Neos 3.3 Login Wallpaper

mficzel · November 27, 2017, 7:24am

We are getting near the Neos 3.3 release. Time to gather some candidates for the new login-wallpaper.
Some things that are special about this release and that might be visualized in the images:

Finally the Release of the React UI after 2 years of work
An LTS release
Winter is coming

Please send images you to suggest as login-wallpaper. I think we should collect images for about a week and vote afterwards (beginning on December 4th).

Note: If you want to test your suggestion there is a neos-login-bg-tester from @bwaidelich: http://wwwision.de/neos-bgtester/?img=yourPhotoUrl

Image 1 - Fog and Lake in Winter
Image 2 - Forest with Lake and Mountain
Image 3 - Lake with Mountain in BG
Image 4 - Lake
Image 5 - Mountain
Image 6 - Ice in Water 1
Image 7 - Ice in Water 2
Image 8 - Mountain lake and blue sky
Image 9 - Glacial Cave

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ffff · November 27, 2017, 10:19am

Cool, here are some All shot in beautiful British Columbia. Would be happy if they came to a good use here!

1 (could be colorcorrected into a bit more blueish to fit the brand better)

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ffff · November 27, 2017, 10:20am

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ffff · November 27, 2017, 10:20am

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daniellienert · November 27, 2017, 7:58pm

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sascha.nowak · November 29, 2017, 8:39pm

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aertmann · November 30, 2017, 4:24pm

Hey everyone, there seems to be a clear theme of winter in all these suggestions.

I know it has somewhat naturally become a recurring theme to follow the seasons.

However there are some issues with that approach.

First it’s a LTS release, meaning it will be relevant for much longer than 4 primary months after it’s release.

Second it’s only winter in the northern hemisphere.

Maybe we can come with some alternatives? Also the picture doesn’t have to be a nature picture. Other examples could be architecture, abstract.

Would love to see some new ideas!

aertmann · November 30, 2017, 4:25pm

Another thing, do we need a new picture for the demo site as well?

mficzel · December 1, 2017, 7:31am

True, but i think that this is not such a big issue. The image can be customized easily and the main role from my point of view is a nice visual identication for the release mainly at the point of the release.

So while i would also like to see some other variants i do’nt think winter is a problem.

dfeyer · December 1, 2017, 5:07pm

https://unsplash.com/photos/MhFk972Xx5k

Maybe some winterish, but with more abstraction

mficzel · December 4, 2017, 8:13am

I just added the voting for the collected images. Curious what the result will be, i kind of like all suggestions.

aberl · December 4, 2017, 10:15am

While I like the current runners-up #4 generally (and especially with the blurry snowflakes in it), I think it is too bright and has too little contrast.

I have no issue with the winter theme, even for LTS. It’s a december release after all, and even though that is summer in the southern hemisphere… well, a summery picture wouldn’t fit for the northern hemisphere then. I’m very open to having a broader range of options though for the next time.

jonnitto · December 5, 2017, 9:52am

#9

aertmann · December 6, 2017, 5:09pm

Hey I know the voting already started so these aren’t part of the options unless we decide to re-open the vote to include them. I got an email from a professional Stock website offering 7 days free downloads of royalty free photos and they had some pretty amazing ones. I uploaded all the originals and those I exampled to our Drive folder (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1UFfVJ7c1I5t7uUvsaxCcU5JjeUl5g_vk). This is just to give an idea of a wider range of options (keeping a winterish theme) since all the current options are pretty similar. Hopefully they can come in handy in the future, got some more summery ones that I just added in the Drive folder.

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mficzel · December 7, 2017, 7:32am

Those are really nice, on the other hand i kind of like the approach that the photos are taken by friends of Neos and are no stock material.

Nevertheless i will ask in slack#next-release wether we should restart the voting.

christianm · December 7, 2017, 7:36am

I call dibs on 15 for the next major

daniellienert · December 7, 2017, 8:45am

I absolutely agree. As long as the photographers in the community produce appropriate images, I really would prefer them over stock photos.

@christianm, 15 is great - I would like to make a studio session together with a pack of roasted beans

mficzel · December 7, 2017, 8:51am

@aertmann after short feedback from slack i decided to let the voting run with the current options until next monday and keep the images you suggested as options for the next releases.

aberl · December 7, 2017, 1:11pm

I totally love #12 and #17 and hope to see them in next winter release options
But generally I agree to take community pictures in favour of stock material.

aertmann · December 7, 2017, 2:10pm

Totally, mostly meant as inspiration and refreshing the concept a little anyway and seems to have worked. I downloaded some more images and them in the Drive folder for next time. I’m all for images from our community if they do the trick.