Tux Image and sizing concerns

[Walter Dunz]

I agree completely.  There is no reason to limit ourselves to just one logo
image, as long as we stay fairly close to the original idea - which I think is
great!

If someone tweaks up a 3/4" version I can put in the space that formerly
contained some rather ugly graffiti - I would appreciate it!

Perhaps creating and tweaking these images would be a good topic for a future
demo-day?  

BTW, The Petulant_Artist_Rant was the best laugh I have had in a week! 
Thanks!

 

Kendric Beachey <ak at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> In response to the discussion regarding how the branding iron should look so

> it can scale to different sizes:
> 
> It is not uncommon for logo images to be rendered in different ways at 
> different sizes, or in different bit depths, etc.  In each case, the image 
> can be customized to some extent to optimize it for the case at hand.
> 
> In other words, we could have a large image, like the one we're discussing,

> with a lot of detail, for use on mouse pads or other places where we have a

> lot of room.
> 
> And then we could draw/render a new version of it that was specifically made

> to be distinguishable at small sizes, in which the branding iron was plainer

> and larger compared to Tux.
> 
> And we could also do a specialized 16-color version, 256-color version, 
> 2-color version, etc. as needed, with each version tweaked to best utilize 
> its color map.
> 
> For a good example of this sort of approach, see the various different 
> versions of the KDE icon packages.  There are enough different versions that

> you can usually find one that looks best for your resolution and color
depth.
> 
> There's no need to have one "gospel" image that has to make compromises so 
> it will look okay in different situations.  The result would be that it
would 
> look no better than only okay in any situation.
> 
> -- 
> Kendric Beachey
> ak at kc.rr.com
> 
> 

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