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News | KDE-Artists
Well we have some new features for you to enjoy. We have added a simple community based forum. You may also notice the ability to rate all of the local content and comments. You can also flag any nasty comments or spam so the KDE-Artists Web-Team can deal with it quickly. If you know of any KDE art related applications that we have not covered here please let us know by creating a weblink. If you...
Featured Artist: Bastian Salmela
Featured Artist: Bastian Salmela ImageBastian Salmela, (aka basse) is best known in the KDE community for his Konqi artwork and his Magical Rope animated short. He also very active in the Blender community. Bastian is a long time Linux user who has done work on several games and recently has been selected as a lead animator for Orange “the Open Source movie project”. In what ways do...
Vector Icon tips from Inkscape developer Silsor
ector Icon tips from Inkscape developer Silsor Silsor: The problem with designing vector icons is that unless you design them just so, the pixel boundaries don’t line up quite right with the vector objects and you get blur. Theobroma: so how do you “design them just so”? Any suggestions? Silsor: You set your document to use the “px” unit of measurement, turn on a...
Where do all the icons go?
This article hopes to clear up any confusion surrounding where application developers and artists should install their KDE icons. First some (simplified) history: KDE 1 used locolor icons, they only have 16 colors and look pretty plain. KDE 2 used the hicolor theme, similar style to locolor but with more colors. KDE 3 changed to the CrystalSVG theme which we know and love today. KDE 3 also...
Featured Coder: Ryan Nickell
Nick: pOz3r (my nickname from my old skater days) In what ways do you make a contribution to KDE? Window Decorations(i.e. Smooth Blend), SuperKaramba Themes, and SuperKaramba itself. I’m also working with the Plasma team for KDE 4.0, but that’s still a ways off. How and when did you get involved in KDE? It more or less started when I found kdelook.org. I really liked...
Where do all the icons go?
This article hopes to clear up any confusion surrounding where application developers and artists should install their KDE icons. First some (simplified) history: KDE 1 used locolor icons, they only have 16 colors and look pretty plain. KDE 2 used the hicolor theme, similar style to locolor but with more colors. KDE 3 changed to the CrystalSVG theme which we know and love today.
KDE 3...
Welcome to KDE-Artists.org!
KDE-Artists.org is a new KDE sister website created specifically for artists and coders to use for reference and direction in creating a high quality consistant user interface. It is also the home of Kollaboration a new concept created by several people to give dreamers, artists, and coders a place to work together. Here are just a few things you will be able to do at KDE-Artists.org, use...