Re: [libreoffice-design] [VI] Consistent theme for screenshots

Hi Marc, 

On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:11:06 -0400
Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:

> Le 2011-06-26 01:38, Jean Hollis Weber a écrit :
> > On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 02:15 +0200, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> > > Hi Jean, Sigrid, all,
> > >
> > > Jean Hollis Weber schrieb:
> > > > Jean wrote:

[...]

> Well, as you say, there are different needs. The documentation's first 
> need should be that of print quality. If we are to submit our work to 
> LuLu's for print, the buyers should definitely get what we consider a 
> good representation of LibreOffice in type and screenshots. From an 
> aesthetic point of view, not sure if all in gray is too appealing for 
> users making use of reading our documentation online. It would be nice 
> if we got the same print from one of our greens as with a gray. But if 
> not, then gray should be it. BTW ... are the Lulu prints in colour or B/W?
>
> For web and marketing teams, the green in the theme is pretty well 
> called for, if we are to keep with the brand colour. It identifies the 
> suite and lends itself well to brand recognition.
>
> Would getting an opinion from someone involved at Lulu's be of any 
> additional help as far as the print quality? They may be able to give us 
> a little more input from the point of view of end product. I think we 
> could convince them to offer some opinion on the matter if we had some 
> samples for them to look at.
 
Hm, you're talking to the right person - Jean is the one who is involved with Lulu. :) 

The books we offer through Lulu are printed in b/w, because colour would be much more expensive. We 
only have some colour on the title page, the rest is black and white and greyscale. 

> Then, we can all decide (vote). The "vocal people" and others can all 
> participate on the design decision being well informed on the options, 
> this, as per usual with design proposal and adoption decisions. We are 
> looking at:
>
> * a theme that is easily installable by members
> * a theme optimized for LibreOffice documentation screenshot print
> * a theme suitable for web and marketing purposes
>
> The theme does not necessarily need to be of the same configuration for 
> the two and may lead to 2 theme configurations.

That would be ok with me. But I would like to have a decision soon - I'd like to finish the first 
chapter with the screenshots. I took already 9 shots, but I'm hesitant to take more, if we decide 
for something different and I have to redo them again. :) 
> Is there anything missing?
>
> BTW ... sorry I didn't participate on the testing of the samples as I 
> don't think that I would have a well enough informed opinion on the 
> print quality. I don't think my printer would give a good enough print 
> to compare.

No, I think you should have used your printer - print one version in colour and maybe another one 
in greyscale. See how those printouts look. I suspect, that this is what many people do (not 
everyone buys the books from Lulu) and not everyone likes reading from a computer screen. (I 
personally prefer reading from a printout instead of reading from my screen). 


Sigrid

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