[12:26] <Viper550> ???
[01:02] <klepas> moin
[01:11] <troy_s> greetz klep
[01:41] <klepas> hey there troy_s
[01:41] <klepas> how have things been hanging up?
[05:22] <klepas> troy_s: ping
[05:23] <Madpilot> klepas, he's listed as being idle for more than 4hrs
[05:23] <klepas> Madpilot: thanks
[05:23] <klepas> how are you holding up btw Madpilot ? :)
[05:24] <Madpilot> good enough. Very slack day at work, which was nice. :)
[05:24] <troy_s> go klepas
[05:24] <troy_s> pong
[05:24] <klepas> hey troy_s
[05:24] <klepas> been meaning to catch up with you
[12:20] <PingunZ> If someone sees fschoep, tell him to ping me
[05:47] <PingunZ> !seen fschoep
[10:44] <Viper550> msikma, you designed Dapper's Usplash right?
[11:14] <msikma> Yeah
[11:14] <Viper550> I ported it to Edgy
[11:14] <msikma> I had a much nicer one that used the new technology for the new usplash, but I'm not sure if it got rejected or not
[11:15] <Viper550> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=46645
[11:15] <msikma> i.e. this one: http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/final/usplash_rlsl_7.gif
[11:15] <msikma> That's pretty nice, but you cut off part of the reflection.
[11:16] <Viper550> No, I didn't, it was like that when I got it
[11:16] <msikma> Very strange.
[11:16] <Viper550> I stretched it out of the OSdir screenshots
[11:17] <msikma> It's 256 colors max, right?
[11:18] <Viper550> yep, but I go with 255
[11:18] <msikma> I'll make you a 255 colors one.
[11:18] <Viper550> I think it already is
[11:18] <msikma> Your port is currently using only a very small portion of the available colors and the reflection is messed up because you got it from a stretched OSdir screenshot.
[11:19] <Viper550> Do you have source files for the original (pre-dither)?
[11:21] <msikma> http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash-dapper-255.png
[11:21] <msikma> There, that looks much better.
[11:21] <msikma> I indeed have source files, but they won't open in GIMP. (PSDs.)
[11:21] <msikma> I could upload a 32-bit PNG.
[11:21] <Viper550> okay, that would work good
[11:22] <Viper550> but, your 255 is good too
[11:22] <Viper550> So, that's an actual higher quality version, nice!
[11:22] <msikma> http://thingmajig.org/tmp/newsuggestion_0_32.png
[11:22] <msikma> Just in case.
[11:23] <msikma> I guess this just reassures the convenience of keeping source files around even when you think you're no longer going to edit them. :)
[11:23] <Viper550> I don't think we'll ever get Usplash that high-rez, but still!
[11:24] <msikma> Yeah, 256 colors should be plenty for this design, though. More enthusiastic designs (such as my new Edgy one which is likely to never see the light of day) would need a full color range to really be effective.
[11:24] <msikma> I try my best to dither it properly (and not have the dithering "move around" or "squirm" in the animation) but it still looks awkward.
[11:25] <Viper550> Think I should keep the glossy progress bar as is?
[11:26] <msikma> I'd personally add reflection. It's done by copying the bar, flipping it vertically, and then applying a vertical linear gradient from 0x00000000 to 0x000000FF.
[11:26] <msikma> (black, transparent, to black, opaque.)
[11:27] <Viper550> so, you think reflection there too like the logo
[11:27] <msikma> In the case of the logo, I also added a small gaussian blur.
[11:27] <msikma> Yeah, but I wouldn't add gaussian blur to it. That'd make it look strange.
[11:27] <Viper550> okay...I know it would look strange on progress bars, but it would look neat!
[12:04] <Viper550> does setting the pallete indexes in Usplash themes actually do anything?