[kdenlive] Kdenlive website and brand logo?

Wed Mar 9 17:33:26 UTC 2016

Graphic part is very very good.

El 08/03/16 a les 14:22, farid abdelnour ha escrit:
> a new proposal:
> 
> https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=265&t=131250&p=352861#p352861
> 
> i hope you find this more interesting :)
> 
> 2016-03-05 15:10 GMT-03:00 Harald Albrecht <harald.albrecht at gmx.net
> <mailto:harald.albrecht at gmx.net>>:
> 
>     Hi Sam,
> 
>     (sorry for the delay, this got into the wrong mail folder)
> 
>     your explanations are clear and I understand them. You stance isd
>     basically is similar in some way to how I see it, albeit my stance
>     on the film metaphor is less strict.
> 
>     My impression is that the professional NLVE makers went for the more
>     abstract designs because you can't get a trademark on a graphical
>     icon if it is too generic with respect to the film strip. The more
>     abstract, the more colors, then you stand out -- on the price of not
>     conveying an NLVE's purpose anymore.
> 
>     While it is nice to deploy subtle graphics, I don't see how this can
>     work in the restricted space of an application icon. Maybe that's
>     also the reason for me not being exactly thrilled with a logo design
>     that is already too-detailed. In fact, I actually like the rather
>     flat appearance of the Breeze and Microsoft new icon sets. Seems I'm
>     getting into that age where you tone-down colors and rather focus on
>     shape. ;)
> 
>     Unfortunately, the simple play icon nowadays used for video also
>     stands for ... well, play. But not create. How could we signal that
>     this is about "creating video" in the sense of creating the final
>     rendered video, and not simply consuming video?
> 
>     With best regards,
>     Harald
> 
> 
> 
>     Am 04.03.2016 um 12:32 schrieb Sam Muirhead:
>>     Hi Harald, thanks for your input. For me the problem with the film
>>     strip is not that it doesn't adequately represent 'moving image',
>>     of course you are right, it is very effective for that.
>>
>>     My problem with it is that it doesn't come across as particularly
>>     professional.
>>     It is used a lot in consumer or amateur environments to very
>>     quickly get across the idea that 'this is something for video'.
>>     But here you can see a comparison of a few logos with more
>>     amateur-focused programs on the left and professional programs on
>>     the right:
>>     http://www.cameralibre.cc/wp-content/uploads/amateur-vs-pro.png
>>
>>     Well, personally I find both Lightworks and Final Cut's logos a
>>     bit dated, but even so, pro software just isn't using the film
>>     strip anymore - not because it doesn't communicate 'video' well,
>>     but because it doesn't communicate 'pro video' very well. In the
>>     pro world, the only likely place you will find a film strip in a
>>     logo is in software which genuinely interacts with film (film
>>     restoration/telecine/conform etc).
>>     You see it as well in the naming of programs. Something with
>>     'Movie' in the title and a film strip in the logo is targeted at
>>     consumer use.
>>     Something with 'Video' in the title and a more abstract/less
>>     'friendly' logo is targeted at professionals.
>>
>>     You gave the example of the floppy disk. Yes, it works very well
>>     for a 'save' icon, it's a distinctive shape and it has become part
>>     of our digital culture. But you wouldn't use a floppy disk image
>>     as the icon for professional enterprise-level backup software.
>>
>>     Regarding the 'rewind K' I'm not proposing it as a logo but rather
>>     one metaphor which could be subtly incorporated in a design, if it
>>     fits. It should first be seen as a K, and only on second glance,
>>     or once it is pointed out, should you see it as a rewind symbol as
>>     well.
>>     For me 'rewind' is a perfectly adequate symbol for a
>>     story-oriented video editor - as opposed to a media player, where
>>     I just want to hit play, when I'm editing a story I want to go
>>     back and forth through the material again and again.
>>     I hope this makes my perspective clearer!
>>     kind regards,
>>     Sam
>>     ----
>>     Sam Muirhead
>>     Open Source / Video
>>     http://cameralibre.cc
>>     http://openitagency.eu
>>     https://OSCEdays.org
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