Nu, pogodi!
13.Nov.2005
I was recently watching a popular ex-comunistic cartoon called “Wolf and Hare”. If you happen to be old enough & born somewhere in the central-eastern Europe you surely know this forty-years old brilliant piece of Russian animation.
It’s a bit like Tom & Jerry thing but more rough on the edges. Wolf – being the “bad guy” – smokes cigarettes, tries to be a macho, rides a motorbike, etc. I’ve seen this series for the first time something like 18 years ago on 8mm projector operated by my father. Now, on DVD, it’s still 2 hours of best laugh I ever had.
There is this great scene when Wolf tries to pull out the hare by the ears from the magician’s hat – but he rolls kilometers of white tape instead. That got me somewhat inspired for the Diva icon.
The SVG Tango-style icon was polished by the master himself.
In other news I spent some time getting the final UI done, and here is a preview:
Few notes:
- I wanted to keep the actual video playback window as big as possible. During certain operations it will provide preview for two (or more) video sub-windows side by side.
- It’s all a bit tango-stylized. I hope Tango will become default theme for Gnome soon. Please aid the ArtLibreSet effort if you’re an icon designer.
- The video output on the screenshot is mocked-up. Video playback engine is not really back yet.
In the upcoming days I’m planning to setup a Diva wiki that will serve as a resource for development, etc. I also want to freeze some (pluginnable) API parts so that hackers wanting to get on the Diva bandwagon can jump in without digging through the whole thing at once.
So, if you’d like to hack on a Banshee/Muine/F-Spot import plugin – do get in touch!
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13 Comments
That is one sexy screenshot. :) The interface is looking lovely.
Way to go, Michael. You should be proud to be among the select Linux developers who show consistent progress and vision. The project is looking very good.
Just lovely. I’m already feeling tempted to edit video files now. :)
Kudos on the great work. Pascal
sweet :)
Michael, Looks great. I especially like the timeline widget. Any chances I could use it in a program of my own? It has to do with creating annodexed media files. http://www.annodex.net if you are interested. Please email me and let me know. Thanks, Scott
Looks fantastic!
Looks spectacular!!! And the icon is so awesome. Great job, you’re rocking hard! The wiki is a great idea, i hope it will be like the banshee/f-spot/hula/mono site. Thank you so much for your work, we really need it.
Przydałoby się żebyś zamienił linki na bezwględne, żeby można było to zobaczyć na Monologue.
nice work
do you take $ donations or do you prefer it go to a charity?
@macewan I can’t accept donnations at this point. However, after new year I’ll be likely looking for a short-term (1/2 year) project-oriented job opportunity. So if you’re looking for a widely-skilled freelancer you’ve got the man :)
@Marek To jest znany problem Monologue. Co prawda specyfikacja RSS sugeruje linki bezwględne, większość aggregatorów/planet radzi sobie z względnymi bez problemów.
Millions of eyes will sparkle and shine with happiness because of your program. Thanks for the sneak peeks.
Na screenach wyglada wszystko pieknie, ale kiedy mozna bedzie to cudo przetestowac w dzialaniu? Zadnego CVSa nie widze, zadnej mozliwosci rzucenia okiem nawet na work-in-progress, nic. Zatem - kiedy wypuscisz jakas dzialajaca wersje?
Where can I download Diva? It seems fantastic!
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