On 21 September 2012 13:11, Brendan Jones <brendan.jones.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/21/2012 01:44 PM, Ian Malone wrote: >> >> On 20 September 2012 18:14, Brendan Jones <brendan.jones.it@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 09/20/2012 06:51 PM, Ian Malone wrote: >>> >> >>>> Did have a bit of a play at icons for the splash, but I'm not a >>>> graphic designer and it looked pretty amateur (also couldn't find a >>>> good way of doing the fade-in, the ksplasher/ksplasherx program isn't >>>> great, not sure what's actually used). A selection from the >>>> media-related KDE icons might be a solution. >>>> >>> Nice - maybe we could give it a blue tint! Great idea >>> >>> I recommend downloading the source of the existing KDE themes - gives you >>> a >>> good idea of how its done ... >> >> >> Well, I can see what files are used, but not how the reflections and >> fade-in animation frames are generated from the source icon (the >> fade-in in the default theme seems to have some blurring applied). >> It's possible to rig something up but I've asked at the kde-artists >> list if there's any standard recipe: >> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-artists&m=134822672328634&w=2 >> (archive might only be available to list members, will report back if >> I get an answer) >> > To be honest I'm not sure how it works either - but I have a little idea. > > I copied the whole BeefyMiracle theme a while back and just grepped the name > out of all the text files and replaced with FedoraJam - no package submitted > yet - this will eventually point to the backgrounds as well and be included > by default on the kickstart. > > Happy for you to request access via the Music Creation group in FAS, and you > can update as you see fit. > > A link to the animations you can find here: > > http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/music-creation.git/tree/fedora-jam-kde-theme/src/ksplash/FedoraJam/2048x1536 > Answers: --- Ivan Čukić: You can try searching for theme generators for it on kde-look (I remember there being a few scripts). For easier theme creation, you can use ksplashqml instead, it is much more pleasant - reflections and all are rather trivial to do. Cheerio, Ivan --- Nuno Pinheiro: --- > For easier theme creation, you can use ksplashqml instead, it is much more > pleasant - reflections and all are rather trivial to do. > > Cheerio, > Ivan yeah but i did them manualy, yeah boring work :) --- I probably wont have much time to look at doing this till mid October, which probably doesn't line up well with release deadlines. ksplashqml is in F18 and does look a bit easier. Doing them manually is plausible, but I'm not sure when I'd be able to find the time. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
