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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Screenshots KDE booklet
From:       Felix Michel <felix_michel () gmx ! ch>
Date:       2010-09-14 16:54:19
Message-ID: 201009141854.19877.felix_michel () gmx ! ch
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thanks for your replies.

> A Terça, 14 de Setembro de 2010 17:34:02 Carl Symons você escreveu:
> 
> please if you need screenshots ask sheytan in cc, he is joinning list list
> so he can help better. He does take good screnshots with goood defoult
> look and as the image editing skills to finish it :)

it is not only about taking nice screenshots, my question was meant as a 
discussion to gather some opinions about screenshots.

Thank you Carl for your points. Somehow my opinion was to narrow minded or 
focussed on shiny details. I agree with Damien too that screenshots of 
applications are useful and good to give an overall view. I am just looking 
for a way to make the whole "kde-booklet-experience" more professional.

I would appreciate the support of some graphical elements. I am not really 
skilled at this kind of stuff. If someone has an idea to implement the 
screenshots in a better way and make them more attractive for the audience, it 
would be awesome.

cheers

felix


> 
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Felix Michel <felix_michel@gmx.ch> wrote:
> > > Hey everbody,
> > > 
> > > i am still thinking about the screenshots for our shiny KDE booklet.
> > > 
> > > My question for this screenshot issue is: what is the aim of the
> > > screenshots?
> > > 
> > > Eventually, the goal of the booklet itself.
> > > 
> > > I was thinking about the use and purpose of screenshots:
> > > 
> > > - information about the app and KDE in general
> > 
> > A booklet about KDE Applications and KDE in general in any detail
> > would be called a "book". The booklet is a glimpse at KDE. The booklet
> > is a marketing piece, a large brochure.
> > 
> > > - attraction
> > 
> > Yes. If more people really knew what KDE offered, there would be more
> > KDE users. KDE does not have the big marketing budgets of proprietary
> > companies.
> > 
> > > - something new
> > 
> > And not just "something new" as in "oooh, a new shiny thing" or "new
> > and improved (but really the same crap with a flowery fragrance)", but
> > rather a radical re-thinking and modernization. A
> > risky-undertaking-in-the-beginning to redefine key elements of
> > personal computing, which has blossomed into an elegant, continually
> > improving ecosystem (as anticipated by its architects).
> > 
> > > - the audience should think: i want it, because it is sexy, useful or i
> > > dont know what
> > 
> > Yes, with emphasis on "I don't know what". That is, people will be
> > attracted subjectively, and will want analytical mindholds to justify
> > their subjectivity.
> > 
> > > - screenshots should not be a common place
> > 
> > Commonplace is okay. They are pictures for subjective consideration
> > and proof for the left brain. "This isn't just a fancy new thing. See
> > I can send email too. And my calendar and tasks are right there, just
> > like Brand X Personal Information Manager."
> > 
> > However, you make a good point here...that screenshots can be kinda
> > boring. I think that it would be valuable to the booklet for an artist
> > or graphic designer like Nuno to suggest graphical elements that
> > support "something new from KDE".
> > 
> > These graphics could still be screenshots, but artistically done. For
> > example, a screenshot of Dolphin and an explanation of file management
> > is dull. A screenshot of Dolphin overlaid with a magnified view of the
> > Information for a particular file would be interesting (at least to
> > some), and hints at some of the underlying KDE magic.
> > 
> > > so my suggestion:
> > > 
> > > screenshots of toolbar or details. in my opinion, the diffrence between
> > > KDE and other DEs is not the overall look of an application but the
> > > nice and useful details.
> > 
> > In my view, there is no "the difference". There are many differences
> > and many more opinions about differences. For example, I like the
> > minimal window decorations and the new understated System Tray icons;
> > there are certainly other people who don't notice, don't care or don't
> > like.
> > 
> > In short, the graphical elements appeal to the picture-book part of
> > the mind. They should support the overall message of the booklet.
> > Someone who is skilled in graphical appeal would be valuable.
> > 
> > Carl
> > 
> > > what do you guys think?
> > > 
> > > thanks for your replies
> > > 
> > > Felix
> > > 
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