[Ffmpeg-devel] FFmpeg logo

[Måns Rullgård]

M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Last year we never managed to decide on a logo in time for LinuxTag.
> I'm hoping we might be able to do better this year, so I've made a
> couple of variants based on one of the ideas I liked best from last
> year's discussions.
>
> My sketches are based on the zigzag scan used in MPEG2 video.  The
> first has a full 8x8 scan.  I though this looked a bit cluttered, so I
> took the artistic freedom of reducing it to 4x4, resulting in the
> second version.  The last one is for interlacing aficionados only.
> I'm afraid it might not go down too well with the crowd...
>
> Now I'm waiting for you all to bring out your best artistic talent,
> and come up with some better ideas.  Or failing that, at least show me
> some different ideas.  Failing that too, well, in that case, don't
> bother.  Write some code instead.
>
> Remember, this is a logo, not a painting, so try to keep it simple.
> Avoid small details and excessive use of color.

Well, a few days have passed, and the discussion seems to have calmed
down.  I have collected all the suggestions/ideas that were posted
(not last year's) on a web page:

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/~mru/ffmpeg-logo/

Please have a look, and report back with some opinions.

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
mans at mansr.com