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.. title: Looking for an Icon Designer
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.. slug: 2018/02/11/looking-for-an-icon-designer
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.. date: 2018-02-11 12:00:00 UTC
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.. description:
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.. type: text
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.. previewimage: /cover-images/looking-for-an-icon-designer.jpg
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Many years ago, when OpenLP was first released, computer screens with millions of colours were very new, and most people
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had what are tiny screens by today's standards. I remember getting my first 17" monitor, and it was positively HUGE - it
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could even show 1024 by 768 pixels (a pixel is a single dot on your screen). Wow!
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In those days, most icons were 16 by 16 pixels because if they were any bigger, they'd get in the way of the rest of the
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user interface. And so we created static icons that were stuck at 16 by 16 pixels. Time moves on, but sadly without a
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designer, OpenLP was unable to move on too, and now we're stuck with tiny icons and 4K screens.
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If you're a designer and you'd like to contribute to OpenLP, now's your chance! We really need a refreshed icon set, one
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that can scale with the monitor sizes of today. You'll need to have working knowledge of Inkscape (or be willing to
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learn how to use it), and the time available to design about 150 icons (or less, if we have a number of designers who
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work together).
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You can get into contact with us via `IRC`_, the `forums`_ or info [at] openlp.org.
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[ Image Credit: `Drawing opals by Mauro Cateb`_ ]
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.. _IRC: https://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=openlpwebuser..&channels=openlp&prompt=1&uio=d4
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.. _forums: https://forums.openlp.org/
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.. _Drawing opals by Mauro Cateb: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroescritor/34785068921/
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