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Vorian

February 7th, 2007, 10:31 PM

Post your Ohio LoCo artwork here:popcorn:

o0splitpaw0o

February 7th, 2007, 10:45 PM

I planning on making banners in both animated flash and animated gifs for your personal blogs etc:

Banners must stick with this criteria (mental note to self)
Sticking with "Circle of Friends" followed by "Ubuntu" in the Ubuntu-title font in black

Since this is also bringing attention to the LoCo Ohio team, throw me some ideas?

What should it have that makes it "stand out"?

Here's something to chew on and just post ideas, links to art work, something that you think is "cool"

Our pride in our local collage teams?
Colors?
State Flag?
Linux community?

Shoot your ideas. I'll come up with results.
Brady

Delvien

February 7th, 2007, 10:54 PM

a scrolling GIF always works good, Show ubuntu symbol spinning, then Ubuntu *text* from right to left slowly, then say Ohio LoCo team. Then flash the ubuntu logo in Negative color then fade back to that nice orange color.

I speak in fragments, my brain moves too fast for my fingers, sorry.

jpeddicord

February 7th, 2007, 11:12 PM

This is from the Bootsplash thread. Both PNG and XCF files attached. :)

o0splitpaw0o

February 8th, 2007, 10:07 PM

Alrighty, this is what I envision: under 30 seconds for the flash

YOUR Picture : Every take a snapshot with your face on a solid background (with lots of light so there isn't shadow behind you) from shoulders up.

Scene 1:In the first scene of the animation: it shows one of us in a block with the words "individuals"

Scene 2:As it zooms back your photo, their is everyone's pictures, in random, slowly organizing with the words "coming together"

Scene 3: Now the photos are lining up like bricks, while your image now is fading out and the photo block turns into a solid Ubuntu color (IE Orange, Burgundy, Red...) with the words "to form a community..."

Scene 3: The animation zooms up to give a view above the brick formation to see what is "above" with the words "creating roadways of knowledge..."

Scene 4: turning 35 degrees and above the brick line you notice a road way which now your following... with the words "To help local Ohio in Using Ubuntu..."

Scene 5: You now zooming out and notice the roadway, is actually the Ubuntu Logo, and by the time it's done, it has the Logo to the left with the Ubuntu name, and the Ohio Ubuntu community name ....

I know I know,... "Wow man, uhuuhu that's deep" but it would look just killer! I don't think for a gif though all that would have to be cut short or allot of frames pulled out to reduce it's size. I got gif compression tools which only just removes unnecessary color ranges to reduce it's file size.

Let me know if you got any ideas. I was busy today adding yet another local to Ubuntu and got wrapped up in a computer I had to hack for a customer, because their little 4 year old grandson decided to change the password. Spent hours picking at it because of bad iso's (Grrr)

:lolflag: :-k :-k

jpeddicord

February 8th, 2007, 11:31 PM

I know I know,... "Wow man, uhuuhu that's deep" but it would look just killer! I don't think for a gif though all that would have to be cut short or allot of frames pulled out to reduce it's size. I got gif compression tools which only just removes unnecessary color ranges to reduce it's file size.
Wow, that is deep, but it sounds cool. It might be easy to render in Blender. :)

EDIT: Post 400!

Vorian

February 8th, 2007, 11:45 PM

EDIT: Post 400!

porc::inca::dito!

/me highfives jacobmp92

:guitar:

jpeddicord

February 12th, 2007, 05:31 PM

Attached is a ubuntuforums-esque logo for the Ubuntu theme currently being installed.

o0splitpaw0o

February 12th, 2007, 06:40 PM

Ok, attached is the flash swf file & HTML code. 2 Also the gif animated file.

To use the swf file, and the html, if you whish to put them online with your site, make sure both are in the same initial directory to funtion. If you like to make changes to have it point to another location here's some examples

1. What the code looks like now...

<A HREF=http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/></A> <A HREF=http://www.ubuntu.com></A> 
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
ID=ubuntuohio WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="ubuntuohio.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000> <EMBED src="ubuntuohio.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#000000 WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Now change the following in bold.. compare ...change you need to post on myspace, or youtube, blog


<A HREF=http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/></A> <A HREF=http://www.ubuntu.com></A> 
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
ID=ubuntuohio WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60>
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="http://www.yoursite.com/ubuntuohio.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000> <EMBED src="http://www.yoursite.com/ubuntuohio.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#000000 WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Here is an exaple for My space:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.adminremote.com/ubuntuohio.swf" height="60" width="468" id="ubuntuohio">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.adminremote.com/ubuntuohio.swf" />
<param name="allownetworking" value="internal" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="enableJSURL" value="false" />
<param name="enableHREF" value="false" />
<param name="saveEmbedTags" value="true" />
</object><br><a href="http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/" target="_blank"><b>Visit us for more information!</a>
<br>

o0splitpaw0o

February 15th, 2007, 02:42 PM

Ok, this was a redo for some who though "eh, the background is too dark." So I pressed a few colors and this was the best I think, complamented both the banner, but also the Ubuntu theme. The HTML is exactly the same as above thread, but a muted brown. *Shakes head as he just threw an artsy word banter... sigh

:lolflag:

lyceum

February 21st, 2007, 07:34 AM

http://freud.franklin.edu/ferrim01/ULoCoOh1.jpg

here's a smaller one:

http://freud.franklin.edu/ferrim01/ULoCoOhSm1.jpg

And another:

http://freud.franklin.edu/ferrim01/ULoCoFl.jpg

http://freud.franklin.edu/ferrim01/ULoCoFlSm.jpg

-edit-
Fixed the top two, used correct font and better fading.

TheIdiotThatIsMe

February 23rd, 2007, 05:26 AM

lyceum... those are absolutely beautiful! I'm definitely using some of them ;)

lyceum

February 23rd, 2007, 09:13 AM

lyceum... those are absolutely beautiful! I'm definitely using some of them ;)

Thanks, these are just the sketches. I will be replacing them once I get the time to do them correctly.

TheIdiotThatIsMe

February 23rd, 2007, 05:10 PM

Thanks, these are just the sketches. I will be replacing them once I get the time to do them correctly.

When you get them done (they look great to me already lol) will you send a message via the mailing list? (I get to that faster than forums). I love them!

lyceum

February 23rd, 2007, 05:30 PM

When you get them done (they look great to me already lol) will you send a message via the mailing list? (I get to that faster than forums). I love them!

Sure thing. :)

o0splitpaw0o

February 26th, 2007, 11:47 PM

So any more eye candy? Think all these do it for us? I guess we keep posting and maybe have this art ported to a specific section on the Loco page? :)

lyceum

February 27th, 2007, 09:22 AM

So any more eye candy? Think all these do it for us? I guess we keep posting and maybe have this art ported to a specific section on the Loco page? :)

Make a list of what you want. I will start working on it. If you want wallpapers, be specific as to what should be on them. Feel free to add as many ideas as you want. I may not be able to do them all, but options are always nice.

o0splitpaw0o

March 6th, 2007, 12:25 AM

OK, THIS IS A swf FILE which could be used in a slideshow presentation. I tried exporting to AVI or mov, but no go. I don't know if anyone can convert it, but it's pretty nice and BIG !! 550X602

Looks sharp, eye candy for your starting presentations.

boredandblogging.com

March 7th, 2007, 11:45 PM

lyceum

March 8th, 2007, 09:26 AM

Does anyone have suggestions for a Georgia LoCo logo? None of the folks involved with the LoCo are artistically inclined. We were thinking something with the outline of Georgia and maybe a peach.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

I would but a peach in the middle of the Ubuntu logo, that would be a great color combo. Let the peach overlap the logo. If you like that idea and would like me to make on for you, let me know.

jpeddicord

March 8th, 2007, 05:02 PM

I would but a peach in the middle of the Ubuntu logo, that would be a great color combo. Let the peach overlap the logo. If you like that idea and would like me to make on for you, let me know.

Sorry, that idea won't work. The Ubuntu logo needs to be completely separate from everything else.
See http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/TrademarkPolicy "Logo Standards."

We used to have a combination of the Ohio flag and the Ubuntu logo here, but had to swap it over due to the trademark policy.

lyceum

March 8th, 2007, 05:41 PM

Sorry, that idea won't work. The Ubuntu logo needs to be completely separate from everything else.
See http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/TrademarkPolicy "Logo Standards."

We used to have a combination of the Ohio flag and the Ubuntu logo here, but had to swap it over due to the trademark policy.

Is that because of: "Other than the variations listed here, the logo may not be modified in any way. "

I would think that "You may use transparency and gradient/depth tools, but should still maintain the Ubuntu colors." would make putting the logo over something okay. Why else would you use the transparency? So maybe the shape of the state with the Ubuntu logo inside? or the peach behind the logo with some transparency? In realiy putting the logo next to an object modifies it by adding the other object.

Not trying to argue, just working out the rules so I can better understand them. :)

jpeddicord

March 8th, 2007, 07:05 PM

Is that because of: "Other than the variations listed here, the logo may not be modified in any way. "

I would think that "You may use transparency and gradient/depth tools, but should still maintain the Ubuntu colors." would make putting the logo over something okay. Why else would you use the transparency? So maybe the shape of the state with the Ubuntu logo inside? or the peach behind the logo with some transparency? In realiy putting the logo next to an object modifies it by adding the other object.

Not trying to argue, just working out the rules so I can better understand them. :)

Basically, the only problem with your idea was having the peach overlap the logo. Basically, there are three generic "rules" for the logo:
Dont change the COF logo itself
Dont let things overlap the logo, however the logo can overlap others
Don't put any images/objects "inside" the COF
Anything next to the logo is fine.

Jacob :)