<div><br></div><div>OK, that banner looks incredibly boring to me but I'll see what I can do. </div><div>Meanwhile, I'll finish the introduction article and leave it to others for review. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div>Sylvia </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br>On Thursday, 21 January 2016, Paul W. Frields <<a href="mailto:stickster@gmail.com">stickster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:06:13AM -0200, Sylvia Sánchez wrote:<br>
> Ah, okay. I'll make a bigger picture, no problem.<br>
> But the image itself is alright or should I paint or shoot something else?<br>
<br>
This image seems very bright and saturated to me. But that may not be<br>
a bad thing if you are trying to highlight the crazy things you can do<br>
with a tool.<br>
<br>
For a series, though, it would be helpful if the banner is more<br>
standardized. That way it's easy for other people to help create them<br>
for future articles. Notice how the banners for the systemd series<br>
has a theme. Check out the right side of this article and see the<br>
banners for all the entries in the series:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://fedoramagazine.org/systemd-getting-a-grip-on-units/" target="_blank">http://fedoramagazine.org/systemd-getting-a-grip-on-units/</a><br>
<br>
Notice also that each banner has wording that tells the viewer what to<br>
expect in the article. That's helpful for a series as well. Each<br>
featured image banner is used not just on the Magazine site, but also<br>
in social media to attract readers. People often look at the image<br>
before they read any text, and this can draw them to read the article.<br>
<br>
I would recommend having a more "standardized" banner for the featured<br>
image that sits above the article and in social media.<br>
<br>
But then you could use this type of "artistic" image in the body of<br>
the article. That could immediately follow the introductory paragraph<br>
to show off some output from the design tool. (That would be<br>
different from images of the tool itself, which could be in<br>
screenshots later in the article.) I think that might be a very<br>
interesting way to entice people to keep reading.<br>
<br>
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