Kraut Sourcing

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Wednesday, February 17. 2010

Posted by Mark Kretschmann in markey

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What is Kraut Sourcing? No worries, I will explain this later on. First I would like to ask our community for a favor:

The Amarok team is about to release Amarok 2.3 fairly soon (our release schedule is tight), perhaps in about three weeks from now. What I am asking our community (especially artists) for: Creating a new splash screen for this release

This is how the current splash (kindly made by Lee Olson) for Amarok 2.2.x looks like:

As Amarok 2.3 is the start of a new major series, we would love to have a new splash screen. Any takers?

The winner will be chosen by the Amarok team, and the reward is:

1 Amarok t-shirt, a mention in the "Thanks To" dialog of Amarok, and... hmm, a beer at our next meeting. Does this sound ok?

PS:
"Kraut Sourcing" is pretty much what just happened here: A German asking for Crowd Sourcing.

Update: Please note that the license must be Creative Commons, cc-by-sa

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I can make one

How much time do i have?

#1 sheytan (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 20:41 (Reply)

3 weeks or so max (like stated above).

Ideally: Sooner

#1.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 21:23 (Reply)

That last lot were brilliant matey.Especially the middle dark blue top one or the lighter one.

#1.2 andybleaden (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 14:26 (Reply)

i designed a splash screen already . you can see this from this link:
http://imagebin.ca/view/PG-eggO.html

also i will design another in this weekend

if i win in this competition you can contact me with my email address :p

#2 Roozbeh Shafiee (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 21:47 (Reply)

I like this one

#2.1 hacosta on 2010-02-18 03:25 (Reply)

This looks great

One question: About the image in the background (rocking people): Did you make it yourself, or did you take it from an existing photo of others?

That's because: We have to be very strict about the licensing. Only CC-something (Creative Commons) is possible, and we cannot use any commercial content.

#2.2 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 06:55 (Reply)

these shapes are from devianart web site . these are from one of my friends and they have cc lisence

dont worry about this

#2.2.1 Roozbeh Shafiee (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 08:28 (Reply)

Even if CC licensed, (which CC license is it specifically?) we likely still need to properly attribute the source materials. So we need a bit more info than that!

#2.2.1.1 Nikolaj Hald Nielsen (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 08:53 (Reply)

i didnt find that picture .she removed that form her gallery , i emailed her for adding that picture in her gallery again....

#2.2.1.1.1 Roozbeh Shafiee (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 11:11 (Reply)

Not that I can create one, but could the splash screen's "source code" (=GIMP/Inkscape file with all layers intact) please also be posted online?
It would be easier then to make tweaks to match a distro's branding.

#3 Markus on 2010-02-17 21:51 (Reply)

The Amarok splash screen is not something that should be distro-branded.

#3.1 Lydia (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 22:51 (Reply)

Hi there!
I made one, hope you like it!

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2392/amarokp.png

I just used Gimp for that. I took the photo from http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1151/955244322_0ef88a523f_o.jpg

It was marked as "free to contribute"!

Greetings,
David

#4 David Kunz (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 21:55 (Reply)

I made an upgrade to my work:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4180/amarok2.png

Greetings!

#5 David Kunz (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 22:19 (Reply)

So, my last version:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4650/amarok3.png

Sorry for spam, I'm going to bed now

#6 David Kunz (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 22:52 (Reply)

Here is my submission.

http://imagebin.ca/view/1U0v8B.html

#7 Sean Wilson on 2010-02-17 23:21 (Reply)

I can make you one. Although I would like to know where I can find the stock for the amarok text used in the splash.

#8 Izobalax (Homepage) on 2010-02-17 23:57 (Reply)

What's the preferred size?

Can we use transparency (1 bit like gif? 8 bit like png?)

I'd also like to know where the standard icon / text can be found in .svg format, too.

Thanks for a great app!

#9 Kubuntiac (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 03:30 (Reply)

Transparency: Not really, no.

Size: Same as the one from 2.2 that you can see in the article.

#9.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 06:59 (Reply)

Here's the svg:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Amarok_logo.svg

#9.2 WindPower (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 00:34 (Reply)

And this is what i've got to offer:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vNKxmokgKjU/S31FN06D7DI/AAAAAAAABZQ/mocFwXQCFzo/s1600-h/prv2.png

#10 sheytan (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 13:52 (Reply)

Beautiful!! I loved the last one, and also the one in black.

#10.1 Nico on 2010-02-20 16:34 (Reply)

Lots of good submissions already, here's another

http://i48.tinypic.com/23uvigy.png

#11 Anton Petersson (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 16:33 (Reply)

The background looks a bit blurry, don't you think

#11.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-18 16:50 (Reply)

Hey, this is what I performed. I didn't follow current size though, I'm sorry - it was designed in some haste, but I can correct the aspect of course. Well anyways, here it is:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3355/amaroksplash.png

#12 Adam M. on 2010-02-18 21:32 (Reply)

OK I made another two

http://img269.imageshack.us/i/amaroksplash2.png/

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9587/amaroksplash3.png

What do you think?

#13 Adam M. on 2010-02-18 22:13 (Reply)

Background looks nice, but somehow our logo doesn't really fit in

#13.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 07:24 (Reply)

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6769/amaroksplash23.png

Yet another submission. Sorry for the top lines sharpness. To be fixed soon.

#13.2 Adam M. on 2010-02-19 21:30 (Reply)

The rock concert photo is CC-BY-SA and this splash is made completely in KDE's own Krita!

http://krita.org/images/amarok-splash.png

#14 Kubuntiac (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 10:17 (Reply)

Hey Mark,

I just wanted to check that you noticed my entry.

Any feedback?

#14.1 Kubuntiac (Homepage) on 2010-02-20 02:47 (Reply)

Hi,
I made splash screen too:
http://i.imagehost.org/0490/amarok.png

It still needs some updates but i think you understand my concept.

#15 Nece228 on 2010-02-19 12:14 (Reply)

I like the background, but somehow the logo doesn't harmonize very well with it, IMHO.

#15.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 12:23 (Reply)

Agree, maybe you will like this more?
http://f.imagehost.org/0517/amaroknew.png

#15.1.1 Nece228 on 2010-02-19 17:04 (Reply)

well well well well

my final amarok splash set is ready now ! i have authority to use people shapes in my splash you can see this here :

http://shahrzadesign.deviantart.com/art/Queen-154565816

also my collection is here http://roozbehonline.com/pix/88/11/amarok-splash-rosha-version.png

#16 Roozbeh Shafiee (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 15:35 (Reply)

Very cool

I must admit that this is my favorite entry so far. Especially the splash one the top left is fancy!

#16.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 16:10 (Reply)

It's very very cooooool ROSHA ! fantastic ...

#16.2 Hosein-LS (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 18:45 (Reply)

I like both of the splashes on the top!

#16.3 Farhad (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 20:13 (Reply)

The third one if awesome! good job.

#16.4 Manuel Tortosa on 2010-02-20 19:10 (Reply)

My collection updated http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7898/prv3.png

#17 sheytan (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 20:13 (Reply)

here's an idea http://nenadsuperzmaj.deviantart.com/art/Simple-Wolf-154700295

#18 nenad (Homepage) on 2010-02-19 20:28 (Reply)

Uhmmmm...

#18.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-20 08:22 (Reply)

You call that "feedback", eh :p

#18.1.1 nenad (Homepage) on 2010-02-20 12:35 (Reply)

Corrected, enjoy

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6769/amaroksplash23.png

#19 Adam M. on 2010-02-19 22:31 (Reply)

Sorry, wrong version. Here it goes again

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6769/amaroksplash23.png

#20 Adam M. on 2010-02-19 22:38 (Reply)

One more here:

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7281/amaroksplash55.png

#21 Adam M. on 2010-02-20 11:19 (Reply)

Dear Amarok developers,

whatever new splash screen you elect, please keep in mind that people don't enjoy only rock or other modern music you dance to with Amarok.

I mostly listen to operas, but I wouldn't wanta Amarok to have a splash screen showing Lauritz Melchior doing the "Wälse" call (though it would be awesome

) in order not to annoy the people not so keen on classical music.

So, please consider more abstract images without dancing people, too.

Or an image of two layers: A corporate design one (eg. a frame and the Amarok logo) and a customizable background (where you could put in your favorite picture eg. of a concert)?

#22 Cyril (Homepage) on 2010-02-22 11:50 (Reply)

Sorry, but that sounds very weird to me. See, I listen to: Techno, Rock, Pop, Classical, Electronica, Prog Rock... and more.

The image is just meant to convey one thing: "PARTY TIME!!"

And that fits in very well with out spirit. We want Amarok to be exciting and fun to use, our slogan is "Rediscover Your Music" for a reason

#22.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-22 12:01 (Reply)

> The image is just meant to convey one thing: "PARTY TIME!!"

Surely, and that's what I'm talking about: I'm listening to music all the day, if I were just to party to music, I would break down very quickly.

I can understand that eg. notes don't look cool and shiny, but they fit to everything, while party people don't.

But I see, I'm a bit too pedantic.

#22.1.1 Cyril on 2010-02-22 17:19 (Reply)

"But I see, I'm a bit too pedantic."

^ That

#22.1.1.1 Mark Kretschmann (Homepage) on 2010-02-22 17:36 (Reply)

My submission:
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1165/amarok5.png

#23 Elad Mizrahi (Homepage) on 2010-02-25 06:01 (Reply)

This is amazing. This IS discovering music. This is... my new wallpaper.

#23.1 ficoos on 2010-02-27 01:17 (Reply)

I love the way all the current musical elements extenuate how Amarok is in the forefront of music playing

#23.2 Lordeath on 2010-02-27 19:57 (Reply)

another submission.
hope I'm not too late
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4038/amaroksplashdarkeladmiz.png

#24 Elad Mizrahi (Homepage) on 2010-03-07 13:34 (Reply)

Personally, I like digikam's splash screens. The last few releases, they have a nice SVG overlay, and simply put a new different behind it, and possibly tweak the SVG blending colours.

See http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/493

If you had a really nicely done SVG overlay, then for each release you could have a range of photos, such as:

Classical: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8363028@N08/3568130923/
Ethnical: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/3103666444/
RockBand: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_fabio/3752676995/

(photos found at random searching flickr "Creative Commons-licensed content requiring attribution" Using the search term, "concert")

etc. So that for each release those that like Classical but not raves each get to have a splash screen release that suite them.
And then rather a new re-design for every release, it's simply a matter of choosing the best photo.

A quick copish of digikam's is at
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8066/testjn.png

but I think this is pretty ugly myself, (not the best picture, or SVG setup :S

Pierre

#25 Pierre Dumuid on 2010-03-09 15:43 (Reply)

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