Upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks

[John Poelstra]

Start       End         Name
Tue 28-Sep  Tue 12-Oct  Create DVD/CD label and sleeve artwork
Fri 08-Oct  Fri 08-Oct  Fedora 15 Release Name Announced
Tue 12-Oct  Mon 25-Oct  Polish/Finalize Release Party Posters
Fri 15-Oct  Fri 15-Oct  Package Final Wallpaper
Fri 15-Oct  Fri 15-Oct  Package Final Splash Screens
Mon 18-Oct  Fri 29-Oct  Create Final Release Banners

How has schedule worked out for your team during Fedora 14?

The schedule is only as good as the information I receive so if you've 
noticed things that would work better for Fedora 15, please add them to 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Schedule_Retrospective

[Alexander Smirnov]

Hi all!

2010/10/3 John Poelstra <poelstra(a)redhat.com&gt;

>  Start       End         Name
>  Tue 28-Sep  Tue 12-Oct  Create DVD/CD label and sleeve artwork
>
>  
It's my proposal for create DVD/CD sleeve artwork.
This concept based on our new branding font Comfortaa and Cantarel.

Sample image:

Desktop Live Media sleeve -
http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-live-m...
KDE Desktop Live Media sleeve -
http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-kde-li...

Thanks,
Alexander

[Máirín Duffy]

Hey Alexander,

On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 18:21 +0400, Alexander Smirnov wrote:
>  It's my proposal for create DVD/CD sleeve artwork. 
>  This concept based on our new branding font Comfortaa and Cantarel. 
>  Desktop Live Media sleeve -
>  http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-live-m...
>  KDE Desktop Live Media sleeve -
>  http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-kde-li...
Kick-ass, great initiative, Alexander! I quite like the new general
layout you've got in these mockups. What do other folks think?

The only critique I have is that it looks like there's a lot of text on
the back and it's kind of cluttered-looking. We might want to play
around with the positioning & spacing of the text to make it look a bit
cleaner / more organization.

I think we should probably drop the GNOME logo from the desktop spin
too. We're a GNOME distribution by default, so I think it's better to
have a 'plain' design for the default vs desktop environment logos on
more specialized spins. So I think it's fair enough to leave the KDE
logo on the KDE spin.

What do you all think?

~m

[Misha Shnurapet]

04.10.2010, 23:35, "Máirín Duffy" <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;:
>  Hey Alexander,
>
>  On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 18:21 +0400, Alexander Smirnov wrote:
>
> >  It's my proposal for create DVD/CD sleeve artwork.
> >  This concept based on our new branding font Comfortaa and Cantarel.
> >  Desktop Live Media sleeve -
> >  http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-live-media.jpg
> >  KDE Desktop Live Media sleeve -
> >
>  http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-kde-live-media.jpg
>
>  Kick-ass, great initiative, Alexander! I quite like the new general
>  layout you've got in these mockups. What do other folks think?
>
>  The only critique I have is that it looks like there's a lot of text on
>  the back and it's kind of cluttered-looking. We might want to play
>  around with the positioning & spacing of the text to make it look a bit
>  cleaner / more organization.
>
>  I think we should probably drop the GNOME logo from the desktop spin
>  too. We're a GNOME distribution by default, so I think it's better to
>  have a 'plain' design for the default vs desktop environment logos on
>  more specialized spins. So I think it's fair enough to leave the KDE
>  logo on the KDE spin.
>
>  What do you all think?
>
>  ~m 
I like it, but I think it should say "Fedora 14" rather than "14 /
Fedora" and I miss Fedora logo at the front.

Also, hi to Alexander. :) Coming from the same part.

--
Best regards,
Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Shnurapet
shnurapet AT fedoraproject.org, GPG: 00217306

[Jef van Schendel]

2010/10/4 Alexander Smirnov <inkscaper(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  Hi all!
>
>  Desktop Live Media sleeve -
>  http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-live-m...
>  KDE Desktop Live Media sleeve -
>  http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-kde-li...
Awesome work, Alexander! I especially like that the wallpaper is dark
enough at the left side to make the text readable. Great layout. :)

A few suggestions:

- The "join.fedoraproject.org" and the copyright notice are centered
while the rest of the text is aligned to the left. It makes it look
kind of off, I think putting those two to the left or using some other
solution (for instance, putting "join.fedoraproject.org" and the
copyright notice together) would make it a bit stronger.
- The number "14" isn't aligned with the text below it.
- I like the blue overlay, but the colour doesn't quite match with the
rest of the wallpaper. I think the hue isn't quite right: the
wallpaper seems to be more on the purple side compared to the blue
used for the overlay. It's a minute difference though, on one of my
monitors it's slightly noticeable but on the other it looks great.
- The text looks fine to me (I'm not a marketing guy), but it does
contain a bit of geekspeak. Things like "Fedora environment" and
"follow the prompts"... For instance, maybe "instructions" would be a
better word for "prompts"? Do others agree, of am I imagining things?
;)
- Like Máirín, I also thought that maybe we could lose the GNOME logo,
since it's the default. I don't know how "acceptable" that is
though...

Hope some of this helps!

- Jef

[Alexander Smirnov]

Hi Máirín, Jef and Misha!

2010/10/4 Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org
>  
>  The only critique I have is that it looks like there's a lot of text on
>  the back and it's kind of cluttered-looking. We might want to play
>  around with the positioning & spacing of the text to make it look a bit
>  cleaner / more organization.
>  
I tried to arrange the text on the back side.


>  I think we should probably drop the GNOME logo from the desktop spin
>  too. We're a GNOME distribution by default, so I think it's better to
>  have a 'plain' design for the default vs desktop environment logos on
>  more specialized spins. So I think it's fair enough to leave the KDE
>  logo on the KDE spin.
>  
Yes, it was not the best idea. I erased GNOME logo for live desktop media. I
added big fedora logo and small logo specialized spins (KDE for example).

2010/10/4 Jef van Schendel <jefvanschendel(a)gmail.com
>  
- The number "14" isn't aligned with the text below it.
>  
 I aligned to right number "14".


> - I like the blue overlay, but the colour doesn't quite match with the
> rest of the wallpaper. I think the hue isn't quite right: the
> wallpaper seems to be more on the purple side compared to the blue
> used for the overlay. It's a minute difference though, on one of my
> monitors it's slightly noticeable but on the other it looks great.
>  
For other spin can change the color of the bottom rectangle as the site
spins.fedoraproject.org.

New Sample image:

Desktop Live Media sleeve -
http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-live-m...
KDE Desktop Live Media sleeve -
http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/Fedora-14-kde-li...

Thanks,
Alexander.

[Alexander Smirnov]

I created real sleeve for preview (photo from my mobile phone).

Front - http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/front.jpg
Back - http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/back.jpg

Thanks,
Alexander

[Jef van Schendel]

2010/10/5 Alexander Smirnov <inkscaper(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  I created real sleeve for preview (photo from my mobile phone).
>
>  Front - http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/front.jpg
>  Back - http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora14/media-artwork/back.jpg 
Sweet!

I think it looks great. Better in real life than as a mockup, even!

- Jef