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troy_shello pingunz.02:41
troy_show are you doing?02:41
PingunZfine :)02:42
PingunZyou ?02:42
troy_sGood thanks.02:49
troy_sFrank says you have been quite busy.02:49
PingunZWith what ?02:49
troy_sUbuntu Art involvement.02:49
PingunZAnd more specific ?02:50
troy_sNo, he wasn't.02:50
PingunZCause I wasn't that busy IMO.02:50
PingunZtroy_s: I saw your new GDM / splash mockups. They look nice ( a bit too dark IMO), I'd like to make them once they revised a little :)02:56
PingunZI like the general idea of a face-browser.02:56
troy_sthe dark is actually the default dapper wallpaper02:56
troy_syes, but by default a face browser has been declined.02:57
PingunZWhy is that ?02:57
troy_si will be uploading the 2ndary palette shortly02:57
troy_sonce i get it into gpl format02:57
troy_sbecause of security reasons02:57
troy_sit is better for workstations to be configured for use with non face browsing.02:57
PingunZtroy_s: A face browser still requires a password ..02:58
PingunZso it is safe02:58
PingunZIMO :)02:58
troy_snot exactly02:58
troy_sknowing what to logon as eliminates exactly 50% of the security effort.02:58
troy_sand you can't rely on users passwords to be secure02:58
troy_swhich is why there has been plenty of discussion regarding that.02:59
PingunZHmm02:59
PingunZI understand :)02:59
troy_sindeed.02:59
troy_sface browsers are to be optional02:59
troy_sbut again, that takes more xml work etc.02:59
troy_sand i simply don' thave the time to accomodate anything except the default install look/feel02:59
PingunZyes, but it looks very nice02:59
troy_strue, but i don't have the time to create two.03:00
PingunZhehe :)03:00
troy_si just updated the source files there03:00
PingunZI'll try to create one, I have some spare time03:00
troy_sat the troy_s page below the primary03:00
PingunZand a little GDM-experience03:00
troy_sthey are quite easy, but my time is very limited.03:00
PingunZtroy_s: once the buttons are finished I would like to make that GDM.03:02
PingunZIf that is ok to you ?03:02
troy_scompletely fine, in fact03:02
troy_si encourage you to take the work and build on it03:02
troy_sit is what we are seeking to develop in the art community currenlty03:02
PingunZI warn you, I'm un-experienced :)03:02
troy_sblah03:03
troy_sno harm in trying!03:03
troy_swe have been trying _Very_ hard to build a collaborative structure03:03
troy_sfile formats and such get in the way, but I think we are making headway03:03
troy_ssend me your work via email, i would love to see it03:03
troy_sand provide a face browser as an alternative03:03
PingunZyes, but you still have a big way to go03:03
troy_sjust give me your work with the temp buttons in or whatever03:03
troy_sactually the gdm is quite easy to finish button wise03:04
troy_sthe collaboration factor will take more cycles to develop03:04
troy_sand for people to understand03:04
troy_swhich is why it is important that if you can, try contributing.03:04
troy_sbase your work on the AiC's guidance03:04
PingunZAiC ?03:04
troy_sand simply derive what you can at your given pace /leve03:04
troy_slevel03:04
troy_sartist in chief03:04
troy_sfrank scheop03:04
PingunZI know him ;)03:05
troy_sIndeed.03:05
troy_sHe has done _amazing_ structural work this term.03:05
troy_sI hope he will be back for a 2nd.03:05
PingunZI havent seen him in a while ..03:05
troy_she is _very_ busy right now03:05
troy_sdeadlines are approaching fast03:05
troy_sso we really need a full body of work in.03:06
troy_squickly.03:06
troy_si will try to get another palette out03:06
troy_sand that might be the extent of my effort for this weekend.03:06
troy_sthe lighter palette is03:06
troy_ssimilar to some of the things that were gathered on the summary page03:06
PingunZThe lighter palette is for the gdm, .. ?03:07
troy_shttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/Summary_18JULY200603:07
troy_sfor all of them03:07
troy_swall_02_troy03:07
troy_sis close to it.03:07
troy_ssame design03:07
troy_sbut different palette03:07
troy_sanyways, good luck03:07
troy_si look forward to anything you can manage03:07
troy_sthanks pingunz.03:08
PingunZWell I'll need xara for that03:08
PingunZbut my apt-get is broken atm :p03:08
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troy_sEek.03:08
troy_sYou on a 32 bit system?03:08
troy_sif so, you don't need apt03:08
troy_sjust go to www.xaraextreme.org03:09
troy_sdownload the tarball03:09
troy_sand run the binary03:09
troy_sshould work out of box03:09
PingunZok :)03:09
troy_sit is a very powerful program03:09
troy_si love it... and svg support is coming into the stream during this development cycle.03:09
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troy_sls03:16
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troy_sGreetings Madpilot03:27
Madpilothi troy_s03:27
troy_sHow have things been with you?03:28
Madpilotbusy as heck03:28
troy_sUnderstatement of the year award.03:28
troy_s;)03:29
Madpilotheh. Some nice Edgy art coming in - wish I had time to do more than lurk on the artwork IRC channel ;)03:29
troy_shey mad03:30
troy_si just wanted to say03:30
troy_syour cthulubuntu was awsome!03:30
troy_si loved it.03:30
troy_smade me laugh my ass off.03:30
troy_sit was sooooo coincidental because i was considering doing a halloween / april 1 set03:30
troy_swith that sort of approach03:30
troy_sMadpilot: do you think you could post your cthulubuntu lsplash to the artwork wiki?03:31
troy_sI really thought it was hilarious.03:31
MadpilotI could. Maybe I'll turn it into a proper theme set one of these days ;)03:31
MadpilotGreen ooze, tentacles & eyeballs03:31
troy_sor something along those lines.03:32
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alex_jonihello, I want to build a custom artwork package for dapper. is there any stuff to start from ?02:52
alex_jonican I simply make a deb that replaces the standard png's? (I am thinking about desktop background, splash screen etc.)03:00
kwwiitake the ubuntu-artwork package and modify the pngs in it03:31
kwwiior for kubuntu, take the kubuntu-default-settings package and do the same03:31
kwwiinote that some of the pics are not in either of those packages though, so to do it 100% there is more work to it03:31
alex_jonikwwii: thanks, however I am only trying to change the default background. Can I make a simple deb (I know how), and alter /var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml ?03:36
alex_jonikwwii: the only thing I'm concearned is: does that file get restored when I remove my package?03:38
kwwiialex_joni: not sure...I would guess that it will leave the changes from your package or create some kind of error03:46
kwwiito be honest, I know very little about packaging for gnome03:49
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kwwiilooks like I have to exchange my powerbook battery :-(03:53
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PingunZping troy_s04:03
PingunZbrb ( trying to make a skydome image )04:05
PingunZcool, I made a skydome :)04:20
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troy_sGo PingunZ04:51
troy_smsikma you in?04:51
PingunZtroy_s: I have problem with XaraXL, I'll install it in dapper tomorrow.04:53
PingunZOr this evening04:53
troy_swhat is the problem you are having?04:56
troy_spingunz04:56
PingunZwell, I have it installed but I get an error when I open it04:57
troy_swhat is the error?04:57
troy_sAll you should need to do is download the file, extract it using tar / archiver04:58
PingunZMailcap file /etc/mailcap, line 50 : incomplete entry ignored.04:58
PingunZI have it installed with apt-get04:58
troy_sOk so let's try stepping you through it.04:58
troy_sTry downloading .704:58
troy_sfrom xaraextreme.org04:58
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troy_shttp://www.xaraxtreme.org/download/04:59
troy_sTell me when you have done this04:59
PingunZok troy_s, brb05:01
troy_sthe steps are on that page... you should be ok05:03
troy_sjust extract it and try running the binary in the xaralx/bin directory05:03
PingunZk I'm back, I'll try to install it that way05:25
PingunZI had serious troubles with edgy yesterday05:25
PingunZtroy_s: What exactly is so good about XaraXL ?05:26
troy_sYou would need to try it.05:27
troy_sInkscape is a wonderful program05:27
PingunZOk :)05:27
troy_sBut Xara already has feathering and blurs05:27
troy_setc.05:27
troy_sIt is also a darn fast rendering engine05:27
PingunZI haven't found the time to get used to inkscape yet.05:27
troy_sInkscape's performance is a bit laggy when you get into slightly complicated images.05:27
PingunZhmm, how can I install .package files ?05:28
PingunZcool, that's a nice install way :)05:33
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PingunZok, I have xara now, troy_s05:34
troy_sDid you unzip it?05:34
troy_sEven better, you get every version as it pumps out05:34
troy_sBecause it is developing _deadly_ fast.05:34
troy_sSVG is right around the corner.05:34
PingunZNice :)05:34
troy_sIt really is an impressive program.05:35
troy_sHaving used Illustrator and such, it has many legs up -- like the realtime grading etc.05:35
troy_sWatch their videos05:36
PingunZIt looks a lot like inkscape05:36
troy_sSort of...05:36
troy_sInkscape has some great features.05:36
troy_sAnd I do like it a lot.05:36
troy_shttp://www.xaraxtreme.org/about/movies.html05:36
troy_sThere are a few aboslute beginner guides there05:37
troy_sTo get your started05:37
troy_sCheck the file sizes on complicated drawings and you will see another pretty remarkable side of vector illustration05:37
PingunZThe gdm doesnt seem to have such a nice font as on the screenshots05:38
PingunZAnd how can I edit layers ?05:39
troy_sThe font is bound to your local fonts05:39
PingunZIn inkscape I was just able to click and resize things.05:39
troy_sSo to start,05:39
troy_syou will need to install the ubuntu title font from the repositories.05:39
troy_sto access the layers05:40
troy_sopen up the layers dialog05:40
troy_syou can lock and unlock the layers so some of them are probably set to not be selectable05:40
PingunZah ok :)05:40
troy_salso note that some of the layers are complicated versions grouped05:40
troy_sso you may need to ungroup etc...05:40
troy_sboth palettes are going to change to rgb when i get a second to convert them... the cmyk's are quite a way off for display purposes.05:41
PingunZOk :)05:42
PingunZI'll have to get the ubuntu-title font05:43
PingunZDo you know its package name ?05:43
troy_syes... hold on.05:44
troy_syou know about apt-cache search functionality?05:44
troy_sttf-ubuntu-title05:44
troy_ssudo apt-get install ttf-ubuntu-title05:45
troy_sapt-cache search ubuntu title05:45
troy_swould give you the package in a beat05:45
PingunZSorry :) I forget that function sometimes -_-05:46
troy_sTis' ok.05:46
troy_sIt is a pretty impressive program to consider that it hasn't even hit .1 yet.05:46
troy_sRather 1.005:46
troy_sAnd it has more than enough functionality to make it an amazingly powerful tool.05:47
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PingunZhmm it crashed :p05:54
PingunZtroy_s: I suggest you send me the .png's once finished ( including icons ). And then I'll try to make a GDM of it. Ok ?05:56
troy_sWeird...05:57
troy_sDid you download the recommended version?05:57
troy_sBecause the development version is rather unstable.05:57
troy_sAnd PingunZ -- you can use the export feature to export the layers into PNGs or whatever you like.06:02
troy_sThird tab on the export page.06:02
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PingunZtroy_s: the program crashes when I try to export ;)06:33
troy_sYes, export is the most heavily developed06:34
troy_sThere is a simple trick though06:34
troy_sChoose your export to png06:34
troy_sthen make sure that you _wait_ until it has finished rendering06:34
troy_sClick preview and _wait_06:34
troy_sthen export06:34
troy_sit works fine if you wait on the rendering to finish.06:34
PingunZtroy_s: are you on edgy too ?06:41
troy_sNo... I need stability.06:41
troy_sSo I work in Dapper06:41
PingunZtroy_s: I'll try again :)06:43
PingunZbut I'm pretty sure its going to crash again. :)06:44
PingunZIt worked :)06:46
PingunZI have extracted the background.png06:47
PingunZnow the logo, then the browser06:47
PingunZand then I can start ' coding ' :)06:47
troy_sNice.06:48
troy_sI have been using a skeleton if you want it...06:48
PingunZskeleton ?06:49
PingunZ( I'm very new to this so please don't blame me for my stupid questions :) )06:49
troy_sJust a basic xml layout, but I am sure you will do fine...06:54
PingunZOk, browser and logo are exported.06:54
PingunZtroy_s: I'm thinking of writing one from scratch :)06:55
troy_sWow... that would be quite good.06:55
PingunZtroy_s: maybe I'll base it on the Relaxing of gnome-look06:55
troy_sI encourage you to do what you like... I only based the central looking GDM on some suggestions...  Haven't quite decided on the final design really.06:56
PingunZIs it legal to modify a current one that is GPL ?06:56
troy_sYou might want to read the GPL :)06:57
troy_sIt is quite an important document.06:57
PingunZWell, I'll make a current one based on the Relaxing theme. Once the theme gets more comments/modifications I'll write one from scratch :)06:57
PingunZWhat exatcly is a GPL ?06:57
troy_swww.fsf.org06:57
troy_sIt is an acronym that stands for the "Gnu Public License Agreement"06:58
troy_sIt is very important, so I encourage you to read it.  It involves critical freedoms and rights that many of us take for granted in a 'democratic' society.06:58
PingunZIs it a long text ? And is every GPL license the same ?07:00
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troy_sThe current version is in the 2 class... Version 3 is being drafted and is subject to a lot of debate discussion.07:04
troy_sYou should have little problem understanding it.07:04
troy_sIf you want to understand more about the importance of free software -- I encourage you to read http://www.gnupress.org/book13.html07:05
troy_sYou can download and share it legally, and buy it if you like to support the FSF.07:06
PingunZtroy_s: I'm not going to read the text now, I'll do it later. Once I have the time :)07:10
PingunZAnd courage :)07:10
PingunZtroy_s: Am I allowed to edit the ' browser ' in your GDM ? and slightly edit the background ?07:11
troy_sOf course07:12
troy_sDo whatever you like.07:12
PingunZI'll make a few mockups and show them to you :)07:14
PingunZ!ping msikma07:14
PingunZI'll be idle for a while, I'm on my laptop. ( editing troy 's work ).07:25
PingunZtroy_s: can you mail me the logo and the browser ( with transparant background ). I didn't export them right..07:43
PingunZI'll be out for dinner meanwhile.07:43
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PingunZ!ping troy_s again ( read what I said above )08:20
troy_sHello?08:20
troy_sJust about finished up on the first pass of the gdm08:20
troy_sBusy here with a little girl :)08:20
PingunZoh :)08:20
PingunZWell mail it to me when you're done :)08:21
troy_sIf you want transparency08:22
troy_syou must export the image as a true colour with alpha channel08:22
PingunZoh08:22
troy_sand all of your layers in question must NOT be under the 'background' heading08:22
troy_sthat will probably solve your problem.08:22
PingunZtroy, I made a really nice picture with my camer. If you want it, you can use it for a wallpaper/some other art.08:28
PingunZhttp://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5880/deskyfo5.png08:29
PingunZI have the pic in 10 MP so the size isnt a problem :)08:29
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PingunZ_!ping troy_s10:16
troy_sgo pingunz10:16
troy_sjust heading out the door.10:16
PingunZ_I made the mockup10:17
PingunZ_I'm uploading it10:17
PingunZ_http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7705/backgroundcopyjw4.png10:18
troy_syou have a screener of it?10:18
troy_sdid you get a working xml base yet?10:18
PingunZ_No10:18
PingunZ_I first need to know how the GDM should look like10:18
PingunZ_Then I start.10:18
PingunZ_You like my screenie ?10:19
troy_sWell it's yours so make it how you want to make it.10:20
troy_sI suggest following Franks guidelines if you want someone to consider it.10:20
PingunZ_troy_s: It's just a modified version of yours..10:20
troy_sI am about to upload the generated buttons etc.10:21
troy_sFinished up the darker palette version.10:21
PingunZ_ok10:21
PingunZ_hey, I'm going to turn of my laptop, brb10:22
PingunZtadam :)10:22
troy_sThere... uploaded the newer summary and the updated gdm.10:23
troy_sxarball.10:23
troy_soff for a business meeting10:24
troy_sback later.10:24
troy_smsikma -- any luck with the metacity palette?10:25
troy_sslash tweaks etc.10:25
msikmaHi troy_s. I'm busy with something right now, but I've done some work earlier. I still want to work on it more.10:25
troy_sAwsome10:28
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troy_sGreat to hear.10:28
troy_sEmail me when you have some screenshots or something, I would love to see them.10:28
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PingunZping msikma11:40
msikmaHi PingunZ.11:41
PingunZmsikma: you sent me the GTK-theme mockups yesterday. I'm afraid I lost them.11:42
msikmahttp://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/28695/michielgtk14.png11:43
PingunZok :)11:43
PingunZI'll work on it tomorrow11:44
msikmatroy_s: I'm sorry I couldn't show you anything today. I'm leaving right now. I got called to do some work and got kind of sidetracked with other stuff from there, so I haven't done much so far. But I'll show you tomorrow.11:52
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