Wallpapers

hhh · 2023-07-06 09:12:26

Tour de France, stage 5... https://imgur.com/ca7GOZv

hotlink... https://i.imgur.com/ca7GOZv.png

hhh · 2023-08-27 06:02:06

The Omega Man promo poster, 1000x563...

https://cnmsarchive.files.wordpress.com … -man-2.jpg

Download it, import into Inskape, trace bitmap, 124 color scans (took about 25 minutes on my weak hardware), resize to 1920x1080 (1081, close enough), save the svg so I can blow it up to building size if I ever have the money, and also export to png...

hhh · 2023-08-28 03:18:33

No scan needed for this B-movie promo photo, or composite or fan pic or whatever, Godzilla vs Destroyah (1995)...

https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com … 1152&ssl=1

hhh · 2023-08-28 04:00:52

More fun with Inkscape's "Trace Bitmap" feature. 300 stacked color scans, remove the original jpeg. Original...

https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/2096/2096352.jpeg

PNG export of the resulting svg file, converted to jpeg by Imgur...

https://i.imgur.com/tJIbgCY.jpg

hhh · 2023-10-07 04:01:51

In case anyone wants a good penguin wall for their Linux desktop, here are some gentoo penguins...

https://bingwallpaper.anerg.com/detail/us/GentooJump

johnraff · 2023-10-07 06:41:49

hhh wrote:

More fun with Inkscape's "Trace Bitmap" feature. 300 stacked color scans, remove the original jpeg. Original...
https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/2096/2096352.jpeg
PNG export of the resulting svg file, converted to jpeg by Imgur...
https://i.imgur.com/tJIbgCY.jpg

Looks nice...

...are you sure there isn't a Gimp filter that would do the same, though?

hhh · 2023-10-07 13:55:24

johnraff wrote:

...are you sure there isn't a Gimp filter that would do the same, though?

There isn't. GIMP is a raster image program, the Bezier curves that its Paths tool creates are never saved to vectors. And though you can import an SVG into GIMP, you can't export one.

Inkscape, like Adobe Illustrator, is a vector image editor.

To quickly explain the difference for those who don't know, raster means pixels (squares). Making a jpg or png smaller is fine, but the original size of the image is as large as it can get without getting blurry. Take a 500x500px image, make it a 1000x1000px, blur central.

Vector/SVG (scalable vector graphic) is an XML text file that the computer interprets as an image. It's defined by maths (points, lines, curves, polygons) and therefore the computer can scale it as large as you want with no loss of resolution.

So although I exported the Empire poster as a png and it looks all swirly (because math curves), I could have exported it to any desktop size and it would have the same swirls. If you had a way to print it, you could make this poster building-sized and it wouldn't get any blurrier. That's how I took a 561x800px image and turned it into a 2122x3024px one.

To reduce the swirlyness just requires more bitmap traces, which also means more processing power and more time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_tracing

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

johnraff · 2023-10-08 02:38:13

hhh wrote:

johnraff wrote:
...are you sure there isn't a Gimp filter that would do the same, though?
There isn't.
...although I exported the Empire poster as a png and it looks all swirly (because math curves), I could have exported it to any desktop size and it would have the same swirls. If you had a way to print it, you could make this poster building-sized and it wouldn't get any blurrier. That's how I took a 561x800px image and turned it into a 2122x3024px one.

I have a rough idea of vector images, but comparing the two jpg's I just noticed that some of the noise had been ironed out of the original, hence thinking of Gimp filters. I forgot the main point which is that the svg can be blown up indefinitely! And that you were able to make it from such a small original image.

If you'd like to write a tutorial some day on how you did that with Inkscape, I for one would likely be very happy to make use of it. I sometimes have to hack together posters for our band and I'm not comfortable with Inkscape at all. Usually fudge something with Gimp.

hhh · 2023-11-02 04:22:18

Phone pic...

darknetmatrix · 2023-11-02 07:12:44

^ +1

unklar · 2023-11-02 08:53:20

darknetmatrix wrote:

^ +1

dito

brontosaurusrex · 2023-11-17 18:37:48

Taking some time with just released Blender 4 (one is dark and another is verydark):

Sector11 · 2023-11-18 00:02:44

brontosaurusrex wrote:

Taking some time with just released Blender 4 (one is dark and another is verydark):

WOW!!! B E A U T I F U L

ULSS¹ BunsenLabs, love them.

Thank you bronto

_____
¹ United Linux StarShip

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Pinhead · 2023-11-18 14:15:27

Beautiful work

kols · 2024-02-11 21:51:56

Made this, I call it BL Svalbard

for download, follow this link:
https://www.deviantart.com/kols/art/Bun … 1020437932

Photo taken by me, from Svalbard overlooking Tempelfjorden.

Last edited by kols (2024-02-12 19:09:15)

hhh · 2024-02-12 02:36:27

^ That's the stuff! @johnraff, add that to bunsen-images?

By the way, did you use two fonts? I don't mean normal and light, I mean two different families. Really nice work.

Last edited by hhh (2024-02-12 02:39:34)

johnraff · 2024-02-12 02:43:33

hhh wrote:

^ That's the stuff! @johnraff, add that to bunsen-images?

Why not indeed.
@kols what license is it under?

kols · 2024-02-12 13:06:38

hhh wrote:

^ That's the stuff! @johnraff, add that to bunsen-images?
By the way, did you use two fonts? I don't mean normal and light, I mean two different families. Really nice work.

Thanks for the compliment!

I think the font *might* be the Ubuntu font, but they should be the same family, bold/normal and light. I can check later tonight, if you want (or if the Ubuntu font can't be used in official BL images).

Also note that the "graphical" logo is not made by me, it's an official BL SVG. But I believe you already knew that, it's probably made by either you or @johnraff, right?

Last edited by kols (2024-02-12 13:12:21)

kols · 2024-02-12 13:09:52

johnraff wrote:

hhh wrote:
^ That's the stuff! @johnraff, add that to bunsen-images?
Why not indeed.
@kols what license is it under?

To be honest, I haven't thought about that. I've only uploaded to Imgur. Maybe it would be better to upload to Deviant Art, because I believe then it will be covered by Creative Commons. I hadn't thought about licensing of the original photo, because I've never uploaded it anywhere else. I'd like for it to be included in the repos, but perhaps I should have a license before giving permission. Any tips?=)

Sector11 · 2024-02-12 13:27:09

Beautiful.

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