Hi mizmo and all other artists,

maybe thats a way to render fireworks, of course used my favorite tool Inkscape ;)

http://gnokii.fedorapeople.org/fireworks.png

first draw a star with 25 edges, spoke ratio 0.110, rounded 0.080 and randomized 0.020

then I made 2 copies of it and added each 2 more edges and scaled them.

now, u can choose, I made path union of them all but u can do the next steps of each stat alone there will be a better result.

I used the path effect Bend and brought the middle of the control line a little bit up.

Then I filled it wit a radial gradient (each filled wit a little bit different looks more cool) Then I made a copy of them and filled it with white and set down the opacity to 30 Then I used some filter primitives on it, u can find them in http://gnokii.fedorapeople.org/firework.svg

br gnokii

On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 15:44 +0300, Alexander Smirnov wrote:

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Testing screenshots gnome, kde, lxde, xfce. [2].

[1] - http://publictest04.fedoraproject.org/artboard/post/view/101 [2] - http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora17/Wallpaper/Screenshots/

I love the concept, because:

• Fireworks are a very nice tie-in to Beefy Miracle, see

http://beefymiracle.org

• Fireworks can also make some really cool patterns that are abstract,

hopefully enough to serve as a greaet wallpaper base!

I do think we'll have to work through figuring out a way to render the fireworks so that are able to fade into the background, providing a pretty environment while at the same time not grabbing too much attention!

But, we're just in the concept phase, right :) So it's okay, we can take it on as a challenge and help you work through it, right?

Here's some inspiration:

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Fireworks/1021853 these are beautiful. not all wallpaper-suited but, some are. the first one definitely is.

http://foglight.deviantart.com/art/Fireworks-170224190?q=boost%3Apopular %20fireworks%20watercolor&qo=30

http://korpinkynsi.deviantart.com/art/Domestic-Fireworks-149314050?q=boost% 3Apopular%20fireworks%20watercolor&qo=46

http://xxdarknessloveshimxx.deviantart.com/art/FireWorks-211480595?q=boost% 3Apopular%20fireworks%20watercolor&qo=45

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Guinness-Alive-Inside/92979

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Fireworks/480209 - these are too intense but the lines are so clean. maybe some kind of weaving of the lines of different bursts?

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Burst-Of-Bokeh/2495437 bokeh fireworks :)

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles11/747141/projects/2773389/2f63b95048d9 5f82ee6461f3236f3302.JPG this one is from this set http://www.behance.net/gallery/New-Years-Fireworks/2773389 ) which are generally shaky and not necessarily awesome, but in that one shot from the set you see the firework burst getting dragged out... it might make for some interesting wallpaper-friendly lines. it looks kind of 3D!

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Fireworks/2313692 the first one in this set has interesting sparks coming off almost like stars... with the lower intensity it seems like the spark pattern would be more wallpaper suited

What do you think? Any of these strike a chord?

~m

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Am Montag, 16. Januar 2012, 16:30:07 schrieb Máirín Duffy:

Hi Gnokii!!!

On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 16:40 +0100, S.Kemter wrote:

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Hi mizmo and all other artists,

maybe thats a way to render fireworks, of course used my favorite tool Inkscape ;)

http://gnokii.fedorapeople.org/fireworks.png

This is an awesome technique!! Would you mind writing it up as a Fedora Planet post? Maybe folks can give it a try and submit their designs to us to help Alexander and the rest of us brainstorm on the rendering?

I took some time this morning and made an screencast about it:

http://vimeo.com/35248796

br gnokii

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On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 18:13 +0100, Onyeibo Oku wrote:

Awesome!

The dispersal/bang-sprays may need to be enhanced or it tends to look like mere stars at a distance. I wonder were the burger and the beefy 'joke' fits into this ... but I LIKE IT!

Visit beefymiracle.org and all will become clear ;-)

~m

Am Dienstag, 24. Januar 2012, 22:46:39 schrieb Alexander Smirnov:

Thanks Martin, Onyeibo and other...

I posted update latest version of my "fireworks" concept [1]. Maybe it's first step to polish the alpha wallpaper?

I dont like it, I dont know the "stripes" arround look not so nice, the one before was better but I know on that one the "kicking" point was missing.

maybe more something like this http://publictest04.fedoraproject.org/artboard/post/view/109

just my opinion

br gnokii

[1] - http://publictest04.fedoraproject.org/artboard/post/view/108

Best regards, Alexander.

2012/1/25 Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com

I see good things in both of these. I like Alexander's rendering but will try to explain in more detail how I feel it could be improved.

In gnokii's version, the trails of the exploding particles have a softer, fuzzier look. In Alexander's, they are very fine streaks with what I would call a higher energy -- meaning (at least to me) there are very abrupt contrasts between one color/brightness and another. To my eye this makes for a more distracting background, when I think the right goal would be a beautiful but subtle background that doesn't make itself too noticeable. Also, the center of the fireworks are very bright, again making for possibly some excess distraction.

However, overall Alexander's rendering does have a great feel, and perhaps softening or blurring these exploding trails outward from the center of each firework would help reduce the energy somewhat. I'm not sure how much the brightness of the center of each firework could be adjusted without sacrificing people's ability to know what they're looking at.

I wish I had the skill to do a version based on what I'm talking about, but I don't. But I hope the explanation was helpful to someone who does!

A modified version [1] is based on the comments of Paul. I don't think what it full realisation Paul's idea. This is middle variant.

[1] - http://publictest04.fedoraproject.org/artboard/post/view/113

Thanks, Alexander.

Hi Alexander,

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:44:40 +0300 Alexander Smirnov wrote:

Hi team!

The next iteration my "fireworks" wallpaper concept [1]. Test screenshots for various desktops and source here [2].

[1] - http://publictest04.fedoraproject.org/artboard/post/view/107/ [2] - http://inkscaper.fedorapeople.org/Fedora17/Wallpaper/v2/

Whoa, that's awesome! I like it.

On a side note -- as the deadline for colorization was last Tuesday and we're slowly approaching deadline for alpha polish (next Tuesday) and as this is practically the only concept that's being actively worked on -- anyone against it if we go with this concept for F17?

Cheers, Martin

On 25/01/2012 21:22, Alexander Smirnov wrote: <snip>

This is the choice of a new generation of users Linux,

Fedora and other open source software ;) And surprisingly they like GNOME 3 is more, than experienced users.

Not surprising to me. I've had to perform an installation of F14 for a friend. It was difficult finding the usual things -- funny, they were in the usual places when Gnome2 was the norm (get what I mean?).

Which reminds me, I had a horrible experience printing a PDF letter from Evince on that machine. I couldn't control print margins at all. I wonder if that is a known issue.

Thanks, Alexander.