[Bf-docboard] Blender 2.40 QuickStart Guide (FINAL)

[Frédéric van der Essen]

Here is two versions, not final at all since they are still made in 
inkscape :
the first has an outline, and gray bg / white panels
http://www.mentalwarp.com/~fred/divers/blender/Hotkeys/BlenderQuickStart7.png
the second is more like the previous, for comparison. I made the blue 2x 
lighter to use less ink.
http://www.mentalwarp.com/~fred/divers/blender/Hotkeys/BlenderQuickStart8.png



Frédéric van der Essen a écrit :

> Pierre-Luc Auclair a écrit :
>
>> Forget these links: get the latest version on the wiki:
>> http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Image:Blender_2.40_QuickStart.pdf
>>
>> Pierre-Luc Auclair wrote:
>>
>>> I have updated my version 
>>> http://www.heliosmulti.com/blender/Blender_2.40_QuickStart_Orange.pdf
>>> or http://heliosmulti.com/blender/Blender_2.40_QuickStart_Orange.pdf 
>>> <http://heliosmulti.com/blender/Blender_2.40_QuickStart_Orange.pdf>
>>> (I have some minor domain propagation problems) if it doesn't work 
>>> try reloading a few seconds-minutes after.
>>> -- 
>>> If your viewer is compatible with PDF1.4 there should be no problem.
>>
>>
> Still have ugly brown square instead of cute shadow. I think that 
> linux pdf viewers doesn't support "shadows"
>
>>>
>>>
>>> When I talked to you on IRC I think we both agreed that your version 
>>> had several kerning errors. As I reworked it, I discovered a few 
>>> incosistencies in your typography and illustrations, a few errors, 
>>> edited some parts (excessive use of "You can"), and added some stuff 
>>> that was missing in the layers section.
>>>
>>> The main change is not the design (it's mostly the same), but the 
>>> overall feel is, IMO, more polished. (Don't take personal, it's 
>>> really not what I want.)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Pierre-Luc
>>
>>
> I'm very glad about the correction of typos, wording, errors, 
> eccessive "You can", bad kerning, etc... This is correcting mistakes, 
> and it's good. What i'm not sure, and i would like comment from other 
> people, as i'm not neutral on this, is that the new designs also make 
> two type of cosmetical changes :
>
> the first are just for sake of making things more "shining", not to 
> make that document easier to understand. what i had in mind when i 
> made this document is something really minimalist in colors and shape 
> so that the user is attracted by the content, not by two big orange bars.
>
> Blender logo colors are made to catch the eye they are 100% saturated. 
> IMO they don't fit an educative document. If you look at colors i 
> used, they are only saturated on essential information. The poor user 
> is already having headache figuring how that crazy blender thing is 
> working. so we should make the guide look calm and empty.
>
> The more we add to this document, the less effective it will be.
> I'm not even sure if the blender logo fits in there, the blender logo 
> is very pretty but it's not a reason to put it everywhere. The user is 
> well aware that he is using blender and not 3Dmax ( or else he/she 
> will have some problems :S ).
> In one sentence, this guide should be designed as an educative 
> document, not as a marketting brochure.
>
> the second type of cosmetic changes just are changes that i don't 
> understand since they don't make it prettier, nor more understandable. 
> (like the 3rd paragraph)
>
> A More earth to earth issues are that the new version is twice as 
> heavy as the previous one.
>
>>>
>>> ________________________
>>> Frédéric van der Essen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, not on viewers other than acrobat. Read my last mail to see 
>>>> how it looks on linux.
>>>> I think you might understand my comments better after seing how it 
>>>> looks in the xpdf-viewers.
>>>>
>>>> I'll not comment the rest as i think it this discussion is quite 
>>>> nonsense and only bad things can come
>>>> from it. Better is the ennemy of good, so let's not start a very 
>>>> interesting debate on our different color
>>>> tastes because that's the point where we are. One design is not 
>>>> significantly better than the other,
>>>> we just have different tastes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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