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[Christian Giordano <christian.giordano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good effort!

My only comment is that the TV looks more like a monitor. Modern TVs don't
have such long stand:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=led+tv&hl=en&prmd=imvnsr&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=gZ3PTpeUMYSKhQf827DBDQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CGcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=1083


Best, chr


On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> following on from various IRC chats I have been doing a bit of tinkering
> with Pencil http://pencil.evolus.vn/ a GPL licensed wireframing tool for
> prototyping designs. I adapted an export template to generate a nice
> branded output, you can grab this here:
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~**alanbell/unitytelly/**pencilfiles/ubuntu.zip<http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/unitytelly/pencilfiles/ubuntu.zip>
> and install it from the pencil tools menu.
> I also made a base pencil file here
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~**alanbell/unitytelly/**
> pencilfiles/BaseDesignFrame.ep<http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/unitytelly/pencilfiles/BaseDesignFrame.ep>
> which contains a frame of a TV at 1920x1080 proportions scaled down to
> 480x270 screen size and on screen is a still from Big Buck Bunny
> you can copy this onto new pages and use the templates to slap your own
> designs on top for Unity on the Telly
>
> I am not really a UX designer or anything, but I flung together a bit of a
> storyboard, more to demo the wireframing template and storyboard output
> than anything else really.
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~**alanbell/unitytelly/<http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/unitytelly/>
>
> The pencil file that produced that output is here:
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~**alanbell/unitytelly/**pencilfiles/concept1.ep<http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/unitytelly/pencilfiles/concept1.ep>
>
> so there you go, a framework for designing what unity as a media centre/TV
> interface might look like. Have a play and it would be great to see your
> designs. Give me a shout if you want any help setting up pencil and the
> export stuff, or if you need a design hosted (just email me the .ep file
> and I will stick it up somewhere)
>
> comments and bug reports on the export template would be great.
>
> Alan.
>
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