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Linux Identity: Introducing Impress for OpenOffice.org 3.0
12.12.08 13:17Section: Driven
Filed Under: Copyright - Sak, F/OSS Projects, Published
Toward the latter half of the summer I began volunteering to help out at the OpenOffice.org project. I joined the documentation group, and then signed on with the OOo Authors to help out with the manuals, so I have been working on reviews of various chapters and contributed to a few sections. It’s a great project, and a fantastic group of people that really gives meaning to the idea of being a part of an OpenSource community.
In search of a signal
05.31.07 22:08Section: Driven
Filed Under: Copyright - GPL, F/OSS Projects
Back when I was working on the Nomad splash screen and icon, one of the ideas was to try and incorporate a stereo jack into the design somehow. I wasn’t able to get it to work out for the logo, and I wasn’t comfortable with the stereo jack references that I did have to use for a splash screen.
[4] CommentsNomad Icon and Splash Screen
03.29.07 17:41Section: Driven
Filed Under: Copyright - GPL, F/OSS Projects, Icons
For the next release of Nomad, the guys at the Nmedit project asked me to come up with an icon and a new splash screen to show during startup.
PacketPeeper Icon (Revised w/ new Document Icon)
01.24.07 16:49Section: Driven
Filed Under: Copyright - Other, F/OSS Projects, Icons
PacketPeeper is an OpenSource, MacOS X packet sniffer application that I came across on SourceForge.net, and have recently started helping out with by providing some graphics.
GNOME Subtitles Project Logo and Icons
12.09.06 17:52Section: Driven
Filed Under: Copyright - Other, F/OSS Projects, Icons, Logos
The GNOME Subtitles project is another Open Source project that I found on Sourceforge.net, and I was given the chance to help out with icons and logos. GNOME Subtitles is a video subtitle editing and authoring program for GNU/Linux systems running the GNOME Desktop.
Nomad Module Icons
11.27.06 18:00Section: Driven
Filed Under: Copyright - GPL, F/OSS Projects, Icons
The Nmedit project aims to create an alternative editor for the Clavia Nord Modular synthesizer. I discovered the project through their Sourceforge project listing, where they had posted a notice for help with the module icons.
This project was a fantastic learning experience, as I had no previous experience working with such a small graphic that also needed to represent some relatively detailed functionality – each of the module icons is rendered at 16 × 16 pixels in the software. This was, I believe, the more challenging aspect of the project; trying to devise iconic representation for some fairly obscure or otherwise esoteric modules and functions. Granted, a number of the icons are inspired by the original icons represented in the original software from Clavia, but I also wanted to create a series of icons that were more unique to the Nomad software in order to give it a more personal touch.
