On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:51:06PM +0300, Alexander Smirnov wrote:
2012/1/25 Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com>
> I see good things in both of these. I like Alexander's rendering but
> will try to explain in more detail how I feel it could be improved.
>
> In gnokii's version, the trails of the exploding particles have a
> softer, fuzzier look. In Alexander's, they are very fine streaks with
> what I would call a higher energy -- meaning (at least to me) there
> are very abrupt contrasts between one color/brightness and another.
> To my eye this makes for a more distracting background, when I think
> the right goal would be a beautiful but subtle background that doesn't
> make itself too noticeable. Also, the center of the fireworks are
> very bright, again making for possibly some excess distraction.
>
> However, overall Alexander's rendering does have a great feel, and
> perhaps softening or blurring these exploding trails outward from the
> center of each firework would help reduce the energy somewhat. I'm
> not sure how much the brightness of the center of each firework could
> be adjusted without sacrificing people's ability to know what they're
> looking at.
>
> I wish I had the skill to do a version based on what I'm talking
> about, but I don't. But I hope the explanation was helpful to someone
> who does!
>
A modified version [1] is based on the comments of Paul. I don't think what
it full realisation Paul's idea. This is middle variant.
[1] -
http://publictest04.fedoraproject.org/artboard/post/view/113
Nice! This is on the right track, but perhaps more fuzziness may be
called for to make the background less distracting.
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