[haiku] Re: Wallpaper design contest

  • From: Matthew Veety <mveety@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:58:05 -0400

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Andrew Hudson <hudsonco1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would suggest asking for the art in multiple resolutions. it wouldn't be
> hard
> for an artist to do that.
> - Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrik Gissberg <patrik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Suggestions for competition rules:
>
> - Set a minimum/fixed resolution for the competition contributions.
> That way we can downscale it to the resolution we want to include in
> Haiku. What's a good size? HD (1920x1080)? Or larger?
>
> - The wallpapers aspect ratio must be 16:9.
>
> - The wallpaper must look good in 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratios, and any in
> between.
>
> - Work samples must be included (so we know that the submitter created
> the wallpaper).
>
> - When submitting, the author accepts that the wallpaper is
> distributed under the MIT license. The author have the copyright.
>
> Patrik
>
>

Instead of multiple resolutions, you could ask for extremely large
resolution images in both standard and widescreen formats. This would
take care of an artist having to make multiple images to send in or
deciding on what sizes should be accepted.

Matthew Veety

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