[Scummvm-devel] Fwd: ScummVM Icon

[Max Horn]

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> Von: Jean Marc Gimenez <jmarc at mac.com>
> Datum: 6. März 2006 20:27:37 MEZ
> An: Max Horn <max at quendi.de>
> Betreff: Re: ScummVM Icon
>
> Hey Max,
>
> glad to hear everyone's happy with the logo...
>
> As far as working on a vector version, sure dude, I'd love to! I  
> love the ScummVM project so I'd be very proud to keep helping in  
> any way I can.
>
> Now, as far as a vector version, it's rather challenging due to all  
> the shading on the green letters. So I may have to mod things a  
> little but I'm sure I can come up with something that will make you  
> guys happy as pappy.
>
> I'm gonna dig up my files and start work on a vector version. Just  
> had a look at the 128x128 version on the OSX binary and I see what  
> you mean, it's a little rough.
>
> Oh and tell James Ender I never got my prize. Even so I still  
> support the cause and will remain loyal!
>
> Talk to ya soon,
>
> Jm.
>
>
> On 6 Mar 2006, at 8:07 PM, Max Horn wrote:
>
>> Dear Jean Marc,
>>
>>
>> I am contacting you because you are the creator of the current  
>> ScummVM logo. That logo has been a big success, and people  
>> (including me) really like it a lot. Our site favicon is based on  
>> it -- and now we also switched our application icon to the "S"  
>> from your logo.
>>
>> However, this has been limited in quality and size, since so far  
>> we only had a pixel version of the icon. See here for  
>> the .png/.ico/.psd files we've been using: <http:// 
>> svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/scummvm/web/trunk/images/save/>.
>>
>> For this reason, there have been some efforts to make a vector  
>> (SVG) version of the logo (you can find it in the same location).  
>> Some discussion on this subject can be read on our forum: <http:// 
>> forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=937>.
>>
>>
>> The reason for my mail now is two fold: First off, I wanted to let  
>> you know about this use of your work! Secondly, I was wondering if  
>> you are interested in helping out with this one. Maybe you have a  
>> higher res version of the "S", maybe you are even interested in  
>> working on a vectorized version of the icon (or even the whole  
>> logo). I understand that doing that properly using vector graphics  
>> is a non-trivial task, but I also know it's possible to do a lot  
>> of amazing things with vector graphics (based on my experience  
>> with vector art which way predates SVG or XML, for that  
>> matter :-). For now, we have a SVG version of the icon, but it  
>> still isn't (IMHO) as good as your hand crafted pixel version. So,  
>> my reasoning, why not ask the skilled artist before asking other  
>> people... :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Max
>>
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