KG01 - see comments inline. On Jun 24, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Juergen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am Freitag, 21. Juni 2013 um 18:28 schrieb Kay Schenk: >> 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. >>>> KG01 - ok, I've adjusted the keening and will post updated .svg. >>>> 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. KG01 - I will start to work on these images. Will send along progress notes as I go. >>>> >>>> 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. >> >> > > and this should be accepted. We use the feather in combination with our logo > in some cases and that is ok and enough. > > We don't have to combine the logo with the feather. See the flex logo. KG01 - Our logo type includes the Apache name. This is sufficient. Their logo needs a refresh :) > > Juergen >> >> >> >>>> >>>> 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 >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
