Re: 2.10 release notes screenshots

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

Thanks lots Davyd.

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 01:30 +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 09:47 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> 
> >Davyd, have you managed to do anything yet? Is this still on track?
> 
> Ok, so things were delayed, but still vaguely on target. I have uploaded
> a number of shots so far. One will be a little hard, which is the
> Gnome-Meeting shot. I don't currently own a webcam. Perhaps Damien can
> provide a shot for us.
> 
> >> > I'd like to have the release notes finished by March 2nd so that they
> >> > can be translated in time, though I suppose it's not awful if we only
> >> > have the text for the <figure>s then.
> 
> >Translators want to localise the screenshots too, so it will be a big
> >help if we have the screenshots by March 2nd.
> >
> This will be a little fun, there are going to be variations between
> every translation (unless our translators are digital mockup experts).
> 
> I have attempted to minimise the number of GIMP tricks I've used. All
> windows have a 5px offset dropshadow, unless otherwise specified. Some
> shots use a gradient to blend them into the alpha channel.
> 
> If translators need more help with how to construct the shots in the
> same way, they should email me. If they get really stuck, I might have
> enough time to composite some images for them.
> 
> A further tip for translators. Create yourself a new user (I use Rupert
> GNOME) and run his session inside Xnest. Then you can use Gimp outside
> of Xnest. This will not work for some things, totem, anything XKB
> related, etc. However, these are less of an issue, there are few
> preferences to get in the way that would mess up the otherwise nice
> defaults.
> 
> More info on request, I might also be more coherent after I've slept.
> 
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