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Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by padwan » Fri, May 25, 2018, 6:29 AM UTC

Bug report: Cannot change color scheme after clicking "Gradient Topography" twice :)

Re: Cool Backgrounds

#22

Post by chrismorgan » Fri, May 25, 2018, 6:46 AM UTC

Gradient Topography emits SVG, so you’re clearly not allergic to vector formats; yet Trianglify and Particles emit PNG because they’ve been drawn on a canvas rather than with SVG in the first place.

Being able to emit both PNG and SVG would be best, instructing to use SVG where possible because it’s better than PNG.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

#23

Post by FrankDixon » Fri, May 25, 2018, 7:55 AM UTC

moeamaya wrote: post #16

valtism wrote: post #5

This website is really nicely designed. I can't quite place it, but I feel very good just looking at it. I can tell it was designed with care.

Appreciate it! Lots of care and time went into seemingly "useless" details but I think the sum is a bit nicer than the parts.

Is there some name to this style? I'm seeing it more often these days, but just can't nail it down to a framework or so...

Re: Cool Backgrounds

#24

Post by slavik81 » Fri, May 25, 2018, 7:57 AM UTC

moeamaya wrote: post #18

sithadmin wrote: post #17

Is it just me, or are these unattractively low res?

No that's definitely not just you. I meant to update those, and will push that change up soon. Probably default to 2560 x 1440 until it is customizable. Thoughts?

Absolutely. The current 1192x580 is far too low, especially for the backgrounds with thin lines like "Particles".

By the way, the Particles backgrounds get slower and slower every time I choose a different color scheme. It seems to be calling updateEdges / drawEdge N times per frame, where N is the number of color schemes you've viewed.

Looks beautiful, though. I'll definitely be checking back for high res versions.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by enriquto » Fri, May 25, 2018, 8:00 AM UTC

fleetside72 wrote: post #10

plain black

this is actually the best, uncluttered, background

i work on a black terminal, without window borders, on a black background without icons, and people pass by my desk and are all "whoa, what kind of super-fancy interface is that?"... it gets me every time

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by bhnmmhmd » Fri, May 25, 2018, 9:15 AM UTC

Some of the saved backgrounds in PNG format have noises and lines in them, see for example:

https://imgur.com/a/HDroZP1

Otherwise, it's a very nice and neat website, kudos!

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by ratsimihah » Fri, May 25, 2018, 9:31 AM UTC

FrankDixon wrote: post #23

moeamaya wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Appreciate it! Lots of care and time went into seemingly "useless" details but I think the sum is a bit nicer than the parts.

Is there some name to this style? I'm seeing it more often these days, but just can't nail it down to a framework or so...

I see a mix of flat and material design, but I'm not sure it has a name like Brutalist does. One should probably come up soon given how nice it is. I really like the Rubik font here.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by yosito » Fri, May 25, 2018, 9:33 AM UTC

valtism wrote: post #5

This website is really nicely designed. I can't quite place it, but I feel very good just looking at it. I can tell it was designed with care.

> I can't quite place it

It's the cool backgrounds

Bye

Re: Cool Backgrounds

#29

Post by philfrasty » Fri, May 25, 2018, 9:53 AM UTC

bhnmmhmd wrote: post #26

Some of the saved backgrounds in PNG format have noises and lines in them, see for example: https://imgur.com/a/HDroZP1 Otherwise, it's a very nice and neat website, kudos!

same here, a lot more if you choose brighter colors: https://imgur.com/a/H5OIH4j

Re: Cool Backgrounds

#30

Post by karimdag » Fri, May 25, 2018, 9:59 AM UTC

I couldn’t download anything except for the last image (Safari, iOS 11.3) — it appears as “unknown” when I click the download button.