GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 641095
MonoDevelop branded images in setup wizard (msi)
Last modified: 2011-02-07 00:02:02 UTC
There are images in the windows-build bitmaps directory, that appear to be designed for an MSI installer, which are MonoDevelop branded. They are: banshee/build/windows/Bitmaps/bannrbmp.bmp banshee/build/windows/Bitmaps/dlgbmp.bmp I would be happy to design Banshee-branded bitmaps following the basic structure of those already, but I am not 100% sure what they are for, and I cannot test to find out or test my designs since I cannot seem to successfully build ()but that's another issue)..
Created attachment 179766 [details] screenshot showing how they're used
ohh, so it is the setup wizerd/installer... I'll design some Banshee branded ones ASAP.
Created attachment 179770 [details] [review] Patch to add banshee branded MSI bitmaps Ok, I've developed some Banshee themed replacements. I feel they are fairly high quality. I included Banshee colours, and added texture by watermarking the famous mono version of the icon also..
Created attachment 179771 [details] XCF of new dlgbmp.bmp
Created attachment 179772 [details] XCF of new bannrbmp.bmp
Thanks Matt, these look pretty good! The one that shows up on the second setup screen is too dark though, it makes the text hard to read. Also, can you change them to JPG files? I just tested this, it works (need to change InstallerDefinition.wxs too). 700 KB just for these BMPs is silly.
I don't think WiX supports anything other than bmp. It's still worth converting the bitmaps to use an indexed colour palette, if they don't use it already.
I'll work on making the banner bitmap lighter. The formatting of the images is, imo, a separate bug. Also, where should the XCF files be archived so that they can be made use of in the future?
Created attachment 179877 [details] [review] New: 2nd Patch to add banshee branded MSI bitmaps The updated patch has a lighter bannrbmp.bmp which I hope will make text more readable.
Created attachment 179878 [details] XCF of new bannrbmp.bmp Updated XCF - the XCF used for the current bannrbmp.bmp
Note: I forgot to comment that the bitmaps are now RGB 24bit as opposed to RGBA 32bit. This reduces the size to: bannerbmp.bmp 83.8KB (the new one in 32bit is 111KB) dlgbmp.bmp 450KB (my 32bit is 600KB) I compared RGB 16bit, RGB 24bit and RGBA 32bit (no RGB option for 32bit) BMPs and 16 bit lost way to much quatity, whereas 24bit looked almost identical to 32bit, but saving much disk size. If someone can make WiX (whatever that is) support more compressed or faster accessed formats, I'm happy to export to that format.
Like I said in comment #6, I actually tested that it supports JPGs -- it does. Can you attach a screenshot of the installer showing these in use, too? Thanks!
well I can't build: so no screenshots: you can always try it in a cloned branch
Try the updated build instructions: http://banshee.fm/download/development/#windows
Created attachment 180015 [details] [review] New: 3nd(now JPEG format) Patch to add banshee branded MSI bitmaps Ok, I updated to patch to be JPEG formatted now. And yes, I have used the latest instructions, I was in the email thread that discussed them. TBH I've always struggled with building from source - I always got some error, whatever project I tried (maybe I'm just unlucky with hardware/software). I attempt a regular pull, snapshot, build though. Anyway long story short: no screenshots coming from me ;P
Comment on attachment 180015 [details] [review] New: 3nd(now JPEG format) Patch to add banshee branded MSI bitmaps I just updated the instructions about 30 minutes ago -- are you sure you've used the latest? The banner one is still too dark, and I just noticed, on the "select where to install to" page, the text intersects with the logo.
This is not a major bug. Please read https://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#importance which says Major="Major loss of functionality - menu item broken, data output extremely incorrect, or otherwise difficult/useless to use. "
Can I have a to scale screenshot or various pages please? Ofcourse, one solution could be to reword the text?
ok, I just refreshed and the instructions ARE different: I will attempt them but still request the screenshots.
BTW, you need to clarify that checkout-banshee.bat needs to be run from within msysgit.
Hey Matt, it'd be great if you joined us in #banshee on irc.gnome.org to walk through the latest installation instructions. Or if that's not doable, the mailing list or a new bug would probably be best.
Created attachment 180028 [details] Candidate bannrbmp.jpg How is this bannrbmp? I increased the brightness of the background and reduced the scale of the logo. Will try to build the installer at some point soon.
Created attachment 180146 [details] [review] Patch 0004: Windows: Added Banshee windows setup installer bitmaps - converted to JPEG format. Ok this patch should fix this bug. - Added Banshee branded jpegs to the installer - Various fixes to bannrbmp.jpg regarding text-overlap and visibility - Re-messaged commit to include "Windows:"
Created attachment 180148 [details] XCF of new bannrbmp
Created attachment 180149 [details] XCF of new dlgbmp
The banner is still just too dark. Can you make it just the Banshee icon right-aligned on a white background?
It's no darker than the MonoDevelop one... Ok, I'll look at making it even lighter
Created attachment 180184 [details] Mockup of licence page w/ new bannrbmp Ok, I've updated bannrbmp to make it much brighter - I knocked up this mockup (based on a screenshot of how it was before) to show you roughly how it should look.
Created attachment 180189 [details] XCF of new bannrbmp
Created attachment 180194 [details] [review] Patch 0005(Much brighter bannrbmp): Windows: Added Banshee windows setup installer bitmaps - converted to JPEG format. Updated patch: Much brighter bannrbmp; attempting to make it light enough for commit. See also Attachment #180184 [details] "Mockup of licence page w/ new bannrbmp". See also Attachment #180189 [details] "XCF of new bannrbmp" See also Attachment #180149 [details] "XCF of new dlgbmp"
Created attachment 180206 [details] [mockup]Setup-wizard(MSI) w/ new bannrbmp and dlgbmp This screenshots of all the setup pages, that I added the latest bannrbmp and dlgbmp to in GIMP. It should show you how the MSI will look when the patch is applied. (I can't build the installer - build-installer.js gives me an error, with or without the patch).
Created attachment 180237 [details] [review] Patch v6(set refs in installer.wixproj to new files also.): Windows: Added Banshee windows setup installer bitmaps - converted to JPEG format. Ok, I updated the filenames in Installer.wixproj and changed the icon to Bitmaps\banshee.ico I also managed to build the MSI with my patch in Bug #641565 and test that it works, and is readable, and looks good.
I think that's this finished, I'd just like clarification that I got the Installer.wixproj and InstallerDefinition.wxs changes right.
Comment on attachment 180237 [details] [review] Patch v6(set refs in installer.wixproj to new files also.): Windows: Added Banshee windows setup installer bitmaps - converted to JPEG format. Committed, thanks Matt! Check out the commit msg to see how I prefer it.