SVG of NetRexx Logo for everybody.

[Jason Monroe Martin]

 From this list and Mike on Jan 18, 2011; 2:16am

The NetRexx logo above was specifically designed for NetRexx
  by an IBM graphics designer
  (it is supposed to represent a network, overlaid on a projection of
the earth).

Here is a 2560x2560 Inkscape SVG of the Logo


http://my.opera.com/monroe/blog/2012/03/24/svg-of-netrexx-logo


How it was done :

64x64 NETREXX.GIF from examples/NrxRedBk

Opened with Gimp and saved to PNG

pixel2svg.py NETREXX.PNG

Opened NETREXX.SVG in Inkscape and saved again. (To clean up pixel2svg's
format)

You can rescale in your own paint program.

I wrote some code to do it myself but got tired of playing with SVG.
(I was close and used a lot fewer lines)


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[Fernando Cassia-2]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 23:03, Jason Monroe Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

How it was done :

64x64 NETREXX.GIF from examples/NrxRedBk

Jason,

I appreciate your work and enthusiasm. However, let me tell you that the SVG looks very pixelated, which is NOT what a vector graphics should looks like.

In the end, the problem is that you used a very low-resolution source as an image. In other words, vectorizing a low-quality bitmap does not produce any good results, just lets you re-scale pixelation. ;)

I suggest you take a higher-res version of the file as source, or maybe a PDF file (or IBM redbook, perhaps?) as source to extract your initial logo, then re-do the process.
Don´t take this as negative criticism, just trying to help you achieve better results.

Just my $0.02.

Best regards,
FC

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[George Hovey-2]

Not sure how you intend to make use of this, but possibly relevant is Microsoft's rather daunting advice on icon preparation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511280.aspx#development

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Fernando Cassia <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 23:03, Jason Monroe Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

How it was done :

64x64 NETREXX.GIF from examples/NrxRedBk

Jason,

I appreciate your work and enthusiasm. However, let me tell you that the SVG looks very pixelated, which is NOT what a vector graphics should looks like.

In the end, the problem is that you used a very low-resolution source as an image. In other words, vectorizing a low-quality bitmap does not produce any good results, just lets you re-scale pixelation. ;)

I suggest you take a higher-res version of the file as source, or maybe a PDF file (or IBM redbook, perhaps?) as source to extract your initial logo, then re-do the process.
Don´t take this as negative criticism, just trying to help you achieve better results.

Just my $0.02.

Best regards,
FC

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[Jason Monroe Martin]

I could not find one while searching. Is there one out there to download?

On 03/23/2012 11:15 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 23:03, Jason Monroe Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

How it was done :

64x64 NETREXX.GIF from examples/NrxRedBk

Jason,

I appreciate your work and enthusiasm. However, let me tell you that the SVG looks very pixelated, which is NOT what a vector graphics should looks like.

In the end, the problem is that you used a very low-resolution source as an image. In other words, vectorizing a low-quality bitmap does not produce any good results, just lets you re-scale pixelation. ;)

I suggest you take a higher-res version of the file as source, or maybe a PDF file (or IBM redbook, perhaps?) as source to extract your initial logo, then re-do the process.
Don´t take this as negative criticism, just trying to help you achieve better results.

Just my $0.02.

Best regards,
FC

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[Fernando Cassia-2]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 01:18, Jason Monroe Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

I could not find one while searching. Is there one out there to download?

Check out the IBM Redbooks site. Google for it. Then on the site, search for NetRexx related redbooks. Most are in PDF format available.

Depending on how well they were scanned or created, you might be able to get higher resolution bitmaps out of it (there´s FOSS software that creates a virtual printer and lets you print 1200dpi pages as bitmaps).

That´s assuming, of course, that NetRexx PDFs includes the logo we´re talking about. I´m not sure about that.

In any case, good luck!
FC
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[Jason Monroe Martin]

Thanks,

I will try but I already have 100 websites, powerpoints, and pdf's archived dating back to 1997 maybe later.

I did not locate a larger image of that logo.

Should I allow the pixels to be rounded as SVG is mean for?

 
On 03/24/2012 12:34 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 01:18, Jason Monroe Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

I could not find one while searching. Is there one out there to download?

Check out the IBM Redbooks site. Google for it. Then on the site, search for NetRexx related redbooks. Most are in PDF format available.

Depending on how well they were scanned or created, you might be able to get higher resolution bitmaps out of it (there´s FOSS software that creates a virtual printer and lets you print 1200dpi pages as bitmaps).

That´s assuming, of course, that NetRexx PDFs includes the logo we´re talking about. I´m not sure about that.

In any case, good luck!
FC
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[Aviatrexx]

ISTR that the logo was always that pixellated, even in the larger
images.  I thought it was a stylistic decision but it may have simply
been the best they could do for a thumbnail-sized icon.

I think this would be an excellent opportunity to take Mike's report
of the original intent of the graphic artists, and create a new image
using the same idea, only anti-aliased and at a much higher
resolution.  A little playing around with splines and you should be
able to get a more modern version.

Another idea I had many years ago, and did nothing toward, was to cut
the image in half horizontally.  The top piece could me made to
suggest a crown, and tie into the royal imagery of Rex.

-Chip-

On 3/24/12 04:34 Fernando Cassia said:

>
>
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 01:18, Jason Monroe Martin
> <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
>     I could not find one while searching. Is there one out there to
>     download?
>
>
> Check out the IBM Redbooks site. Google for it. Then on the site, search
> for NetRexx related redbooks. Most are in PDF format available.
>
> Depending on how well they were scanned or created, you might be able to
> get higher resolution bitmaps out of it (there´s FOSS software that
> creates a virtual printer and lets you print 1200dpi pages as bitmaps).
>
> That´s assuming, of course, that NetRexx PDFs includes the logo we´re
> talking about. I´m not sure about that.
>
> In any case, good luck!
> FC
> --
> During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a
> revolutionary act
> Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un
> Acto Revolucionario
> - George Orwell
>
>
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[Fernando Cassia-2]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 01:53, Jason Monroe Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

I did not locate a larger image of that logo.

Neither did I. On Google Images at least. This looks like a a scaled up version
http://kenai.com/attachments/wiki_images/netrexx/NrxMeshLogo.gif

 

Should I allow the pixels to be rounded as SVG is mean for?

You lose nothing by trying. However I think the logo is not something particularly beautiful
or eye-catching. I like the King from MFC´s book much more.

In any event, you could just redraw the original image as a vector, it´s just a bnch of blue ellipses and dots and connecting lines, not the Mona Lisa. ;-) and will probably save much time in the process. :)

Just my $0.02

Good luck.
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[Jason Monroe Martin]

I had everything IBM's site had. I just wanted a larger easy scaled logo
without changing something
  that was not mine. I tried some conversions from raster to SVG but it
did not turn out to
look like the original logo at all. I would like to see a more modern
one on the main site plus the
ability for a text based browser to read that site. I use NetRexx on
OpenBSD with Java and Kaffe.

On 03/24/2012 12:59 AM, Chip Davis wrote:

> ISTR that the logo was always that pixellated, even in the larger
> images.  I thought it was a stylistic decision but it may have simply
> been the best they could do for a thumbnail-sized icon.
>
> I think this would be an excellent opportunity to take Mike's report
> of the original intent of the graphic artists, and create a new image
> using the same idea, only anti-aliased and at a much higher
> resolution.  A little playing around with splines and you should be
> able to get a more modern version.
>
> Another idea I had many years ago, and did nothing toward, was to cut
> the image in half horizontally.  The top piece could me made to
> suggest a crown, and tie into the royal imagery of Rex.
>
> -Chip-
>
> On 3/24/12 04:34 Fernando Cassia said:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 01:18, Jason Monroe Martin
>> <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>
>>     I could not find one while searching. Is there one out there to
>>     download?
>>
>>
>> Check out the IBM Redbooks site. Google for it. Then on the site,
>> search for NetRexx related redbooks. Most are in PDF format available.
>>
>> Depending on how well they were scanned or created, you might be able
>> to get higher resolution bitmaps out of it (there´s FOSS software
>> that creates a virtual printer and lets you print 1200dpi pages as
>> bitmaps).
>>
>> That´s assuming, of course, that NetRexx PDFs includes the logo we´re
>> talking about. I´m not sure about that.
>>
>> In any case, good luck!
>> FC
>> --
>> During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a
>> revolutionary act
>> Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en
>> un Acto Revolucionario
>> - George Orwell
>>
>>
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