On 12/22/2009 01:15 PM, Martin Sourada wrote:
To throw something in:
* target 1: showcase of design team work (perhaps customise the
looks of the spin, add more wallpapers, include echo icons?)
I don't like this target, I think we should go beyond "showing of" into
something we would use ourselves.
* target 2: typesetting -- fonts, inkscape, TeX, color
profiles
are IMHO a must
* target 3: general art/design work -- gimp, inkscape, color
profiles, brushes, perhaps our echo-artist helper scripts, ...
* target 4: video editing -- something for screencasting,
something to grab raw video from video camera, pitivi or kino or
something like that for cutting, perhaps an app for sound
editing/recording, include dirac/schrodinger codec (I think
theora, vorbis, flac, etc. are already in), perhaps some app for
subtitling (I'm maintaining subtitleeditor myself, but there are
more)
* target 5: desktop publishing --
OpenOffice.org + templates,
scribus
My option would be for a combination of 2-5 and address a large target
of creative uses. And I think those targets are linked deeply, here are
a couple of examples:
- a couple of days ago I was editing a video. I discovered I *need*
image editing applications (I used Inkscape, but GIMP would have been
equally useful) since I had to add a logo and a nice opening screen;
- for serious desktop publishing you don't use only the final
application, you will usually have to process photos (GIMP) and create
original art (Inkscape).
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