[gnome-backgrounds] README: extend guidelines to supplemental
- From: Jakub Steiner <jimmac src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-backgrounds] README: extend guidelines to supplemental
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:25:45 +0000 (UTC)
commit 6dfbb20479e57902a53d28f090bd2ba35a287869
Author: Jakub Steiner <jimmac gmail com>
Date: Thu Jun 18 12:24:45 2020 +0200
README: extend guidelines to supplemental
Addresses some aspects of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-backgrounds/-/issues/7
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@@ -14,10 +14,21 @@ The default wallpaper has historically been strictly abstract, low contrast and
It is desirable to have a wide mix of themes and colors for the additional wallpapers. Photographs and
illustrations that would otherwise be too contrasty and with high frequency detail to be a good backdrop are
perfectly suitable. Photos should generally be at least 3840x2160px, with no artifacts such as chromatic
aberation. Generally 16:9 aspect ratio is preferred as the wallpapers get scaled with the `background-size:
cover` equivalent method and wide displays are becoming more and more common.
-### Low Fidelity and Size Constraints
+#### Cultural Considerations
+
+GNOME is deployed globally. Be aware of some bad connotations in certain geographical areas. Depictions of
some animals, flags or body parts are better avoided.
+
+#### Low Fidelity and Size Constraints
One wallpaper is reserved for plain color to be used for remote access where it's benefitial for the
compression algorith to cope with it with ease. Unfortunately due to distribution limits, the background
collection has to keep its size contrained to around 40MB. This forces us to replace assets rather than add
them. You can download the [Nostalgia](https://flathub.org/apps/details/im.bernard.Nostalgia) app to view
previous release wallpapers.
+#### Sharpness
+
+Many photographic sources look great as a thumbnail or scaled down, but at 1:1 aren't 100% sharp. While it
may not present itself as a problem on an average laptop screen, the wallpaper has to work at super wide
screens where it's cropped to fit and is presented at 1:1 in many cases. Many otherwise suitable background
images just fall short when observed at the nominal pixel view.
+
+![Bad Scaling](badscaling.jpg)
+
+
## License
CCBYSA / Public Domain / CC0 is preferred. All attribution goes to the AUTHORS file.
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