On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Jun 20, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > In case you are not following the discussion on the dev list, Juergen, > > the 4.0 Release Manager, has proposed an endgame schedule for the AOO > > 4.0 release: > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-dev/201306.mbox/%3C51C16876.402%40gmail.com%3E > > > > The date relevant to the logo is Monday July 1th. That is the > > deadline for getting the logo changes integrated into Subversion for > > the OpenOffice product. > > > > Changes on the website and social networking don't have a hard > > deadline and can come later, perhaps synched up with the actual > > release of AOO 4.0, which is planned for later in July. > > > > So what needs to be done? > > > > 1) Kevin said he wanted to make some fine tuning of the text kerning > > in the logo. > > > > 2) Alexandro said something about adjusting the colors. But I'm not > > certain I understood that correctly. > > > > 3) We need to update the graphics in the product. And there are a lot > > of them, around 25 of them, which I've laboriously transcribed onto > > the wiki: > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Product+Logo+Use > > > > Most of them will be simple. It is just a matter of replacing one > > logo with another, and preserving the right formats, dimensions, color > > depths, etc. > > > > A few exceptions, of placements which will require some more thought: > > > > a) The splash screen is here: > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk/main/default_images/introabout/intro.png > > > > It has integrated text and graphics and the text is rather ugly. Can > > we do better here? This is a place where some "wow" is appropriate. > > Consider > > (1) Take the logo SVG > (2) Add "4" > (3) Scale to the 550 x 365 px size. > (4) Add updated and well written text in the same font. > (5) Add quality Apache Feather. > (6) Include trademark. > (7) Cool contextual graphics? > (8) Create a PNG from the SVG. > > Regards, > Dave > Could you post an image for us? I truly liked the idea of incorporating the feather, somehow, but well, none of the submitted logos with it got high ratings. > > > > b) Some of the placements have "high contrast" versions, needed for > > when this mode is enabled in the operating system. This improves > > visibility for users with low vision. For example: > > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk/main/default_images/framework/res/backing_hc.png > > > > I think we need to consult with someone with expertise in this to know > > exactly what we should be doing here. > > > > c) This is from the SDK install: > > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk/main/instsetoo_native/inc_sdkoo/windows/msi_templates/Binary/Image.bmp > > > > As you can see it is a more elaborate, 3D image showing > > "OpenOffice.org" in the title bar. This will require someone skilled > > with their graphics editor to replace that text and make it look > > natural. Or redo the image. > > > > So plenty of work to do here for anyone who is good with a graphics > > editor and wants to help. > > > > But first we need Kevin and Alexandro to make their changes to the > > master SVG. After that we can work in parallel on the remaining > > pieces. > > > > The master SVG, from Chris, is here: > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/marketing/art/galleries/logos/aoo-working/ > > > > We have a little more than a week to do this, so can I strongly > > suggest that Kevin and Alexandro make their changes ASAP, and by > > Monday June 24th at the latest? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Rob > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius." -- Kim Cattrall
