[opensuse-artwork] Ideas for CD/DVD Covers
Hi, There's a guy who created inlays for Jewel cases: http://www.opensuse-lernen.de/?p=5234 He does not seem to be involved in the official openSUSE artwork activities. The idea is nice though IMO. Maybe someone could contact him and try to create something that matches the official 12.2 theme? Since we can't really ship small quantities of DVDs to small install parties people have to burn DVDs themselves there. So having a nice and easy way to print covers might compensate for the lack of official media on such events. On youtube I even found instructions for a really simple do-it-yourself CD-Cover. All you need is a sheet of A4 paper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVm2irZGhCY That one with openSUSE artwork would be even cheaper than a Jewel case. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Ludwig Nussel
Hi,
There's a guy who created inlays for Jewel cases: http://www.opensuse-lernen.de/?p=5234 He does not seem to be involved in the official openSUSE artwork activities. The idea is nice though IMO. Maybe someone could contact him and try to create something that matches the official 12.2 theme?
Since we can't really ship small quantities of DVDs to small install parties people have to burn DVDs themselves there. So having a nice and easy way to print covers might compensate for the lack of official media on such events.
On youtube I even found instructions for a really simple do-it-yourself CD-Cover. All you need is a sheet of A4 paper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVm2irZGhCY That one with openSUSE artwork would be even cheaper than a Jewel case.
cu Ludwig
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That's actually interesting. I have seen already folded pieces of paper for pizza boxes for example and I think they are pretty ingenious. Maybe something could come out of this, but the best ones to ask is the marketing team. They make these types of decisions. Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 11:50 +0200, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
Hi,
There's a guy who created inlays for Jewel cases: http://www.opensuse-lernen.de/?p=5234 He does not seem to be involved in the official openSUSE artwork activities. The idea is nice though IMO. Maybe someone could contact him and try to create something that matches the official 12.2 theme?
Since we can't really ship small quantities of DVDs to small install parties people have to burn DVDs themselves there. So having a nice and easy way to print covers might compensate for the lack of official media on such events.
On youtube I even found instructions for a really simple do-it-yourself CD-Cover. All you need is a sheet of A4 paper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVm2irZGhCY That one with openSUSE artwork would be even cheaper than a Jewel case.
cu Ludwig
It used to be fairly standard that the community would develop CD labels for each release. This is one more thing that needs to be added to a checklist for future releases so we don't miss it again. I did remind the artwork team a few times lately about it, but no one grabbed it in time. It would still be useful to create even now after release, as many Ambassadors relied on these labels in the past. Espcially the ability to modify an SVG to their native language. I would suggest two versions. One color-intensive and one not-so-color intensive (or b/w friendly.) The latter reason being that color printing even at home can be expensive in any reasonable quantity. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+owner@opensuse.org
Hi all, Note that we(I) did create CD covers. The original file was unfortunately an InDesign file. Ideally we would keep all of these bits together and create them using inkscape or scribus. Then anyone could take the original and update it when needed or make it fit into another format. Bryen makes a good point about creating a colour version as well as a greyscale (or limited colour version). Kenneth Wimer -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany On Sep 11, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 11:50 +0200, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
Hi,
There's a guy who created inlays for Jewel cases: http://www.opensuse-lernen.de/?p=5234 He does not seem to be involved in the official openSUSE artwork activities. The idea is nice though IMO. Maybe someone could contact him and try to create something that matches the official 12.2 theme?
Since we can't really ship small quantities of DVDs to small install parties people have to burn DVDs themselves there. So having a nice and easy way to print covers might compensate for the lack of official media on such events.
On youtube I even found instructions for a really simple do-it-yourself CD-Cover. All you need is a sheet of A4 paper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVm2irZGhCY That one with openSUSE artwork would be even cheaper than a Jewel case.
cu Ludwig
It used to be fairly standard that the community would develop CD labels for each release. This is one more thing that needs to be added to a checklist for future releases so we don't miss it again. I did remind the artwork team a few times lately about it, but no one grabbed it in time.
It would still be useful to create even now after release, as many Ambassadors relied on these labels in the past. Espcially the ability to modify an SVG to their native language.
I would suggest two versions. One color-intensive and one not-so-color intensive (or b/w friendly.) The latter reason being that color printing even at home can be expensive in any reasonable quantity.
Bryen
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Ludwig Nussel