New default background

[Matthew Dawkins]

Hey guys,

We would like to get something new going for the final. Agust has provided this background and I would like to see what everyone can come up with.

If you have other ideas please submit those too.

Matt

[Paul LeBlanc]

What's the deadline on this Matt?

[Matthew Dawkins]

Can I say ASAP???? How about 1 week? Is that fair? We really need to just finally push out a final. Almost everything else is ready.

[Paul Grinberg]

I like the one you provided. It's very .... electrifying :-)
Paul.

[Jeremiah Summers]

Now I'm going to have "the electric slide" stuck i n my head all day, thanks Paul!

Jeremiah

[Custom Processing Unlimited]

haha

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[Paul LeBlanc]

Could be worse.... could be the macarena!!!!

[Jeremiah Summers]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Paul LeBlanc <gemini...@gmail.com> wrote:

Could be worse.... could be the macarena!!!!

Nope not here in Arizona, I would get sent over the border ;) even if I had a passport :P

[Paul LeBlanc]

Hahahaha...

[Matthew Dawkins]

Bump

Any news?

[Paul LeBlanc]

I'm working on a piece, in fact my vid card just shut-down on me about 15 minutes ago as it was rendering, so I have to redo the last few steps I was at... I should be able to share it by the morning ;-]

[Paul LeBlanc]

Still may do some small tweaks later today but, does anyone like this?

[gettinther]

I added the Unity logo to the first pic with half transparency. What
do you guys think?

[Jeremiah Summers]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:48 PM, gettinther <getti...@unity-linux.org> wrote:

I added the Unity logo to the first pic with half transparency.  What
do you guys think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmMQfTJ3gYk

[Paul LeBlanc]

Hahaha... damn you Jeremiah!!!!
now I have boogey oogie woogie stuck in my brain

[Gianvacca]

2010/6/22 gettinther <getti...@unity-linux.org>

I added the Unity logo to the first pic with half transparency.  What
do you guys think?

I think it looks great. 

[Paul LeBlanc]

It looks awesome gettinther..  can you make the logo a bit larger though?
I like that background a lot.

[gettinther]

That's the only logo I got it seems :(
I'll keep looking for the svg that was around a while ago.

[Jeremiah Summers]

http://www.granularproject.org/content/granuminati/Unity%20Graphics/Unity%20Logo%20Final.svg

[gettinther]

Thanks,

What do you guys think of this one? New background with glass leaf?

[Gianvacca]

I prefer the other one to be honest.

[Jeremiah Summers]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Gianvacca <gian...@unity-linux.org> wrote:

I prefer the other one to be honest.

That one is good, but it's no as "electric" ;)

[Matthew Dawkins]

How about these??? Gett did these and just sent them to me. I like them a lot.

[Jeremiah Summers]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:24 PM, gettinther <getti...@unity-linux.org> wrote:

one more :)

That IS ELECTRIC... I like this one the best ;)

[Paul LeBlanc]

YAH!!! ME TOO!!!

[gettinther]

Thanks, I found a "step by step howto" for gimp fractal on a Debian
wiki and tried my hand at it :D

[Paul LeBlanc]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:39 PM, gettinther <getti...@unity-linux.org> wrote:

Thanks,  I found a "step by step howto" for gimp fractal on a Debian
wiki and tried my hand at it :D

Well, I'd have to say, that's one incredible "try" at it gettingther :)
See? Now you're an artist  ;-]

BTW, you can throw that link for doing fractals in Gimp for the rest of us to try  :D

[gettinther]

There ya go and thank you for the compliment.

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/GIMP_Fractal_Backgrounds

Few things I found out from playing.

When you setup the gradient tool before doing the "flame", the flame
will pick up the colors you selected for your gradient. I favored the
"skyline" as I prefer blue dominance.

Also I tend to increase the "Brightness" in "flame" to get more texture.

It does take a long time to get a nice picture (don't forget to save
it before generating the pic so that you can go back and try
variations).

After clicking OK, nothing happens. Well actually it does (and can
take a very long time (15mins on my work lappy)). Nothing seems to
work except your processor usage goes up so be patient.

When you edit the image in the "flame" menu, you are given 9 samples.
You don't like any, click on "randomize" to generate 9 new ones. You
like one, click on it and it will put it in the center and generate 8
"variations" of the one you picked first. This allows you to fine
tune your selection. It can be hard to see, hence the "saving" part
so that you can re-open the image and generate more "variations"

[Paul LeBlanc]

Very cool gettinther, and awesome explanation too.

[ruel24]

I played with the colors a bit and added the logo.

http://tinyurl.com/2c6pfks

[Custom Processing Unlimited]

I think the ones with the "star" should go to Synergy... when looking at them, that is the first unity-related thing I think of...

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[ruel24]

On Jun 25, 1:50 am, Custom Processing Unlimited <cpun...@gmail.com>
wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/29d5vc4

[Matthew Dawkins]

[Jeremiah Summers]

Hey this is a good deal... For some reason I really like this one :) I can't put my finger on why though :P

[Stumpy]

On Jun 24, 3:49 pm, Matthew Dawkins <matty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Jeremiah Summers <jmiah...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
>
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Gianvacca <gianva...@unity-linux.org>wrote:
>
> >> I prefer the other one to be honest.
>

> > That one is good, but it's no as "*electric*" ;)

>
> How about these??? Gett did these and just sent them to me. I like them a
> lot.
>

>  unity-test115.jpg
> 417KViewDownload
>
>  unity-test116.jpg
> 420KViewDownload

Sort of reminds me of my fav screensaver, electricsheep... And I
LIKIE!!!

Steve

[Custom Processing Unlimited]

http://tinyurl.com/29d5vc4

DEFINITELY NICE, ruel!