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Hydrogenaudio Forum => Site Related Discussion => Topic started by: rjamorim on 2003-09-06 06:43:15

Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: rjamorim on 2003-09-06 06:43:15
Hello.

Today, I wanted to add a button linking to Hydrogenaudio together with the CD-rw.org button featured at RareWares' main page, and realized that there is none.

So, I would like to invite the graphically skilled members of the Hydrogenaudio community to create a standard (88 x 31 pixels) button.

IMO, it will be very useful for people wanting to link to HA from their sites.

We can also get Dibrom and JohnV to chose the winner among the submissions

Any ideas?

Thanks for your attention.

Regards;

Roberto.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: JohnV on 2003-09-06 06:46:46
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We can also get Dibrom and JohnV to chose the winner among the submissions

Good Idea.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Jens Rex on 2003-09-06 11:05:58
But please... nothing blue and shiny .
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Jens Rex on 2003-09-06 11:22:52
(http://www.jensrex.net/png/ha.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: URMEL on 2003-09-06 11:47:49
Now transparent (for bright background).
PNG (2,66kb):
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: JohnV on 2003-09-06 15:22:15
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hm... I have to change this. but i haven't got the time now. bbl

Not bad.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 16:27:03
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HA1.png)

nicer version is on the road..
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 16:43:49
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HA2.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 16:53:41
png: (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HA3.png)

gif: (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HA3.gif)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: JohnV on 2003-09-06 16:54:48
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Though I'm not sure if I like the yellow glow around the headphones.  Edit. Ah, changed already.

And in URMEL's logo the yellow .org reminds me of those afterdawn.com/cd-rw.org texts, which is not imo the best for HA.. 
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 17:04:34
something simpler: 
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: URMEL on 2003-09-06 17:27:18
(http://home.arcor.de/theurmel/ha.png)

(http://home.arcor.de/theurmel/ha_green.png)

(http://home.arcor.de/theurmel/ha_red.png)

(http://home.arcor.de/theurmel/ha_blue.png)

(http://home.arcor.de/theurmel/ha_white.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 17:45:00
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. I'd move the headpnones little lower. Never mind their shadow will be cropped a bit.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 17:49:34
 Oh, my buttons are 90x30.
Sorry, I did not read the original article carefully.
Nevetherless I have GIMP xcf sources...
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: URMEL on 2003-09-06 17:55:49
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. I'd move the headpnones little lower. Never mind their shadow will be cropped a bit.

Yeah, you're right. I've put it up there because the crippled shadow didn't look good.
But with the border, I looks much better.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 19:13:50


EDIT #1:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbrandnew.png) another one

EDIT #2:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbiggertext.png) version with bigger text

EDIT #3:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbiggertext2.png)

EDIT #4:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbiggertext3.png)

gif versions are available (see absolute location and change the extension)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: AngelGR on 2003-09-06 19:25:27
I like the last one. It's more legible, and the characters are similar to the HA banner.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Mac on 2003-09-06 19:59:46
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I might ask the new Cool Edit forum people about links, one of these buttons would be great
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Oge_user on 2003-09-06 20:07:41
I like the graphic button of mykhal
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: URMEL on 2003-09-06 22:12:06
Jup, I also like mykhals more than mine.
And could someone plz tell me the neame of the HA font?
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 22:18:20
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Jup, I also like mykhals more than mine.

thanks

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And could someone plz tell me the neame of the HA font?

I'd also like to know.. Ripping the banner is tedious.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: phong on 2003-09-06 22:40:17
Here are a few non-drop-shadow alternatives for dark and light backgrounds respectively:
(http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_dba.png) (http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_lba.png)

Is it true that IE STILL doesn't support .png alpha channels?  Here are some with backgrounds built in:
(http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_db.png) (http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_lb.png)

There's probably too much blue around the web these days.  Here's some anti-blue:
(http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_doa.png) (http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_loa.png)
(http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_do.png) (http://www.phong.org/misc/ha_lo.png)

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And could someone plz tell me the neame of the HA font?

I tried whatthefont.com (http://www.whatthefont.com/), but it didn't find it.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: JohnV on 2003-09-06 22:47:19
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And could someone plz tell me the neame of the HA font?

http://www.larabiefonts.com/fonts/v/vipnagor.html (http://www.larabiefonts.com/fonts/v/vipnagor.html)

Though we need also a new logo soon.. The old logo is kinda outdated, especially the text under it (HA covers more than just psychoacoustic audio compression).
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-06 22:49:57
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Is it true that IE STILL doesn't support .png alpha channels?

See Yeti's transpatency PNG test page (http://trific.ath.cx/web/png/) for explanation.
For example my avatar is PNG with transparency, and looks correct in IE because it has set the background bit to the HA's "background" color.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Jebus on 2003-09-06 22:50:57
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Is it true that IE STILL doesn't support .png alpha channels?

Yep, it's true

That and incorrect CSS positioning drive me #%@!ing nuts. Bastards seem to have no plans to release a new version any time soon either. argh!
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Post by: Dibrom on 2003-09-06 23:06:36
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Is it true that IE STILL doesn't support .png alpha channels?

See Yeti's transpatency PNG test page (http://trific.ath.cx/web/png/) for explanation.
For example my avatar is PNG with transparency, and looks correct in IE because it has set the background bit to the HA's "background" color.

Though annoying, there is actually a hack you can use in IE for this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q294714 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q294714)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Jens Rex on 2003-09-06 23:32:13
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Though annoying, there is actually a hack you can use in IE for this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q294714 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q294714)

Yes, and it really works.

I made a test here some time ago:

http://fabul.dk/ass.html (http://fabul.dk/ass.html)

But unfortunately, the page I was going to use it for, had around 500 images and it takes a minute or so to render the page (not the test page, it's safe).

If you feel brave check http://fabul.dk/alpha.asp (http://fabul.dk/alpha.asp) with IE. Or just hit http://fabul.dk/ (http://fabul.dk/) with Mozilla, and watch anti-aliased dots like they're supposed to look.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: phong on 2003-09-07 07:34:06
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If you feel brave check http://fabul.dk/alpha.asp (http://fabul.dk/alpha.asp) with IE. Or just hit http://fabul.dk/ (http://fabul.dk/) with Mozilla, and watch anti-aliased dots like they're supposed to look.


Renders in about 1/2 second for me (in Konqurer and Firebird)...
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: AtaqueEG on 2003-09-07 09:38:07
We should also have a button for foobar2000 (of course, Peter has to approve). I was putting the finishing touches to my "rock en español" album review site and I wanted to add a "I use foobar2000 to listen to all the CDs that I review" link. I think a button would be nice. I suggest the one with the cat and headphones (altough it should feature Peter's cat instead  )
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Jens Rex on 2003-09-07 11:43:25
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Renders in about 1/2 second for me (in Konqurer and Firebird)...

Yea, it's only the alpha.asp file that uses DXImageTransform. The regular page just uses ordinary PNG's with alpha transparency.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: URMEL on 2003-09-07 11:51:37
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We should also have a button for foobar2000 (of course, Peter has to approve). I was putting the finishing touches to my "rock en español" album review site and I wanted to add a "I use foobar2000 to listen to all the CDs that I review" link. I think a button would be nice. I suggest the one with the cat and headphones (altough it should feature Peter's cat instead   )

Somethin like this?
(http://home.arcor.de/theurmel/foobar.png)
*g*
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: AtaqueEG on 2003-09-07 18:44:02
Yeah, something like that!

But, can you change the "foobar2000" letters to a different color? Or make them black with a white "aura" around them or viceversa (you know, like movie subtitles do so they don't get lost when something white or black is shown). That's because the "foobar20" impression it makes at first sight is kinda disturbing to me... 

Thanks!
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: URMEL on 2003-09-07 18:47:42
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Yeah, something like that!

But, can you change the "foobar2000" letters to a different color? Or make them black with a white "aura" around them or viceversa (you know, like movie subtitles do so they don't get lost when something white or black is shown). That's because the "foobar20" impression it makes at first sight is kinda disturbing to me...  

Thanks!

np, done.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: elmar3rd on 2003-09-07 18:53:32
Don't forget to create a favicon for fans of multicolored bookmark toolbars.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-07 22:36:05
Yet another...

(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbw.png)

EDIT #1:

(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwbw.png)  ..  (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwblu.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: bexx on 2003-09-07 23:44:25
i like that last one, clean look
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: AtaqueEG on 2003-09-08 00:01:25
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Somethin like this?
(http://home.arcor.de/theurmel/foobar.png)
*g*

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np, done


Yes! Just like that, thank you!
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-08 01:07:51
slightly offtopic (sorry, but you may like it)

(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/foobar2.png)  ..  (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/foobar.png)  ..  (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/foobar3.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: upNorth on 2003-09-08 06:31:21
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Yet another...

Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: dev0 on 2003-09-08 11:29:54
My favourites so far:

HydrogenAudio
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbw.png)

foobar2000
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/foobar2.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: smok3 on 2003-09-08 15:06:53
my vote for (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbrandnew.png) (so far)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: kwanbis on 2003-09-08 15:58:27
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My favourites so far:

HydrogenAudio
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbw.png)

foobar2000
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/foobar2.png)

same here ... but i think the "e" shoould be clearer (in hydrogen)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-08 16:22:08
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My favourites so far:

HydrogenAudio
  ?

grey and blue variant will be updated in place.

"e" letter has high density of lines.. It would be simpler if it was e.g. Argon Audio 

EDIT #1:

Enhanced psychovisuals =) :
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwEE.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: lazka on 2003-09-08 19:30:17
(http://schueler.bulme.at/~reite_c1/ha.png)

not as well as mykhal's but I hope you like it

made with M$ Paint ;-)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-08 22:27:48
I apologize for flooding this thread, but I have yet another button..

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Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: pseudoacoustic on 2003-09-08 22:52:43
My favorites so far:

HA.org:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwbw.png) (edit: this one, too: (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwblu.png))

fb2k:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/foobar3.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-08 23:02:46
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My favorites so far:

HA.org:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwbw.png) (edit: this one, too: (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwblu.png))

(...)

Do you like them still after I updated them to the more antialised font version ? Or it does not matter.. ?
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: pseudoacoustic on 2003-09-08 23:09:16
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My favorites so far:

HA.org:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwbw.png) (edit: this one, too: (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwblu.png))

(...)

Do you like them still after I updated them to the more antialised font version ? Or it does not matter.. ?

The previous font looks a little cleaner, which is a plus. But they are both very good.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: music_man_mpc on 2003-09-08 23:27:06
IMHO the antialised looks better.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: upNorth on 2003-09-08 23:32:09
In my opinion the peak was reached here:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwEE.png)  (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwE.png)
Sharp, clean and nice retro/aged colors.

This one isn't bad either:
(http://schueler.bulme.at/~reite_c1/ha.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: rjamorim on 2003-09-08 23:36:26
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The previous font looks a little cleaner, which is a plus. But they are both very good.

I agree, the antialized versions look foggy. The former ones are wonderful!
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-08 23:37:00
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The previous font looks a little cleaner, which is a plus. But they are both very good.

Youre right, it is caused also by the fact that the black is not black there.. I'll make darker versions.

I terminate posting here (unless I make brand new desingn) and all my buttons will be accesible on
>>> my ha buttons page (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/habuttons.html) <<<
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: /\/ephaestous on 2003-09-09 06:15:59
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(http://schueler.bulme.at/~reite_c1/ha.png)

not as well as mykhal's but I hope you like it

made with M$ Paint ;-)

You made that in paint??

I admire you man!
I couldn't have done that in Paint, perhaps in Phototoshop even PSP, but Paint....
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: Artemis3 on 2003-09-09 06:28:11
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slightly offtopic (sorry, but you may like it)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: URMEL on 2003-09-09 11:32:16
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In my opinion the peak was reached here:
(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwEE.png)  (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwE.png)
Sharp, clean and nice retro/aged colors.

This one isn't bad either:
(http://schueler.bulme.at/~reite_c1/ha.png)

Jup.
The lower one could be a little bit brighter imho.
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: tigre on 2003-09-09 13:14:50
Here's another idea:
(transient should be brighter/yellow-isher).
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: mykhal on 2003-09-14 11:51:46
Another wave version:

(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbw4.png)    (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbw4sharper2.png)

(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwblu4.png)    (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwblu4sharper2.png)

(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwbw4.png)    (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HAbwbw4sharper2.png)

(archive (http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/habuttons.html))
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: smok3 on 2003-09-14 12:47:47
experiment : 
(http://users.volja.net/smoker/ha_gimp.png)
Title: Hydrogenaudio graphic button
Post by: meatus on 2003-10-18 19:04:30
 

(http://usersold.vscht.cz/~bozonm/HA1.png)

Just my 2 dollars.
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