Hello,

andreas_k recently offered to have a look at our icons to propose an update, I don't know the progress of this work.
Then we have been asked about an updated logo also. Do you have an opinion about this identity element? Someone willing to think on this also?

Many thanks for your work anyway

Vincent

Sorry I'm bussy at the moment and my daughter is ill so I haven't the time now.

vpinon wrote:Hello,

andreas_k recently offered to have a look at our icons to propose an update, I don't know the progress of this work.
Then we have been asked about an updated logo also. Do you have an opinion about this identity element? Someone willing to think on this also?

Many thanks for your work anyway

Vincent

I was going to include the icons that Kdenlive uses BUT since they're not part of Oxygen I didn't. Most of the icons are present in the Breeze theme however and can be simply linked.

As mentioned, the logo could do with a refresh - the current design is pretty dated and skeuomorphic. Cutting film frames with razors is a little 20th century, don't you think?

Does anyone have suggestions for other symbols or ideas which get across the idea of a modern non-linear editor?

Video/audio tracks? Modified play logo? Something completely abstract?

the kdenlive icons

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/164 ... enlive.zip

the app icon is from kven. thanks


Please test the icon set and let me know if it works for you.

specific app icon set and standard icon set:
- the kdenlive icons will go to main icon set package so it will be available in breeze and breeze-dark. I talk to Uri.

I'm still not able to properly load breeze icons when running Kdenlive
(extracted to /opt/kdenlive5/share/icons/breeze, pointed by XDG_DATA_DIRS... failed)
From looking at the previews, I find them all nice... except maybe 3 that could be more informative:
- show/hide video: I know it is the "standard" checkbox, but I don't find very appropriate to understand what it does in this case.
- audio thumb: the old waveform idea seemed more understandable to me, maybe having a pure sinewave (not noise) would better match the uncluttered look?
- split audio: linked to above: combining the video & audio thumb symbols with a split?

Thanks again for your work and sorry for the delay.

Vincent

Hi Vincent

I'm on vacation next week and hope I can live without my computer. so thanks for the feedback I'll check it and you get feedback asap.

cheers

we have been asked about an updated logo also

May I suggest a draft idea:


...and on white:


The concept is to combine a number of ideas:
1. Video, using only modern, up to date symbols (ie no clapper boards or film strips), thus the "Play" icon
2. Free / open source - To me, the idea that together, more than one of us can make something uniquely more/better - Represented by the two triangles on the left coming together to make the merged, larger diamond shape on the right which completes the overall vision / shape.
3. Clean simple lines - In alignment with the Breeze philosophy
4. Easily adaptable and viewable at a range of sizes, color, greys or black and white
5. A "K", because it's KDE and well... some of us love modern design, but are still old-skool at heart ;P (subtle, but 10,000 internet points if you can find it!)

Kubuntiac wrote:

we have been asked about an updated logo also

May I suggest a draft idea:

+1 from me. I like that one much more than the current one. I would definitely vote to replace the current one with that one.
Part of the reason for me personally is, that current one lacks symmetry.
Amazing work Kubuntiac!

Thanks for this work,
I find that this logo unfortunately looks too similar to the one for OpenShot...
The play logo is associated in my mind to players, would be nice to find a metaphore for edition (arranging things together...)?

vpinon wrote:Thanks for this work,
I find that this logo unfortunately looks too similar to the one for OpenShot...
The play logo is associated in my mind to players, would be nice to find a metaphore for edition (arranging things together...)?

Openshot is getting a new logo, though: http://www.openshotvideo.com/?m=1

vpinon wrote:The play logo is associated in my mind to players, would be nice to find a metaphore for edition (arranging things together...)?

Any suggestions? Looking over logos that are being used for video editing elsewhere, the ones that directly reference editing all seem to be using pre-digital imagery similar to Kdenlive's current logo (eg scissors cutting film strip, old film based cameras etc.). To me, metaphors based on imagery as old as that gives a feel of being distinctly unmodern.

What I also found in other discussions on logos for video editing, is that they pretty much all seem to end up with no clear consensus. It seems like an area that really doesn't have a singular, perfect metaphor available (much like the concept of "Save" - much discussion in many places, no clear winner).

I'd be interested to see some other concepts by other people for comparison.

I like the app icon from kven


please follow with your icon the breeze guidelines
https://github.com/NitruxSA/plasma-next ... -in-Breeze

What about something along these lines?

vpinon wrote:I find that this logo unfortunately looks too similar to the one for OpenShot

Just so you know, here's what OpenShot's new logo looks like:


...with mine underneath for comparison: