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On 05/01/2011 08:06 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Isn't it possible to create a better SVG then? |
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It may be. Of the three variants trying to match the Blender version |
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that I have seen so far, none is a replacement of equal quality on the |
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bling scale to my impression. They feel like tradeoffs, not like the |
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real thing. Maybe they try to come too close to the ray-traced |
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rendering, but I'm not sure if I really want to propose a different |
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direction either. |
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> I think such a variant |
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> would be much more portable and reproducible than blender files. |
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What I dislike about the idea of moving to a new logo is that we would |
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give up part of our culture just because we were unable to move it from |
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past to present to future. Imagine this dialog: |
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A: "Hey guys, I noticed you have a new logo?" |
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B: "Yeah, blender rendering changed - so we dropped it." |
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I don't really want to be B in that dialog. I see the pragmatic aspect |
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of moving to SVG but it also has the taste of giving up to me. To |
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vercome that taste, a very strong replacement would be needed. |
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If we replace the Blender "g" we may also need a substitute for the |
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red-white Blender "gentoo" as seen at |
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http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/*docroot*/images/gentoo-new.gif |
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if just for the sake of consistency. |
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I am wondering what effect the Blender nature of a logo does have on the |
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capability and will of people to create fan art based on it compared to |
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an SVG version. It seems like there is only a handful of 3D Gentoo |
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wallpapers but does that mean it would have been more with an SVG |
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version, instead? On what levels could SVG work as a catalyst? |
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If we ported the logo to Blender 2.57 now: what can we do to not be |
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running after Blender rendering changes for all time or to reduce their |
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impact on us? Is this a natural cost or an evil one? |
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Just my 2 cents. |
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Best, |
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Sebastian |