Future of ubuntu usplash

[smartboyathome]

I think it looks a little too basic for my taste, I am trying to do a mockup of my idea to see if it looks good.

[spych102]

basic? it is a 30 mins mockup, of course it is basic!

[natehall]

I'm thinking a second hand sweeping aroud the Ubuntu symbol lighting it up as it passes. After the splash is done the hand would disappear.

[Gwasanaethau]

Rather than bouncing, perhaps they could emit a radio signal in turn?

I quite like that idea! Sounds interesting! It sounds a bit like the old 9 o'clock news logo from the BBC!

What do people think about this mockup? I am sure there are loads more ideas that we can incorporate. Please comment.

I like this too, good work! Would it be possible to get them to spin too? Like they're sliding on ice or something and they just slot nicely together.

[natehall]

An additional thought: The letters light up one after the other until all is bright.

[smartboyathome]

An additional thought: The letters light up one after the other until all is bright.

That is similar to my idea above, where the logo gets a glow effect on each piece one after another until they all get the glow effect

[spych102]

Yeah, glowing's good, I'll try to work in some rotation too. Does anyone know how to get an svg into either synfig or pencil, Inkscape's driving me up the wall as it is not at all suited to animation.

There is an ubuntu theme for cairo clock. Must dig that up for further inspiration.

[smartboyathome]

Try using GIMP for animation.

[spych102]

Thanks smartboy, gimp-gap is now installed.

[Merk42]

While I do like a lot of these ideas, something I don't understand is showing the Mac startup in the beginning. The Mac starup is a looping animation, that just goes until all is loaded. So far all of the ideas for Ubuntu have some sort of progress percentage associated with them. I'm not saying having a progress related animation is bad, just that it's not what the Mac startup has which was quoted in the first post as a good example.