested in seeing it replace
the old one.
Have a great day!
-Alexandre
Just looked again more slowly. It _is_ pretty. And I love the CD and
headphones. I think it has my vote. The wolf is perhaps a bit too subtle,
but if I can see him at all, he probably isn't that subtle to other people.
And I'mnot usre that in thsi case I am right about teh versuion number. The
essentials are there - the TDE version of amaroK.
Thanks, Alexandre. I'll vote for it.
Lisi
15 Nov
15 Nov
2:56 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
On 14/11/2015 18:53, Alexandre wrote:
Hi,
This morning I had some time to play with Gimp, and I made a new
splash for amaroK.
It is based on a few KFaenza and Masalla 0.8 (0.8 is now gpl, by the
way) icons.
Tell me what you think, and if someone is interested in seeing it
replace the old one.
The original for me.
In my case, Amarok was one of the main reasons for staying loyal to KDE3
and moving to TDE, so I would not want it changed, especially just for
the sake of it. Whilst your different image looks nice it does nothing
for the app in my opinion.
Now, adding the ability to 'glue' specific tracks together (i.e. ensure
those tracks plat together, in order) whilst in random play mode, well,
that would be earth shattering!
Mike.
--
Mike Howard
Lancashire
England
3:06 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
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On 2015/11/15 02:53 AM, Alexandre wrote:
Hi,
This morning I had some time to play with Gimp, and I made a new splash for amaroK.
It is based on a few KFaenza and Masalla 0.8 (0.8 is now gpl, by the way) icons.
Tell me what you think, and if someone is interested in seeing it replace the old one.
Have a great day!
-Alexandre
Alex,
the new splash looks nice and modern. Two things, perhaps already highlighted by Lisi:
1) version number visible. I read many people that prefer the TDE version of Amarok to the
KDE. So better make it
visible ;-)
2) perhaps instead of the wolf in the moon, you could blend in the "double
arrows" of the original logo, to serve as a
"link" to the origin.
Let's see what other people think too.
Cheers
Michele
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5:50 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
On 14/11/15 18:53, Alexandre wrote:
Hi,
This morning I had some time to play with Gimp, and I made a new
splash for amaroK.
It is based on a few KFaenza and Masalla 0.8 (0.8 is now gpl, by the
way) icons.
Tell me what you think, and if someone is interested in seeing it
replace the old one.
Have a great day!
-Alexandre
Hi
The new Amarok splash looks great. However I have a few comments, IDK if
they've been mentioned already.
1) Is the CD spinning in the correct direction?
2) Is the moon correctly aligned? I assume it's Earth's moon
3) TDE Music Player, I think Trinity Music Player is better
4) There is a grey background tint at the bottom of the image, I don't
think it's needed
5) The tops of 'amar' and the CD have a few grey pixels
6) White pixels top left and top right
I like the trees silhouette, grey hills and purple glow.
I guess these are fairly minor quibbles.
Andrew
11:57 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
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De : Andrew Young <mail(a)andrewyoung.co.uk>
Envoyé : 15 novembre 2015 12:50
À : trinity-devel(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net
Objet : Re: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
Hi
The new Amarok splash looks great. However I have a few comments, IDK if they've been
mentioned already.
1) Is the CD spinning in the correct direction?
2) Is the moon correctly aligned? I assume it's Earth's moon
eh, really?
3) TDE Music Player, I think Trinity Music Player is better
I don't like the word ''Trinity'' personally. I think TDE is cooler.
4) There is a grey background tint at the bottom of the image, I don't think it's
needed
5) The tops of 'amar' and the CD have a few grey pixels
That is anti-alias, or sub-pixel hinting.
6) White pixels top left and top right
I like the trees silhouette, grey hills and purple glow.
I guess these are fairly minor quibbles.
Andrew
Hi all,
Here is a new version, with the version (ha!) number in it.
This is not a good idea to have the version number in a splash screen, because it means
that the splash screen picture will have to be modified if/when a new version of the app
is out. More maintenance is not better...
I will keep the wolf. Matter of fact there is a wolf in the amaroK icon since the first
release (maybe in 2005?). It is only in the last splash screen that they did, that the
wolf has been removed. But anyway, the concept of the wolf yelling at the moon would make
no sense at all without the wolf.
-Alexandre
16 Nov
16 Nov
1:11 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
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On 2015/11/16 07:57 AM, Alexandre wrote:
*De :* Andrew Young <mail(a)andrewyoung.co.uk>
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*Envoyé :* 15 novembre 2015 12:50 *À :*
trinity-devel(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net *Objet :* Re: [trinity-devel] New
splash proposal for amaroK Hi
The new Amarok splash looks great. However I have a few comments, IDK if they've been
mentioned already.
1) Is the CD spinning in the correct direction?
2) Is the moon correctly aligned? I assume it's Earth's moon
eh, really?
3) TDE Music Player, I think Trinity Music Player is better
I don't like the word ''Trinity'' personally. I think TDE is cooler.
4) There is a grey background tint at the bottom of the image, I don't think it's
needed
5) The tops of 'amar' and the CD have a few grey pixels
That is anti-alias, or sub-pixel hinting.
6) White pixels top left and top right
I like the trees silhouette, grey hills and purple glow.
I guess these are fairly minor quibbles.
Andrew
Hi all,
Here is a new version, with the version (ha!) number in it.
This is not a good idea to have the version number in a splash screen, because it means
that the splash screen
picture will have to be modified if/when a new version of the app is out. More
maintenance is not better...
I will keep the wolf. Matter of fact there is a wolf in the amaroK icon since the first
release (maybe in 2005?).
It is only in the last splash screen that they did, that the wolf has been removed. But
anyway, the concept of the
wolf yelling at the moon would make no sense at all without the wolf.
-Alexandre
What about the attached modified version? The CD is spinning in the other way,
"TDE music player" is slightly smaller
and the v1.4 is near the Amarok name and not "lost" in the top right corner.
I just did a raw select-copy-paste so the result is somehow basic, surely Alex can do
better.
Cheers
Michele
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7:48 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
-Alexandre
What about the attached modified version? The CD is spinning in the other way,
"TDE music player" is slightly smaller
and the v1.4 is near the Amarok name and not "lost" in the top right corner.
I just did a raw select-copy-paste so the result is somehow basic, surely Alex can do
better.
Cheers
Michele
Hi all,
As I said, more maintenance is NOT better. If the version number change, the splash screen
will have to be modified. And it will more than likely not be me who will modify back the
version number, for some reasons... If it is to be kept on the splash screen, I prefer to
keep it in the top right corner, as I think something was kind-of missing in this corner.
Also, what is visible on the cd is not an arrow. It is a laser trace of the CD being read,
which means that you all want to see it turn the wrong way.
Anyway things are getting complicated for no valuable reasons. If someone else is ready to
do another splash, then let's do it. But no one did it, as it is for all other artwork
on TDE...
Alexandre
8:31 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] New splash proposal for amaroK
On Monday 16 November 2015 19:48:34 Alexandre wrote:
Anyway things are getting complicated for no valuable
reasons. If someone
else is ready to do another splash, then let's do it. But no one did it, as
it is for all other artwork on TDE
Only you feel this urgent need to change everything. You could change it on
your own CD. :-)
Lisi
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