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[Stani <spe.stani.be@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:22 PM, André Renault <kestrel.andre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's been difficult getting ahold of my friend lately. He doesn't have Mac
> OS X but I think he has Photoshop and/or Inkscape.
> What style are you asking for, Stani/Igor?
Igor is the director of all the icons. Whatever is fine for Igor, is
fine for me.

> I see the diffs between Offset
> and Sketch but nothing to unite the two…
> Once you've told me I'll ask my friend what he can do about it. Robin
> proposed that we ask Sycamoreent (my friend) if he wants to do phatch.org or
> something. Sycamoreent is on summer break like me, so he should have plenty
> of time.
Let's keep focused. First let him work on one icon and than on other
icons if everything goes well. No need for phatch.org now.

Greetings from Bulgaria!
Stani
> André Renault
> kestrel.andre@xxxxxxxxx
> defrostedhummingbird@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 16:18, Stani <spe.stani.be@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> For me it is a good idea that André Renaults friend help with the
>> graphics and that Igor reviews his work. Let's first do a test case.
>> André, ask him to do only one icon (choose yourself) so we can
>> evaluate if it goes well.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Robin Mills <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Igor
>> > This is very helpful.  If Andre's friend wants to help, that'll take
>> > some
>> > work off your back.  However I'd like you to review anything he invents
>> > as
>> > we'd like to extend and compliment your great work.  I hope we don't
>> > avoid a
>> > battle of the graphics!
>> > Let's see if he volunteers to help.  If he doesn't want oget get
>> > involved,
>> > then we don't need to discuss his contribution!
>> > Robin
>> > http://clanmills.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Jul 18, 2010, at 23:24 PM, Zrtveni Jarac wrote:
>> >
>> > There is still some icons which are borrowed and needs to be replace,
>> > like
>> > Offset, Posterise, Rank, Tamogen, Sketch... Icons needs to be done in
>> > one
>> > style, I still didn't make it to redone all icons. If Renault's friend
>> > can
>> > do exactly copy of style from icons like Canvas, Fit, Round... then it's
>> > OK
>> > that Renault's friend give it a try to make icons which still needs to
>> > be
>> > replaced.
>> >
>> > Other option is to give Renault's friend a job create completely new
>> > icon
>> > set, which is huge amount of work. Any way, icons must fit to basic
>> > visual
>> > identity of Phatch.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Igor Kekeljevic, visual designer
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: André Renault <kestrel.andre@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: Stani <spe.stani.be@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: phatch-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Sent: Sat, July 17, 2010 2:37:09 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Phatch-dev] New Phatch Packaging
>> >
>> > The status bar doesn't bug me for now. It's just my corrupted copy. I
>> > could
>> > try it tonight (I'm on a PC; I may go to the mall in Angers tonight
>> > where
>> > there's WiFi). I'd like to add my congrats for the graphics. God to see
>> > Igor
>> > did some good work.
>> >
>> > Speaking of graphics, I have a friend who's amazing with Photoshop and
>> > Inkscape. His gallery is www.sycamoreent.webatu.com and he may give us
>> > better icons than we have now (in terms of HIG compliance). Interested?
>> > If
>> > you are I'll send him an email.
>> > André Renault
>> > kestrel.andre@xxxxxxxxx
>> > defrostedhummingbird@xxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 19:58, Stani <spe.stani.be@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Robin Mills <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Guys
>> >>>
>> >>> I've tried this on a 'clean' Mac in the test lab (a 'virgin unused
>> >>> version of MacOS 10.5 and 10.6).  Here's what I saw:
>> >>>
>> >>> <APP.jpg>
>> >>>
>> >>> <PKG.jpg>
>> >>>
>> >>> Notice that there is a Status Bar - however Igor's graphics are NOT
>> >>> clipped.
>> >>>
>> >>> If I use Finder/View/Hide Status Bar, the window gets smaller (without
>> >>> clipping the graphics).  When I close the DMG and open it again, it
>> >>> remembers not to show the Status Bar.
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't think we should spend any more time on this 'clipped' graphics
>> >>> issue because:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1) The clipping seems to be only on Andre's machine.  And even if the
>> >>> clipping occurs, no information is lost.  This is cosmetic.
>> >>
>> >> It looks to me an ideal task to Andre to fix this.
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> 2) The graphics look very nice to me as they are.
>> >>
>> >> Indeed. Thank you Robin and Igor!
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> 3) It has taken up hours already.  There are 'real' issues to be
>> >>> addressed before 0.28 ships.
>> >>
>> >> Sure. We should now concentrate on testing if everything is functional.
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> 4) The mechanism to make this work is undocumented by Apple, so making
>> >>> changes is not simple and has an uncertain outcome.  Changing anything
>> >>> might
>> >>> lead to more unexpected results and more hours spent on this matter.
>> >>
>> >> I'll ask Steve Jobs, next time I see him.
>> >> Good work!
>> >> Stani
>> >>>
>> >>> Robin
>> >>>
>> >>> On 7/14/10 9:49 AM, Robin Mills wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> André
>> >>>
>> >>> Here are last night's builds.  I'm going to try to reproduced this
>> >>> today
>> >>> in the test lab on a couple of 'clean' machines:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://clanmills.com/Phatch28-prerelease/PhatchAPP-20100713-rmills-imac.dmg
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://clanmills.com/Phatch28-prerelease/PhatchPKG-20100713-rmills-imac.dmg
>> >>>
>> >>> Robin
>> >>>
>> >>> On 7/13/10 11:25 PM, Zrtveni Jarac wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Tell Andre to send us some screenshots to see the "damage" which is
>> >>> caused by a status bar, to discuss what can be done...
>> >>>
>> >>> Best regards,
>> >>> Igor Kekeljevic
>> >>>
>> >>> ________________________________
>> >>> From: Robin Mills <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> To: Stani <spe.stani.be@xxxxxxxxx>; Zrtveni Jarac <zrtveni@xxxxxxxxx>;
>> >>> André Renault <kestrel.andre@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 7:54:14 AM
>> >>> Subject: New Phatch Packaging
>> >>>
>> >>> Comments welcome:
>> >>> http://clanmills.com/articles/macinstallers/
>> >>>
>> >>> I'll publish the binaries tomorrow, and fix any suggestions you'd like
>> >>> to
>> >>> make about the build string.  I used Arial-Italic and used a single
>> >>> black
>> >>> string for the build information.  I'd like to put it at the bottom -
>> >>> however it gets hidden on André's machine, which insists on clipping
>> >>> the
>> >>> graphics and showing a the status bar.  I don't know what it's doing
>> >>> that -
>> >>> I'm fairly sure it's OK on the machines at work (I'll check that out
>> >>> tomorrow).
>> >>>
>> >>> Robin
>> >>> http://clanmills.com/
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
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>> >
>> >
>> > <APP.jpg><PKG.jpg>
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