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Dear members,

Development for MX16 has started, and the Art Team is inviting members to submit suggested wallpaper (WP) for the MX16 iso. Things to note:

1. there is a deadline for the choice of the default WP, because it will likely be used as the background for the login screen and grub menu as well. Deadline for submissions will be end of this Sunday, 2 Oct 2016, so that the team can then discuss and vote on the submissions. Submissions not chosen for the default WP might still end up as part of the WP collection in MX16;

2. the source/provenance of the WP and terms of any licence attached to it are important, as we don't want copyright disputes with people claiming to be the rightful artist/creator.

Our preference is therefore for photos or pics taken/created by members themselves, or by people known to the members, who are willing to gift it to MX's use without any conditions (except perhaps for attribution of the creator/artist). Creative Commons Share Alike licences are fine but not those that prohibit derivative work (since we will add the MX logo) or commercial use (question mark over whether MX is deemed "commercial" when we do have a "donate" button).

For members contributing suggestions from other sources, you may wish to consider (just some examples):
- Flickr contributors with acceptable licence terms for their pics who, from the picture details provided (e.g. camera used, lens, location, time, date, occasion), are credible as the creator/taker of the pics
- Pixabay, with hundreds of thousands of free images released under CC0 Public Domain Free for commercial use No attribution required.
- wallhaven and unsplash have great pics

However, it is also true that some people may upload copyrighted material to sites like the above and claim them as their own. The origin of each pic can be checked at https://www.tineye.com/


Upload/Posting instructions:

1. Karen (peregrine) has set it up so that the submissions for proposed default WP can be uploaded here: http://www.mepiscommunity.org/wallpaper

2. You'll need an account to upload your pics. [edited] To create an account at: http://www.mepiscommunity.org/user

please PM peregrine (Karen) with your request and an email address, and you'll get a one-time password to set up your own password.

3. picture size: 1920 x 1200 (can be slightly larger but not too huge)

4. to add the logo, [edited] download the file attached to this post (see below).
Then "Open as layer" in the File menu in GIMP and affix onto pic.

5. post details of your contribution in this thread as follows:
a) the source of the pic (and/or URL)
b) licence terms for the pic
c) if credit has to be given under the licence, details of creator/artist

OK--I think that if we're going to add graphics to the installer and maybe other applications, they should all have something in common with the wallpaper. For example, the installer with the MX 15 country lake wallpaper could have the open door of a fishing cabin, MX-Tools could have a background array of fishing gear...you see what I'm getting at. The connections could also be creative and non-obvious, if we want to get tricky. Some free images could be hard to track down, depending on the wallpaper. I imagine some would be easy, like something to do with automobiles or Greece, for example.

Edit: Ideally, the code name for MX 16 would also relate to the theme.

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the page doesn't offer a way to create an account.
checked viewSource, searched for "new", and "register", and "signup"... nope

I really like the background image Roky posted here but I don't know about the rights or the sizes available. I couldn't find the image in a Google "similar images" search.

Please PM me to set up an account on the community site. Include an email in your message please.

BitJam wrote:I really like the background image Roky posted here but I don't know about the rights or the sizes available. I couldn't find the image in a Google "similar images" search.

It's quite artistic, but do we want the image of something decaying and falling apart as the wallpaper?

Edit: It may have been appropriate for MEPIS.

Stevo wrote:It's quite artistic, but do we want the image of something decaying and falling apart as the wallpaper?

Excellent point! A similar image search turned up many other possibilities.

Personally, I like the decaying building, partly because it breaks the mold, but I can see how a majority would not like it. It reminds me of what I see when I open my front door and look across the street. I'm also reminded of trends in the styling of hi-fi equipment. For many years it was all silver and gold and then someone made a radical move and switched to black.

skidoo wrote:

Oops. I've changed my original post to rectify that.

You may be trying to access a restricted forum.

Bumping this thread up.

Some really nice wallpapers have been submitted so far - thank you - but we need more!

Could the submitters post some detail about their contributions in this thread?

1. name of WP
2. source of WP [esp if it was taken/created by yourself or someone you know who is willing to give it to MX]
3. if a licence or the contributer requires attribution, to say so and state the licence/terms involved

Most of the ones I've submitted already has the information included. Only the first four (submitted before license information was required when uploading) are without the license and the photographers name.

metro station
tpsdave
David Mark
Pixabay
CC0 Public Domain
Free for commercial use
No attribution required

Moscow
xusenru
Khusen Rustamov
Pixabay
CC0 Public Domain
Free for commercial use
No attribution required

Park
Fotocitizen
Jorge Guillen
Pixabay
CC0 Public Domain
Free for commercial use
No attribution required

Skyscraper
Padurariu Alexandru Unsplash / Pixabay
CC0 Public Domain
Free for commercial use
No attribution required
Henry

Fall
Taken by richb
Free to use

Maine Sunrise
Taken bt richb
Free to use

richb wrote:Fall
Taken by richb
Free to use

Maine Sunrise
Taken bt richb
Free to use

@richb, your pictures appear to have been uploaded at a small size.

Which brings me to my question: how does one resize a pic? I have 2 submissions that are either too large, and/or have different length x breadth proportions.

Which brings me to my question: how does one resize a pic?

Gimp is the easy way. Crop them to the approximately right proportions if needed and then scale. Scale can be found in the layer tab.
There's a small thing to click in the scale box if you don't want to keep the proportions.
Henry

asqwerth wrote:

richb wrote:Fall
Taken by richb
Free to use

Maine Sunrise
Taken bt richb
Free to use

@richb, your pictures appear to have been uploaded at a small size.

Which brings me to my question: how does one resize a pic? I have 2 submissions that are either too large, and/or have different length x breadth proportions.

They were sized at 1920x1080. Those that I uploaded for MX-16. I cannot say that for ones uploaded years ago.

@richb the two images you submitted are very small ~600X400. If you have the larger size you mentioned - 1920x1080 - upload again and I will delete the small ones.

peregrine wrote:@richb the two images you submitted are very small ~600X400. If you have the larger size you mentioned - 1920x1080 - upload again and I will delete the small ones.

I see the problem. Slimjet automatically resizes down the images uploaded. I will use a different browser. I am on my way out and will upload this afternoon. Feel free to delete the previous images.

I was surprised you've requested the mx logo be pre-applied/embedded into the images.
If rescaled versions of these images are created (e.g. 1280x1024), the logo will wind up displaying smaller than intended.
If rescaled versions are not created/utilized, logo will appear squatty/disproportionate when 1920x1200 is shoehorned into a 1920x1080 or 1366x768 screen.

I was surprised you've requested the mx logo be pre-applied/embedded into the images

Worked fine in MX-15, didn't it? And if there are problems, it's very easy to create wallpapers without a logo from the original workfiles.
This way they can be seen as they will appear on the desktop.
Henry

I uploaded the two resized images with logo and deleted the two smaller sizes.

Thank you for all the excellent wallpapers submitted so far.

Submissions will close in 6 hours (my time, I'm being arbitrary), after which the Art Team will have the difficult task of deciding on which ones will be in MX16, whether as the default wallpaper or as part of the collection.

We'll also be deciding on other issues relating to the look and aesthetics of MX16.

So at 12 noon EST.

I hadn't looked for a while, and there are some terrific ones there. (I think I may have a new favorite...)

Submissions are now closed.

Thank you, all.