Review Request 126319: Plasma 5.6 "Graphite" Wallpaper

Fri Dec 11 21:08:06 UTC 2015

> On Dec. 11, 2015, 7:08 p.m., Martin Klapetek wrote:
> > > Attached images directly to request; if this is not the preferred way of attaching large files
> > 
> > Attaching just one file would be fine, I mean this is just to see it right?
> > So there's no need to upload /all/ the resolutions, imo :)
> > 
> > > I would like to shift to more "professional" default wallpapers
> > 
> > Can you clarify a bit what does that mean?
> > 
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> > Overall the wallpaper strikes me as a visual corruption. This may be due
> > to my currently slightly broken intel driver which creates all sorts of 
> > graphical glitches and that wallpaper to me just looks like it glitched
> > (the shadow polygon going on from the top-left corner is just a strong
> > reminescence of that plus the "rainbow noise" going on at the lower-right
> > diagonal part of the image).

Ah, sorry, haven't seriously used reviewboard. Wasn't sure if the content in the request would be what actually goes into the repo. David very patiently explained everything I needed to know about this all, but my birdy little brain promptly forgot anything important and I don't think I've (properly) gotten as far as having a patch committed. Sorry - this is an area I'm trying to improve.

Generally when I talk about "professional" I'm talking less organic, wild, "in your face" wallpapers. 5.2 was just horrible neon mess, 5.3 looked cluttered, 5.4 was regularly called an "acid trip", etc... I don't want to make things dull and lifeless, but after going down the current road I think a cleaner approach is worth a shot. Practically this means I want to be more conservative in the shapes and clutter department, rope in the organics a bit, and focus on clearly defined visually interesting layers.

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Hopefully our users aren't exposed to enough visual corruption to feel that way :P 

But in all seriousness I will move the top-left of the "shadow polygon" away from the corner though (possibly hiding it off-screen entirely (in certian sizes it is cropped anyway), I do regularly work on a machine with AMD graphics w/ graphical bugs and I can understand the where you're coming from when I specifically look for it. 

Otherwise people who have seen this wallpaper haven't mentioned it looking glitchy, so general users may not be as sensitive to this. Consider that I personally don't see it as a big issue, as for some "glitchy" is even a desirable look. Before I remove/alter the circuit pattern I'd like to see another person or two weigh in and answer if I'm biased because I know what it's supposed to be, or if you are possibly biased from working on a system with visual corruption. Does anyone else think;
 - the pattern could be regularly/easily misidentified as visual corruption?
 - ... And would a wallpaper with that style be a problem?

I'll wait until we decide what to do with the pattern before loading another version (with the shadow polygon altered)

- Ken

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On Dec. 11, 2015, 7:04 p.m., Ken Vermette wrote:
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> (Updated Dec. 11, 2015, 7:04 p.m.)
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> Review request for Plasma.
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> Repository: breeze
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> Description
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> Attached images directly to request; if this is not the preferred way of attaching large files, please let me know and I'll change methods, perhaps using the VDG share if that's preferred.
> 
> For reference I would like to shift to more "professional" default wallpapers and away from the more organic style of 5.4 and 5.5. Feedback on both general direction or this wallpaper is welcome.
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> Note: I will submit splash files later in case of changes to this wallpaper.
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> Diffs
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>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1024x768.png 60e1205 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1280x1024.png 36a9130 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1280x800.png c33e594 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1440x900.png 2c75b54 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1600x1200.png 5ddaf72 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1638x1024.png a3c7492 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1680x1050.png eddc47e 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/1920x1080.png ab6d950 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/2560x1440.png 5c78e9d 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/2560x1600.png eeb08a1 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/3200x1800.png 7340567 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/images/3200x2000.png fd1a62c 
>   wallpapers/Next/contents/screenshot.png a6d2b7b 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126319/diff/
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> Testing
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> Dogfooded on several machines and my phone for a couple weeks now, doesn't burn eyes out. Corner isn't as distracting as one might assume, especially once a window is on screen. Got early feedback, adjustments made from origional in order:
>  - Re-drew the "circuit/chip" pattern to be less noisy/distracting/cleaner. Adjusted it so details are still seen on lower-res wallpapers.
>  - Lightened purple to avoid the "dark void" feeling people have mentioned feeling from 5.5 wallpaper.
>  - Fixed minor pixel issues for triangles near edge
>  - Adjusted noise, shadows.
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> File Attachments
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> 1024x768.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/5e9e5db3-c8d4-43ec-8236-da5daa80be85__1024x768.png
> 1280x800.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/41e11bb9-eaef-4eb1-bb4b-c7137becaca0__1280x800.png
> screenshot.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/ee643bd5-8162-4a9b-ae09-df090d4f0b43__screenshot.png
> 1280x1024.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/054536c9-8160-418a-a1c9-c319e1e2b533__1280x1024.png
> 1440x900.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/c4c61ba4-10ea-4d87-9437-7b7e1701eaf7__1440x900.png
> 1600x1200.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/ee746ed5-428d-4423-8e20-d9786b25190f__1600x1200.png
> 1638x1024.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/233a9950-24bd-47b6-8c7a-8f3e6fe707df__1638x1024.png
> 1680x1050.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/4c86e45c-eb10-47fa-b1ff-736bd65918cc__1680x1050.png
> 1920x1080.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/93cc544a-a8a8-4291-91ff-58140ec5ed64__1920x1080.png
> 2560x1440.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/73ad5caf-5156-495b-939c-387ce4970140__2560x1440.png
> 2560x1600.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/1ff471aa-2e26-41d9-8921-2c62544d3415__2560x1600.png
> 3200x1800.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/7590da34-e5c5-4f55-9ac9-0a22c13a9c0d__3200x1800.png
> 3200x2000.png
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2015/12/11/229a429e-9633-4988-ad78-dfb039583fc4__3200x2000.png
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken Vermette
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