April Schedule Wallpaper - Get Ready to be Guinea Pigs!
by oo_nrb on Apr 14, 2009 3:06 AM MDT
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PrintSo I've had this bad boy about 98% finished since April 6th, but being the over-thinking perfectionist that I am I decided to keep it back for a while to make some final adjustments (long-time wallpaper users will remember that it was that same over-thinking perfectionism that kept me from releasing a September wallpaper last year). Well, those final adjustments just kept getting put off in favor of such things as 10 page papers, double shifts at work, and having to redesign my apartment complex's website (which actually looks quite nice, if I say so myself). So finally, I just got fed up with myself and decided that I was going to post it; so after a bit of use of the Smudge tool to get that 98% to 100%, here it is!
Now when I say "guinea pigs", I mean it. What do you think of my calendar? It's very different, yes, but with good reason. Here are some features:
- All the games are now grouped into series, with all the info you need for each game.
- Each game box is either grey or white to designate away or home respectively (like our uniforms).
- The script used for each team is the script that the team will be seeing during that series (so "Dodgers" when the team plays in LA, and "Los Angeles" when the Dodgers come to Coors).
- Pictures of the stadiums included to further denote home/away (since the colors on the boxes can run together a bit).
The new calendar is the major part of this new wallpaper, and is what I'll be focusing on mostly. I realize that Tulo has a bit of a weird outline going on, and that the team logo coupled with Squeaky's sign is a bit forced. However, I'd really like to iron out the kinks in the new calendar before next month, and then once I have that down, expand from there.
So that's where you come into play...comments! What do you think of the calendar? Is it useable? Pretty? Useable and pretty? Tell me what to fix for May!
I am rather proud of the way the new Purple Row logo turned out, however, so don't bash that one :P .
As always, if you would like a funky resolution just leave a comment and I'll get one made for you. The links will take a while to download (though not as long as last season, since these are now .PNG files rather than .BMP, meaning the files are about half as big with very negligible loss in quality); if you have any issues downloading let me know.
Thanks for being patient with me, everyone - the last month of school is always a hectic one for me (and especially since it's the first month of baseball, my mind always gets pulled in two different directions). And, of course, Go Rockies! Maybe they just needed some new computer wallpaper to help snap out of this recent funk.
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Nice work!
I love how community contributors do things for the greater good. Makes me all glowy.
That said, it doesn’t work with the 1152 × 784 (I think) resolution I have at work. But that’s hardly your fault!
I usually don't
make 3:2 resolutions, but I’ll make one for ya when I get back home later tonight :) .
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
Why does it say
“Aseball is back!!!” ?
Some hope?
by rockiesfan4ever on Apr 14, 2009 6:20 AM MDT reply actions
Because
that was the best pic of Squeaky’s sign I could find, and there was something in the way of the B (a seatbelt, if I remember correctly).
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
Did you find this one?
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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"Arseball is back"
My favourite kind of ball.
Also, the sign is cool but it’d be cooler with Squeaky in front of it :)
Tallscreen
What, nothing for my 864 X 1152 tallscreen? :)
seriously, that’s my work rez – I rotated my widescreen monitor 90 degrees – hate widescreen.
Very cool.
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nice work
in many ways this is your prettiest one yet, Lots and lots of color and graphics and even used lots of blank space which is good for a wall paper back ground.
I was wondering how you were going to use “Wrigley Field” in a Rockies wall paper after your “teaser”.
Now personally, I would have also liked to have the off days in there as well, and have it laid out more like a monthly calender…but that’s just me. Over all this is great work….and your salary will be doubled on your next pay check (0×2=0….yeah fits in the Purple Row budget!)
"Suck it monkeys, the Rockies will win this year", Rox Girl 1-11-2009
My computer doesn't recognize the png format
Which isn’t a big deal, because I can convert it in Photoshop, but is anyone else having this problem? FYI, png is really supposed to be used on graphics such as logos. You should have an option in Photoshop to change the resolution size in Save for Web as a jpg if you need to reduce the file size. Jpg are meant for pictures because it can handle more colors with a smarter compression rate.
< Graphics Geek Off >
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The reason
I use .png or .bmp is actually to avoid the compression artifacts of .jpg. Generally, when I save in .jpg, my images become a bit grainy and lose their “sharpness”. I never have that problem with .png or .bmp. Maybe I’m doing something wrong?
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
Looks great
Thanks for doing these.
Is there an error in your script that is showing this weeks road games in Chicago as “Chicago”, rather than “Cubs”?
The Phillies
actually only have 1 script for home and away. For the Cubbies, though, I used the Chicago script because shrinking their Big C-ubs logo down made made it a bit unreadable, and it looked awkward next to the other scripts. I probably should’ve explained that, though. Thanks!
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
Love it!
Especially the schedule panels with the ballpark/opposing team logo. Thanks for including widescreen (especially 1440×900) resolutions. I actually like the team logo watermark on Squeaky’s sign. It’s nice and subtle and you’ve pulled it off very well.
The only other feedback that I have is that there is quite a bit of unused space. I know that you don’t want to go nuts and have too much going on. But with the widescreen resolutions especially, it looks like something more could be there. I don’t know, maybe extend the grass to get rid of some of the black? Maybe throw in a picture of my man Dexter? Overall, great work as always. I always look forward to the new month’s wallpaper!
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
Could you
Hyperlink the Purple Row thing in the corner to the PR website?
Some hope?
by rockiesfan4ever on Apr 15, 2009 8:03 AM MDT reply actions
That'd be very cool
but unfortunately I can’t; these are just pictures. If you wanted, you could make a shortcut to the website and put it on/near the logo.
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
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