[Kde-games-devel] SVGization

[Ian Wadham]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:03 pm, Johann Ollivier Lapeyre wrote:

> > This may be heresy, but I have been playing with the idea of using actual
> > photos as wallpapers or backdrops for KGr: ...
>
> If you look Eugene T's work (
> http://www.kde-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=its ), some of his
> SVG background are like picture, see that:
> - http://www.kde-look.org/content/pre1/44057-1.png
> - http://www.kde-look.org/content/pre1/42470-1.jpg
> - http://www.kde-look.org/content/pre1/42309-1.png
>
Beautiful!

> Real pictures could be good to (from an art point of view), but it could
> be hard to buy nice photo without licence issues with GPL, and i fear
> the scaling result.
>
I was thinking of taking some photos myself or using some from
Creative Commons (but maybe that's not OK?).

> As i see, the missing part in the SVG file is the runner (and bad guy),
> isn't it?
>
Yes.  Mauricio?

But I was also thinking you might wish to start your own SVG file
from scratch, Johann.  Mine probably has several nasty hacks in it,
because I lack experience with Inkscape.

> > Re scaling of the play-area:
> do the best, you choose ;)
>
OK, I'll make it 1-pixel steps per cell, which I almost have working.
Then you can get an idea of how well the whole layout scales.  If
that works out well, we can try something smoother later on ...

> > Johann, I sent Mauricio some notes, a kind of mini-spec, re KGr
> > graphics, which you might find helpful.  Would you like a copy?
> yes please
I am forwarding them to you privately, so as not to clutter up the list.

All the best, Ian W.