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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Screenshots KDE booklet
From:       Nuno Pinheiro <nuno.pinheiro () kdab ! com>
Date:       2010-09-14 17:21:46
Message-ID: 201009141821.46690.nuno.pinheiro () kdab ! com
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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 :)


> 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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