+1 as wellOn Thu, 2009-06-18 at 18:00 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:Maybe I am being a bit unreasonable. I have been thinking about it - Maybe we can aim to do an abstract, vector-based (please vector-based, the reasons you give for avoiding 100MB+ XCFs is quite sound, Martin) default wallpaper that is an original creation... having it be vector reduces the file size, makes it easier for folks to participate, and make it easy to automate generating all the aspect ratios we need, and makes it way easy to incorporate into the other corresponding artwork. But, could we have a selection of openly-licensed ready-mades we source from elsewhere that complement it thematically? By default or not... ? And our fallback plan, if the default creation ends up being another painful ball of stress, is to just pick our favorite of the accompanying ready-mades... that does seem quite sound doesn't it? I don't know, what do you think?Yeah, that sounds like a good idea to me.
This is just me speaking, but for some reason, I really think I prefer the multiple submission method where we come up with our own ideas and push it through. However, I think where it failed is when people who made submissions seemed to back off on the development late in the game and then people like Mo had to pick up all the slack because it was still underdeveloped. We need people dedicated to their own themes, if we take this approach, until the end and are carrying their own flag until minute zero. However, I am open to finding a new method that hopefully works better and doesn't have s scrambling at the end.(And I'm very sorry for being so stress-y over this... it's quite a sore topic for me and I should have thought more before sending my last reply.)I completely understand your sentiments about this. One of the things I remember from the past releases are your all-nighters that saved us from disasters, especially considering you are doing it in your spare time...~mMartin
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