amarok distraction

From my last blog entry, some people inquired about using the amarok image as a splash screen.  Not necessarily what I intended, but a cool idea nonetheless.  It wasn’t ideal since it had a tiny, tiny KDE logo and “Be Free” text.  So I went back and tweaked that image as well as some others.

If you’re asking, “Wade, that’s all well and good, but how the hell does this merit a blog entry?  Why don’t you just post to kde-look.org, shut up, and call it a day?”  Great question.  I have no idea why.  Probably because I wanted to finish one of my twenty half-written blogs today, but got to daydreaming on this and guilted myself into calling it a blog entry.  You satisfied?

Here’s the slightly tweaked version that’s a bit more appropriate for a splash screen (one that is a good choice for a release candidate that refers to the anticipation of the final release):

The blue seems to contrast well with the washed out earth tones.  But if you want more vibrancy, here’s an image that I was originally saving to tie into a series about Phonon.  I may have to repurpose it:

Maybe it refers to the devs’ sleepless nights and coding marathons.  Too busy?  Not enough color saturation?  Here’s another originally intended for Phonon.  Maybe it’s a double entendre about the final release:

And finally, if you don’t upgrade to 2.0 and choose to stay with the 1.4 series, you can use this one:

Larger versions on my Picasa web album as usual.  Ending transmission.