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merlwiz79 · Post by **merlwiz79** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:11 pm

This is great work.
I have made a new gfxboot menu for Elyssa from a version of this wallpaper.
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Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:24 pm

merlwiz79 wrote:This is great work.

Thanks merlwiz79 - though as an XFCE CE user I can say the same thing about your work!

merlwiz79 wrote:I have made a new gfxboot menu for Elyssa from a version of this wallpaper.

They look very nice.

I thought you also might like to have a 'GDM/gfxboot friendly' version of the 'latest and greatest' Carbon Mint (v4) - so I made this for you:

It's in widescreen (1440x900), but you should just be able to crop the edges if you need a normal aspect-ratio version too.

Zwopper · Post by **Zwopper** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:02 am

Cool!
Why don't you put the Mint XFCE logo on it as well and it will be purrrrrfect!

Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:58 am

Zwopper wrote:Cool!
Why don't you put the Mint XFCE logo on it as well and it will be purrrrrfect!

I thought XFCE CE used the main logo?

Zwopper · Post by **Zwopper** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:14 am

Jernau wrote:
Zwopper wrote:Cool!
Why don't you put the Mint XFCE logo on it as well and it will be purrrrrfect!
I thought XFCE CE used the main logo?

Check Merlwiz' signature

Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:24 am

Zwopper wrote:
Jernau wrote:
Zwopper wrote:Cool!
Why don't you put the Mint XFCE logo on it as well and it will be purrrrrfect!
I thought XFCE CE used the main logo?
Check Merlwiz' signature

merlwiz79 can correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I'm aware the logo in his signature is just something that he uses on the forums - you won't find it anywhere in the current release of XFCE CE.

Plus, I have to admit that I like the fact that XFCE CE uses the main artwork as it means access to the wide variety of great artwork already created for the main edition. If this changes in the future then I'll have a lot of my own wallpapers that I'll need to update the logo on!

Zwopper · Post by **Zwopper** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:54 am

Jernau wrote: merlwiz79 can correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I'm aware the logo in his signature is just something that he uses on the forums - you won't find it anywhere in the current release of XFCE CE.

Plus, I have to admit that I like the fact that XFCE CE uses the main artwork as it means access to the wide variety of great artwork already created for the main edition. If this changes in the future then I'll have a lot of my own wallpapers that I'll need to update the logo on!

His signature logo is found in a couple of threads on the forum discussing what the "official" Mint XFCE logo should look like once LM4 XFCE is finally released, and since XFCE is in beta state still, there probably isn't any "official" artwork determined yet...

I remember seeing at least three different versions of the logo, different color schemes and layouts etc.

"Bara mina femtio öre!"

///EDIT: According to this post you're right.

merlwiz79 · Post by **merlwiz79** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:38 pm

Yes, it is just a signature.
XFCE CE uses the same one as the Main Edition.
I don't plan on changing that.
Click my signature to read about it.

Zwopper · Post by **Zwopper** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:51 pm

merlwiz79 wrote: Click my signature to read about it.

That's the post I was looking for!

Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:57 pm

Cabon Mint v5:

[image links lead deviantART; once there click the 'Download' link (left of preview) to download full resolutions]

Luckily I only said that I was 'pretty sure' that Carbon Mint v4 would be my last version of this wallpaper... because clem had some improvement suggestions and I was more than happy to dust off my old favourite and give it a few more tweaks!

You'll notice that now it's even more a direct rip-off of Agust's Daryna wallpaper!

merlwiz79 · Post by **merlwiz79** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:24 pm

The logo seems a little too small.
The from freedom came elegance is way too small.

Zwopper · Post by **Zwopper** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:05 pm

...nice, but what's up with the lens flare, against a carbon background...

Looks odd to me...

Otherwise, a classic that refuses to die!

Post by **clem** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:03 pm

We're getting really close to perfection here...

Can I suggest a tiny little final thing?

Can we play with the position/direction of the lens flare to avoid the light to create circles? Ideally I'd like the light to diffuse from behind the logo but if possible without creating too many light circles (especially the wide ones). I guess this can also done by reducing the light from the lens flare.. (I'm not sure). The background being darker (as an eventual result) isn't a problem, a darker overall background might even be better (again, I'm not sure here..).

Thanks for your work on this Jernau. I'm amazed at how fast you did that and how accurate this v5 reflects what I had in mind.. I'm seriously impressed !!

Merlwiz: The great thing with Jernau's Carbon is that we've got 5 variations of it, in all aspects/resolutions, and for both the green and blue logos. We even have a variation with reflection, which you used to make the Grub's message.elyssa btw. Have a look at Carbon One, the logo on it is bigger.

Note: The current BETA of Elyssa uses Fedora 9's countdown on top of Jernau's Global Domination for it's isolinux. The menu is a semi-transparent green NASA-like text-mode menu. It doesn't look "pro" but it seriously looks "cool". I don't know if it will be final. I'm planning on leaving it there for the BETA release and then eventually make isolinux match the selected default theme.

Clem.

Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:22 am

Carbon Mint v5.01:

[image links lead deviantART; once there click the 'Download' link (left of preview) to download full resolutions]

Instead of creating a v6 I thought it would be best to make these (and any further) adjustments by overwriting v5.

clem wrote:Thanks for your work on this Jernau.

No problem, it's my pleasure to help where I can.

clem wrote:Note: The current BETA of Elyssa uses Fedora 9's countdown on top of Jernau's Global Domination for it's isolinux.

Sounds very cool - I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:26 am

ed@Mint wrote:Thanks for reviving it Jernau
It's now back on my desktop.

Zwopper · Post by **Zwopper** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:35 am

5.1 -that's it!

- Perfect!

Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Fri May 02, 2008 10:54 am

Zwopper wrote:5.1 -that's it! - Perfect!

Almost!

Carbon Mint v5.02:

[image links lead deviantART; once there click the 'Download' link (left of preview) to download full resolutions]

On second look I thought that the light-rays around the logo were a little 'messy' in v5.01 - so in v5.02 I tidied them up, completely removed the lens flare, and added a subtle glow behind the logo text.

Zwopper · Post by **Zwopper** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:29 am

I didn't think you could make this one better, but you could!

Post by **clem** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:12 pm

Perfect

Clem.

Jernau · Post by **Jernau** » Fri May 02, 2008 2:04 pm

Zwopper wrote: I didn't think you could make this one better, but you could!

clem wrote:Perfect

Thanks!

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