On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:51:06PM +0300, Alexander Smirnov wrote: > 2012/1/25 Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> > > > I see good things in both of these. I like Alexander's rendering but > > will try to explain in more detail how I feel it could be improved. > > > > In gnokii's version, the trails of the exploding particles have a > > softer, fuzzier look. In Alexander's, they are very fine streaks with > > what I would call a higher energy -- meaning (at least to me) there > > are very abrupt contrasts between one color/brightness and another. > > To my eye this makes for a more distracting background, when I think > > the right goal would be a beautiful but subtle background that doesn't > > make itself too noticeable. Also, the center of the fireworks are > > very bright, again making for possibly some excess distraction. > > > > However, overall Alexander's rendering does have a great feel, and > > perhaps softening or blurring these exploding trails outward from the > > center of each firework would help reduce the energy somewhat. I'm > > not sure how much the brightness of the center of each firework could > > be adjusted without sacrificing people's ability to know what they're > > looking at. > > > > I wish I had the skill to do a version based on what I'm talking > > about, but I don't. But I hope the explanation was helpful to someone > > who does! > > > > A modified version [1] is based on the comments of Paul. I don't think what > it full realisation Paul's idea. This is middle variant. > > [1] - http://publictest04.fedoraproject.org/artboard/post/view/113 Nice! This is on the right track, but perhaps more fuzziness may be called for to make the background less distracting. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
