NeXTSpirit icons ?

[galgot]

Hi,
I’ve been following this project for a while, and I’m impressed.
I don’t have much in term of coding knowledge (nothing) to contribute to it.
Also have no experience with Cent-OS, as I usually install Debian.
But still, would you be interested in using this ? :

NextSpiritForGnustep.tar.zip

Its an icon set I’ve done originally for Mac OS X (big 1024x1024 icons), completely inspired by original NeXTstep icons, just higher res.
http://galgot.free.fr/wordpress/?p=1380
http://galgot.free.fr/wordpress/?p=1410
I’ve done these smaller 48x48 for Riccardo Mottola of the GNUstep project for the "Heritage" theme.
Can be used for NextSpace too, my pleasure.

Best regards,

[trunkmaster]

Hi,
I've already visited your site and very impressed with your high-res icons. I've even tried to resize some of them some time ago but without much success. I've got blurred icons, loosing much of shiny details from your original images. Finally I've dropped the idea for the future and returned to coding. :)

Actually, I badly need someone with taste like yours. I think much of NeXTSTEP attractiveness is due to the excellent sharp and expressive graphics. I'm sure we can create together new desktop with refined icons while retaining the NeXT idea/spirit.

Are you ready to spend some time listening to my critics, suggestions and making some changes? ;)

[galgot]

Well if you want some small changes on these existing icons, yes :)
As for redoing an all set , I’m afraid I will not have time for that as I’m committed to other works for the moment...
But, sure , tell me. And I'll see what I can do.

[armm77]

Hi, @trunkmaster and @galgot , I suggest that Mr. @galgot create a logo for the desk. I feel like a little life was lost after removing the proprietary NeXT logo. :)

[galgot]

Hi, I tried something like this

[galgot]

Noticed I closed the Issue by mistake last time, sorry bout that. I'm not very familiar with GitHub.

[trunkmaster]

@galgot, it's amazing! Fantastic idea! Well done!
Could you please make black part of image darker and drop shadow like in NeXT image?

BTW, what is gamma correction setting do you use? My Xorg gamma setting is closer to NeXT:

[me@localhost]~% xrandr --verbose | grep Gamma
        Gamma:      0.80:0.80:0.80

[galgot]

This works ?

Note, if I do it too dark, you can't see the 3d effect of the two levels , and with this shadow you have more difficulty reading a "S" .

[trunkmaster]

Much better. Could you please share source files (.blend, .xcf)?

[galgot]

Sure, here is the file, with layers passes, V.1 and V.2 as layers too. Gimp-2.10.
At the resolution which I rendered it, 2000x2000.
NextSpace-Logo-2000x2000.xcf.zip

[trunkmaster]

Thank you. I'll play with it tomorrow - my GIMP-2.8 won't open this file.

[trunkmaster]

@galgot, I've played a bit with images. My observations:

1. On low resolution "NEXT" fade to "S" edges letters "e", "N" and "T". Try to move text out of edges visually (text shift or camera POV).
2. I guess you use light from top right to create shadow of text. I think right side if image needs more contrast against background. Maybe "S" at right side should be less reflective? What do you think?

Here what I've got with Dock icon:

and Login Panel

Could you please share .blend file so I can play with POV?
BTW, Login Panel .xcf located inside folder.

[galgot]

1. Sorry, Want me to move the letters down a bit to have their edges all within the black "S" ?
2. Light is directly from above. I can try moving light a bit left if you want.

Yes, looks good. but I think we should just discard the drop shadow altogether for the tile.
Original NeXT dock tile didn’t had it. It permit better centering on the tile and more clarity. think there should be 1 or 2 Pixels space between the tile edge and logo on top and bottom too.

Will try that later.

Sorry, I can contribute images, for using free as you like, that can be modified as you like.
But I never share 3d Models.

[trunkmaster]

1. Sorry, Want me to move the letters down a bit to have their edges all within the black "S" ?

Yes.

2. Light is directly from above. I can try moving light a bit left if you want.

Try to make "S" less reflective so the right part of it will not mix with background.
Here is what I've got without drop shadow and increasing contrast by 10.

Less details are visible on "S" surface but icon becomes more distinct against tile.

Yes, looks good. but I think we should just discard the drop shadow altogether for the tile.
Original NeXT dock tile didn’t had it. It permit better centering on the tile and more clarity. think there should be 1 or 2 Pixels space between the tile edge and logo on top and bottom too.

You're right.

Will try that later.

Sorry, I can contribute images, for using free as you like, that can be modified as you like.
But I never share 3d Models.

No problem.