=== neodreams [n=neodream@modemcable198.230-81-70.mc.videotron.ca] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === Who_ [n=jonny@194-247-230-247.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [12:41] hi all [12:41] can someone help me with some drawing in Inkscape [12:42] I am trying to draw some liquid... === guilhermee [n=guilherm@20151009065.user.veloxzone.com.br] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === klepas_Zzz [n=klepas@203-213-31-142.static.tpgi.com.au] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === klepas_Zzz is now known as klepas === Kylekf [n=Kyle@218.208.223.236] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === kwwii [n=kwwii@likes.smoking.more.than.watching.spacenight.dk] has left #ubuntu-artwork [] === neodreams [n=neodream@modemcable198.230-81-70.mc.videotron.ca] has left #ubuntu-artwork [] [02:23] anyone know how to use the 'mask' feature in inkscape? [02:24] I want to use it like Gimp's mask [03:03] who_ [03:03] hi troy_s: [03:03] you need to learn layers bor [03:03] bro [03:03] that was a brutal svg :) [03:04] and what mask feature are you trying to use? [03:04] I got the mask feature ok (in Inkscape) [03:05] ...tell me more about layers - as I was doing it I kept thinking 'I wonder if layers would mean I could select things more easily' [03:05] or 'I guess this background stuff should all be on one layer' :P [03:05] but it didn't seem to happen :P [03:06] I have been thinking for phrases relating to Blubuntu - I think technical, clean, scientific are some early indicators [03:06] are you providing some sort of output for the request? [03:07] Well, I was going to use the human buttons in website colours.... [03:07] not tonight though, I have been Blubuntuing tonight and now it is very close to bed time [03:08] eek [03:08] it would be nice to demonstrate some of our professionalism by providing at least a potential starting point in svg [03:09] oh, yea, I was going to use svg - just the style from the human theme [03:10] I have been working on the hardest SVG I've ever done tonight [03:27] eeke [03:27] doesn't sound too proposaly there Who_... [03:28] it is for Blubuntu - I need to know if I could do a paticular effect [03:28] troy_s: I sort of can :) [03:29] troy_s; and I am a bit 'proposaled out' since the lsplashes [03:29] (don't worry, I will certainly do much more proposing - I just need a quick break :P) [03:31] LOL === Who_ [n=jonny@194-247-230-247.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [03:44] troy_s: using masks you can make some _funky_ gradients in inkscape [03:44] it has come along so much recently === Viper550 [n=viper550@d57-121-167.home.cgocable.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [03:45] suspiciously close to Xara's release [03:45] hi Viper [03:45] Hello... [03:45] I'm trying to take Tropic in a new direction...away from the Green scheme and off to a pure Orange look [03:46] Lord. [03:46] Viper... think. [03:46] Take a week. Think about it. [03:47] Hrm.. version .44 Who_ ? [03:47] troy_s: yea [03:47] I made that decision way before I said that... [03:47] what is the font that looks like the ubuntu [03:47] ubuntu-title-font [03:47] font but plus the tails. [03:47] ubuntu title [03:47] Well, I was close, ubuntu-title [03:49] troy_s: try applying a linera gradient mask to a radial gradient [03:49] it is very funky [03:51] what are you playing with, troy_s [03:53] hrm... [03:53] i am trying to pound out exactly three VERY loose button variants. [03:53] then i am going to post an activism post to the damn list [03:54] because having the documentation team ask for help [03:54] and have zero replies is just plain [03:54] shoddy [03:54] how do i make an inverse mask who? [03:55] what do you mean by inverse? [03:56] do you want me to do some buttons quickly [03:56] ? [03:56] i would love it if you could... [03:56] a mask that inverts things? [03:56] you and i can stick on three each [03:56] VERY loose [03:56] we'll call them 3 AM buttons :P [03:56] and simply state that they are very loose and pick a direction and we will finish em [03:56] VERY loose :) [03:56] i just got off work [03:56] bloody hell. [03:57] inverse [03:57] okay, what do yours look like? [03:57] meaning imagine i have a rounded rectangle [03:57] mine are rounded rectangle [03:57] basically [03:57] with a gloss hit on top [03:57] and maybe a who hill stripe [03:57] with a grad. [03:57] okay, that's what mine werer going to be like :P - just like the Human buttons [03:57] like i said, damn loose... [03:57] but then i will try to give three simple directions [03:57] yeah [03:57] something like that... [03:57] try it [03:58] okay, well, I'll try some other things quickly [03:59] I'm going to adapt my lozenge [03:59] Guess what, I've got a screenshot of the next build of Tropic on the wiki page now. [04:01] link? [04:01] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Tropic [04:02] I assumed for a moment that you already knew...but, just in case you forgot [04:02] Viper550, have you thought about some of the other elements of your theme - remember Mark made it clear that completeness would me a major factor when it came to decifing what would be included [04:02] Yes, I have, I'm going to adapt one of my splash screen propositions for the splash screen, and I've got a pretty nice wallpaper ready for it too [04:06] Who_, let me remind you on how to do a quick cutout later okie? === troy_s is playing with his daughter. Back in a few. [04:10] troy_s: hold on...you want me to remind you to show me a quick cutout...? [04:18] to whoever is listening, I'd love an opinion on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Blubuntu/BlubuntuWallpaper [04:18] the new mercury ones, specifically [04:26] yah [04:26] i'm here. [04:26] who_s [04:26] Who_, [04:26] yea, troy_s [04:27] helmet's image is quite good. [04:27] your mercury blobs need to evolve a little... the gloss is starting though [04:27] they took me ages [04:27] first, you need to liquify the blobs -- not just circle them [04:27] I think helmets image is not likely to be a) available in larger sizes and b) free [04:27] second, you might want to put a chrome kick across them [04:28] liquify? [04:28] (as a starting point (helmets) [04:28] uh... damn... [04:28] WE REALLY NEED A WHITEBOARD APP!!! [04:28] is there an opensource whiteboard app???????????? [04:28] they are SVGs at the moment [04:28] yea, true, we do! [04:28] i know, but i can't sketch here. [04:28] this blows. [04:28] there must be a free whiteboard... [04:28] no kidding [04:28] can you deskcribe? [04:31] oh...you were suggesting I use Helmet's stuff to help me make the mercury blobs look more liquid....ye, great idea :) they are much easier to SVGise than some of the photos I got... [04:31] though, if all the pictures of mercury I found are correct, mercury does normally end up in round bubbles [04:31] phew [04:31] got one. [04:31] no [04:31] i was saying helmet [04:31] was a good starting point for something possibly [04:32] oh, okay [04:32] found a whiteboard [04:32] rendering that in SVG would make me cry [04:32] okie, link me [04:33] http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/ [04:33] looking into inkscapes... does it work? [04:33] inkscape's what? [04:34] inkscape has a collaboration mode [04:34] but i don't think it is finished [04:34] downloading the sourceball. [04:37] cvs checkout happening now [04:42] this blows [04:42] how do you get the inkscape whiteboard working??? [04:44] Who_, you there? [04:44] troy_s: yea, here, but never used inkscape whiteboard.... [04:44] perhpas just use something like [04:45] http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage [04:45] well inkscape has inkboard [04:45] google for it... [04:45] its a plugin [04:45] and i am a 64bit dual core [04:45] no flash [04:46] it is 4AM here now - I really need to go to bed [04:46] can we resume tomorrow [04:47] I will have to submit those buttons in the morning (I have 1 now, but it is oh, so simple [04:48] yep [04:48] laf. [04:48] morrow... i'll look into inkboard [05:09] just sent some buttons [05:10] night === troy_s [n=aphorism@d206-116-6-170.bchsia.telus.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === troy_s [n=aphorism@d206-116-6-170.bchsia.telus.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === mode/#ubuntu-artwork [+o troy_s] by ChanServ === ..[topic/#ubuntu-artwork:troy_s] : Welcome! Start @ http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork -=-=- IRC logs @ http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs -=-=- Current tasks for Edgy at http://www.launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-art/+specs === mode/#ubuntu-artwork [-o troy_s] by troy_s === troy_s [n=aphorism@d206-116-6-170.bchsia.telus.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === AndyFitz [n=AndyFitz@nat-pool-brisbane.redhat.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === Madpilot [n=brian@ubuntu/member/madpilot] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === klepas [n=klepas@203-213-31-142.static.tpgi.com.au] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === mhb [n=mhb@64.73.broadband3.iol.cz] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [11:59] hi everyone === bachler [i=rakahang@62.101.48.8] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === kwwii [n=kwwii@likes.smoking.more.than.watching.spacenight.dk] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === SS2 [n=SS2@dslb-084-057-036-125.pools.arcor-ip.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === Viper550 [n=viper550@d57-121-167.home.cgocable.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [03:59] Hello everyone [04:00] howdy Viper550 [04:01] I was tweaking Tropic just right now, wanna see? [04:01] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Tropic === newz2000 [n=matt@12-216-147-124.client.mchsi.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [04:30] looking better and better [04:30] I'm off now...bbl === newz2000 [n=matt@12-216-147-124.client.mchsi.com] has left #ubuntu-artwork ["Talk] === guilhermee [n=guilherm@20151010104.user.veloxzone.com.br] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === andreasn [n=andreas@h44n2fls34o839.telia.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === megabyte405 [n=megabyte@user-0cdvltn.cable.mindspring.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === Sk_Bco [n=sk_bco@dslb-084-060-228-253.pools.arcor-ip.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === Seveas [n=seveas@ubuntu/member/seveas] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === andreasn [n=andreas@h44n2fls34o839.telia.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === dinda [n=dinda@cpe-72-181-84-105.houston.res.rr.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === dinda [n=dinda@cpe-72-181-84-105.houston.res.rr.com] has left #ubuntu-artwork [] === guilhermee [n=guilherm@20151010104.user.veloxzone.com.br] has left #ubuntu-artwork [] === guilhermee [n=guilherm@20151010104.user.veloxzone.com.br] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === Viper550 [n=viper550@d57-121-167.home.cgocable.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [09:26] Hello === newz2000 [n=matt@12-216-147-124.client.mchsi.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [10:33] there's something anoying me about Ubuntu/Gnome compared to windows... [10:33] its within the power of the art-team to affect it. [10:33] re [10:33] the amount of lost screen real estate lost on gnome/ubuntu compared to windows [10:34] Should I make a spec or should I send a msg to the mailing list first? [10:34] newz2000: screen real estate lost through what? [10:34] slightly larger chrome and tool bars [10:35] you mean window deco and tool bar size? [10:35] yes. http://people.ubuntu.com/~mnuzum/tmp/window-chrome.png [10:36] I think if you look at that pic closely you will see more than losing screen real estate [10:36] they use theirs more efficiently [10:36] the panel is much smaller and better spaced [10:36] while the window corners (the dragable area) is much bigger [10:37] they is Windows, right? [10:38] yepp [10:38] hehe, who "they" is for a kde user is kinda hard to decide, eh? [10:38] :-) [10:38] yes. [10:38] lol [10:38] Its been tricky to describe... I bought a new laptop when I came to canonical and lost my old one from my previous employer... [10:39] I went down from 1920x1400 to 1280x800. [10:39] if you did the same with kde I bet you would get even worse results [10:39] So it was quite a change. But still, it feels cluttered and cramped. [10:39] I've not used KDE for a while so can't comment much. [10:39] believe me, gnome does better in this respect [10:40] yeah, I moved from a bigger laptop when working for suse to a smaller one afterwards as well [10:40] Oh, you worked for Suse? [10:40] and it took me a while to get used to it, I kept changing the panel size/hiding, font size, etc. [10:40] I did all the suse graphics for 7 years :-) [10:41] That's cool. Why'd you leave? [10:41] the decision not to support and develop kde anymore [10:42] Ah. When Novel/Ximian took over. [10:42] I hadn't heard that Suse officially abandoned KDE. I figured it would happen though. [10:44] well, it is pretty much unofficial but it already happened [10:44] the thing is this: lots of suse employees wok on it on the side anyway [10:45] Do you still work for Suse? [10:45] nope, although novell offered me a contract to make their website design I turned it down [10:45] oh too bad. They need it. [10:45] suse is dead for me [10:45] hehe, I made the opensuse site, and I know exactly what kind of shit is involved in it [10:46] better to stay out of that mess (although you can earn a lot of money) [10:46] the whole team who makes their website is now an external company [10:46] they fired them all [10:46] and they made their own company [10:46] and then novell paid even more to hire that company to do the work [10:46] classic [10:46] :D [10:46] and the same thing almost happened to me, but I decided to take a step away [10:47] Not to rub salt in the wound, Are there any other major desktops besides Kubuntu that ship with KDE as the default now? [10:47] linspire and xandros are the two "big" ones that come to mind [10:47] mandriva of course [10:48] and lots of smaller ones [10:48] that is the major difference between gnome and kde today, I think [10:48] gnome is funded by a few really big companies [10:48] and kde is funded by a lot of small companies [10:48] Yeah [10:48] kde sees that as a strength not a weakness [10:48] I wish we could pick the best from both of them. [10:49] I'd rather code for KDE and I think it has better eye candy, but I think gnome is more usable. [10:49] in the end, to be really honest, what is good for one is often good for the other (at least in the long run) [10:49] I just hate glib though. [10:49] there really is only one linux desktop [10:49] kde and gnome are part of both of them [10:49] hehe, "are both part of it" [10:50] let's talk about gnome and kde in 50 years and I bet we will all have a good lauch [10:50] laugh [10:50] yeah [10:51] So is the proper protocol to create a spec first or to discuss issues on the ml first? [10:51] (back to the chrome thing) [10:54] hrm, good question [10:54] perhaps make a bug [10:54] and then a spec to improve on it [10:54] or a wiki page describing the problem [10:55] and a spec to iimprove it [10:55] Ah. That's probably a good place to start [10:55] That sounds like a good plan [10:55] I guess the problem is really in the theme makers hands [10:55] and perhaps a bit of developement [10:55] I wasn't sure about who can fix it... since we're doing new themes I thought it would be good to suggest here. [10:55] definitely [10:56] things like the window borders are all up to the theme [10:56] the panel size setting is up to a developer settings, etc, as is the font size, etc. [10:57] Hmm... bummer. Thats where the most space is lost. [10:57] yepp, in kde we have the opposite problem [10:58] jonathan made the size so small per defualt that on some systems it cuts off the bottom of the icons in the panel :p [10:59] he made the spacing 0 I think [10:59] No margin for error there [11:01] exactly [11:01] honestly, I like the kubuntu panel much better than the default kde panel, but it could still be a bit better [11:03] I've always felt like there was too much crammed into too little space on the kde panel. [11:03] Admittedly its been awhile since I've used it === mhb [n=mhb@64.73.broadband3.iol.cz] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [11:20] the shitty arrows showing that an icon is a drawer in kde SUCK [11:22] Well, you are the art-team lead for kubuntu [11:24] hehe [11:24] yeah, but that is something that is being addressed in kde4 [11:24] kwwii: what icon exactly? [11:24] kwwii: name? [11:24] mhb: not an icon, it is an overlay for a drawer [11:24] check the kmenu or the System Menu [11:25] those little arrows simply suck [11:25] I would rather make the icon more rectangular to show that it is a drawer graphically [11:25] anyone here know how to install java on ppc? [11:26] Good luck with that [11:26] did you try java.sun.com? === SS2 [n=SS2@dslb-084-057-013-039.pools.arcor-ip.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [11:27] 1~ [11:27] sorry [11:28] newz2000: hehe, I wanted to simply install it and keep writing my script [11:28] not work for an hour on figuring out how to install it [11:29] If you have multiverse you can install java using apt I think. [11:29] I have osx with all the stuff installed already...I'll write the script there and assume that those that run it have a working java installed [11:29] newz2000: apparently not on ppc === newz2000 is not surprised [11:29] The following packages have unmet dependencies: [11:29] sun-java5-jre: Depends: sun-java5-bin (= 1.5.0-06-1) but it is not installable or [11:29] ia32-sun-java5-bin (= 1.5.0-06-1) but it is not instal lable [11:29] E: Broken packages [11:30] fscked up [11:30] if they have it at java.sun.com you just download, chmod +x java...bin and then ./java...bin [11:30] but I don't know if they have it there [11:33] too late, I already started editing it on the other machine [11:33] it is only a small change, so do not feel so bad [11:33] :-) [11:33] changing the render engine for the script [11:33] My feelings aren't hurt. I rarely use java [11:34] Well, I use eclipse a lot, but I rarely write java === guilhermee [n=guilherm@20151009165.user.veloxzone.com.br] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [11:35] I am only calling a class in a bash script, don't worry [11:35] xalan by chance? === bersace [n=bersace@did75-13-82-243-217-90.fbx.proxad.net] has joined #ubuntu-artwork === newz2000 [n=matt@12-216-147-124.client.mchsi.com] has joined #ubuntu-artwork [11:36] oops [11:37] don't press ctrl+w [11:49] batik, acutally [11:49] actually [11:49] it seems to work, so far [11:49] it is nasty work on the console in osx [11:50] unless you have a decent setup of course [11:50] linux is so much better in that aspect [11:54] hehe, so now the script calls every svg in a singular java session [11:54] great [11:54] erm [11:54] this is getting beyond my interest level [11:54] hehe [11:56] :o) [11:56] dude, are you good at shell scripting? [11:57] I could figure this out tomorrow, with time I guess, but tonight I am too worn out to worry [11:58] I will simply let the script run as is and be happy for now [11:58] check on the results, tweak the settings, etc [11:58] and worry about cpu usage tomorrow [11:59] erm, actually it is probably the disk hits that are worse than the cpu usage [11:59] read/write stuff loading and unloading [11:59] :o)) [12:00] you like seeing an artist fsck up his own script, eh? [12:00] :-) [12:01] yay! [12:01] and to watch him dance around in chat like the next idiot on the street [12:01] :p [12:01] it's better to let the anger come out of you :o) [12:02] well, other than the fact that it takes 10x as long to make the theme as before, batik is working great [12:02] might want to raise that to 100x