Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Dec 27, 2009
Karmic X-splash Makeover
I've created this little animation using the Karmic X-splash background. Finally I have some time to work on Ubuntu related projects which has been neglected for some time. I have other small projects that I will share with you in the near future. Let me emphasize that the Karmic X-splash makeover is only a mockup!
Oct 15, 2009
Receiving X-Splash Feedback
Lately I've become tired of reading the comments people write to my X-splash mockups. I receive about one to two new comments per day, on my five suggestions which are posted on YouTube, the Wiki and this blog. It is not because I don't want the criticism or feedback, but I primarily experience two kinds of comments.
1. The short positive comment: "This looks AMAZING!"
2. The rip off accusation: "This looks like Windows 7"
Of course the first one is okay. It's always nice with a pat on the back, but this type of "feedback" isn't really useful.
The second one is the one that annoys me. Although I see the similarity, and why Canonical would want to avoid such a comparison, this idea came long before Windows 7 received it's boot screen. During the Hardy cycle I came across a U-splash suggestion on the artwork wiki. The idea is little different from what I came up with, but this is what the concept looks like:
I really liked this concept and quickly created a mockup of my own version of the idea.
As you can see from the date (Feb 11 2008) on Ubuntu-art.org, where this is posted, this is again long before Windows 7 ever was released to the public. Perhaps the Microsoft designers have been seeking inspiration in the Ubuntu community ;-) Know what I mean? Nudge nudge, wink wink.
Today LanHikari90 posted this comment on my 4th animated boot splash idea:
I've considered disabling the comments or even removing the videos, but every now and then someone will write something worth reading.
1. The short positive comment: "This looks AMAZING!"
2. The rip off accusation: "This looks like Windows 7"
Of course the first one is okay. It's always nice with a pat on the back, but this type of "feedback" isn't really useful.
The second one is the one that annoys me. Although I see the similarity, and why Canonical would want to avoid such a comparison, this idea came long before Windows 7 received it's boot screen. During the Hardy cycle I came across a U-splash suggestion on the artwork wiki. The idea is little different from what I came up with, but this is what the concept looks like:
I really liked this concept and quickly created a mockup of my own version of the idea.
As you can see from the date (Feb 11 2008) on Ubuntu-art.org, where this is posted, this is again long before Windows 7 ever was released to the public. Perhaps the Microsoft designers have been seeking inspiration in the Ubuntu community ;-) Know what I mean? Nudge nudge, wink wink.
Today LanHikari90 posted this comment on my 4th animated boot splash idea:
Really nice. I wish, it would be the official boot screen.
But sadly it is just a rip-off of the Windows 7 bootscreen. And to all these guys who say it isn't: It obviously is!
I've considered disabling the comments or even removing the videos, but every now and then someone will write something worth reading.
Aug 7, 2009
More Animations...
I've created a few new animations.
The text could be better in this first one, so suggestion are very welcome. Perhaps I should replace the cold blue color with something more Ubuntu style, like orange or yellow?
You can't really see that the words dissolve into letters because of the low resolution and compression :-(
Here's yet another video with absolutely no purpose at all. Just messing around with some plugin effects.
The last one is actually a mockup of the new design for the Ubiquity slideshow, (read more in my previous blogpost) that hopefully will land in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. I must stress that this is NOT how the final slideshow will look. Again the resolution and compression makes it look a little dull. More info about the project here: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
The text could be better in this first one, so suggestion are very welcome. Perhaps I should replace the cold blue color with something more Ubuntu style, like orange or yellow?
You can't really see that the words dissolve into letters because of the low resolution and compression :-(
Here's yet another video with absolutely no purpose at all. Just messing around with some plugin effects.
The last one is actually a mockup of the new design for the Ubiquity slideshow, (read more in my previous blogpost) that hopefully will land in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. I must stress that this is NOT how the final slideshow will look. Again the resolution and compression makes it look a little dull. More info about the project here: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu
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