As many of you know, I have been looking to get images that can be used as boot, desktop and presentation backgrounds generated so we can use consistent images. Unfortunately, I cannot achieve that in time for the current release. I had hoped that with some minor adjustments, we could take Tom's gimp images and re-purpose them, but after looking at this and getting input from others, I don't want us to be sending out completely new "brand" images. For this release, I propose we use something based on our current material (th pop up banners an existing presentations). This will be boring, but it will only be temporary and won't send us off in a new direction.

We can then aim to launch the "new" direction with 12.01 (and then at Linaro Connect). We will get to this new direction in two stages: stage 1 will be about gathering ideas - like Tom's gimp image and Zach's porscheeveryday.com. If you have any ideas or examples now, please send them to me. Stage 2 will be getting a designer to work up the best couple of ideas. if you'd like to be involved in choosing the "best", let me know.

I have created the "boring" proposal and saved it on google docs: https://docs.google.com/a/linaro.org/?tab=mo#folders/0B86d5fQjXM3zYTQyNWU1NTItMDI3OC00YjBjLTlmOTItMDYwMTU1MDI0ODI4. I'd like to use this for the current release (if possible). There is a GIF file, a PPT and a PPS PPT show file. The PPS file animates the dots so that there is an activity scale (wiping in from left to right and repeated)... If you need this as some other type of file, let me know.

On 5 December 2011 15:37, Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org> wrote:

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 09:35:19AM -0600, Andy Doan wrote:
> On 12/02/2011 04:55 AM, Alexander Sack wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@linaro.org
> > <mailto:riku.voipio@linaro.org>> wrote:
> >
> > On 2 December 2011 00:56, Tom Gall <tom.gall@linaro.org
> > <mailto:tom.gall@linaro.org>> wrote:
> > > one of the blueprints we have for 11.12 is to modify the LEB/ALIP
> > > images so they include more linaro branding. A linaro wallpaper, maybe
> > > a linaro image as the system is booting, that kind of thing.
> >
> > And android images as well?
> >
> >
> > > I created it in gimp.
> >
> > > http://people.linaro.org/~tgall/LinaroDesktop-1920x1080-1.png
> > <http://people.linaro.org/%7Etgall/LinaroDesktop-1920x1080-1.png>
> >
> > Cool. Perhaps antialising the Linaro logo would be a nice addition?
> > Assuming it is not hard to do in gimp.
> >
> >
> > 1. Looks good as a start. We can always improve from there.

The people who do the visuals for Linaro Connect seem to produce good
stuff -- the the styles are not dissimilar. Maybe they could work
something up based on our ideas?

> >
> > 2. For android I have this awesome idea to make an active wallpaper edition
> > out of this ... kind of the green lines pumping a bit or having a few
> > flaring dots
> > moving through the background maze. Anyone in the android team knows
> > how to do such an active wallpaper? How much effort is that?
>
> You basically create an Android app. here's a minimal example:
>
> <http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/CubeLiveWallpaper/src/com/example/android/livecubes/cube1/CubeWallpaper1.html>

Do we have someone who can do this for Ubuntu/GNOME?

But please, not too much.

Cheers
---Dave

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