Re: [Stellarium-pubdevel] Stellarium icon update proposal

[Johan M. <joh...@gm...>]

Thanks for the reply Bogdan,

With the entire moon showing, I'm suggesting earthshine, where the moon is
lit by light reflected off earth. I like the effect in real life, that's
why. I hadn't made the eclipse connection, but you're right, it does look
like it.

I'll try some things to counter the general flatness of the icon, but I
don't really mind it. Stellarium is a window to the sky, and the icon
should describe that.

Best,
Johan



On 2 June 2012 16:13, Bogdan Marinov <dag...@gm...> wrote:

> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Johan Meuris <joh...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > Hi people,
> >
> > I've started work on an update of the Stellarium icon, mainly because the
> > current version doesn't have the high-res versions that are possible in
> new
> > operating systems and app stores/markets. Alexander made me aware of this
> > problem.
> > An updated splash screen will probably be based on this as well.
> >
> > The icon is not svg based though almost all shapes are defined as
> vectors, I
> > prefer the control Photoshop allows when it comes to sharpening,
> gradients
> > and so on for the final raster image export.
> > The base template is from the Android style guidelines.
> >
> > A look at a few different sizes:
> > http://johanmeuris.eu/images/stellarium/new-stellarium-icon-sizes.png
> >
> > Ideas are welcome. I will be taking a look at some tab icons too, and I
> hope
> > to help with the Android port.
>
> Thanks for your effort!
>
> The new icon looks good, though there is something that bothers me and
> I can't quite describe. An attempt:
>
> It looks somewhat flat. I don't know why. The Moon also looks flat,
> but in this case I think I know why. Is the crescent supposed to be a
> moon phase, or the moon during an eclipse? Because it looks like the
> second case - the shadow looks like Earth's shadow being cast on the
> Moon.
>
> Regards,
> Bogdan Marinov
>
>
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