Coming soon: the x264 website (looking for a graphic designer)

[elguaxo]

+1 ! :p

+2 :)

[Shinigami-Sama]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9791/71834888uv0.th.png (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=71834888uv0.png)

+1
<3 greyscale

[TheBashar]

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/9087/x264logoip8.th.png (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x264logoip8.png)


This with the earlier slash stylized X would be my favorite.

[saint-francis]

@plonk420.
Your samples look like the covers of punk rock albums!

[Atak_Snajpera]

This with the earlier slash stylized X would be my favorite.
I agree with this guy
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1179299#post1179299

[plonk420]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9791/71834888uv0.th.png (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=71834888uv0.png)

this one's decent. i just can't get my mind off of the battery reference in the colored ones...

[DarkZell666]

this one's decent. i just can't get my mind off of the battery reference in the colored ones...

This got me thinking about something :
If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef ... then it's f*ck*ng beef.

Get the idea ? :D

[Atak_Snajpera]

New website v2
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/664/new3nf4.th.png (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new3nf4.png)

[Warpman]

New website v2
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/664/new3nf4.th.png (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new3nf4.png)

okay i love it :D

[DarkZell666]

New website v2
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/664/new3nf4.th.png (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new3nf4.png)

:eek: Triple thumbs up !

[weaker]

The logos of Atak_Snajpera are nice and very professional looking but they always remind me of a "close window" button with that kind of 'X'.
I absolutely like the monochrome one very much.
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4898/x264logort6.png
When I think harder about about why I like it: The right hand side of the 'X' is also shaping the 264 part and I miss that in Atak_Snapjera's proposals.

@Atak_Snapjera: Perhaps you have a good graphical idea to use that '<' shape as delimiter between X and 264 instead of the '|' shaped delimiter in your proposals above.

EDIT:
I made a small draft. I thought of something like that. (The font is standard MS Calibri and is not crucial for the proposal, I'm fine with all the other fonts presented)
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/1294/x264coltshk7.png

[gav1577]

New website v2
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/664/new3nf4.th.png (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new3nf4.png)

Looks awesome nice job :D

[Sharktooth]

New website v2
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/664/new3nf4.th.png (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new3nf4.png)
nice, nice, nice. i really like it.

[Ranguvar]

+1 to the above

[Snowknight26]

Ditto, fabulous work so far.

[Shinigami-Sama]

New website v2
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/664/new3nf4.th.png (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new3nf4.png)

lol dark's avatar
nice nice though

[LaTo]

so dark... it's fashion, but it's ugly :devil:

[Dark Shikari]

lol dark's avatar
nice nice thoughIf you want something up there a much better job can be done than using my hacked up MS-paint avatar :p

[Warpman]

If you want something up there a much better job can be done than using my hacked up MS-paint avatar :p
well how about we using 2 versions... one with aku's ava and one with yours :P

[Comatose]

Um, just a suggestion, please don't take offense - but I think "highly optimized H.264/AVC encoder" should be changed to "free H.264/AVC encoder", because calling it highly optimized (while true) comes off as arrogant D:

[Ranguvar]

How about this, Comatose - we put "free software H.264/AVC encoder" or multiplatform, or something along those lines - then make it link to DS's codec comparison, or put a link right under it, and let the pics do the bragging ;)

[Comatose]

That would be totally mean, but YES! DO IT! :D

[Dark Shikari]

How about this, Comatose - we put "free software H.264/AVC encoder" or multiplatform, or something along those lines - then make it link to DS's codec comparison, or put a link right under it, and let the pics do the bragging ;)No, no, no, no, I can make my own quality comparison pages myself thank you very much ;) We don't need to be silly and have the logo link to hem.

[SeeMoreDigital]

lol dark's avatar
nice nice thoughAgreed... The text looks good also ;)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Um, just a suggestion, please don't take offense - but I think "highly optimized H.264/AVC encoder" should be changed to "free H.264/AVC encoder", because calling it highly optimized (while true) comes off as arrogant D:
"Highly optimized" may sound arrogant but it's true. x264 encoder is very fast (asm optimilizations , mulit-core support plus SSE SSE2 and so on). In terms of quality we have VAQ+PsyRD. In my opinion "The Best" would mean arrogant :)

If you want something up there a much better job can be done than using my hacked up MS-paint avatar
I really had no idea what to put there yesterday :) I will try to create something else today.

[Dark Shikari]

"Highly optimized" may sound arrogant but it's true.But "free" is more informative.

[lexor]

"Highly optimized" may sound arrogant but it's true. x264 encoder is very fast (asm optimilizations , mulit-core support plus SSE SSE2 and so on). In terms of quality we have VAQ+PsyRD.


The real problem isn't arrogance here, but the fact that the statement is only vacuously true without qualification.

x264 runs under linux (better than win in fact, esp the 64bit version), linux runs on ps3, x264 runs like shit on ps3. So no, that statement should definitely be changed, at least to reflect what it is optimized for.

[Atak_Snajpera]

It will be changed to "free". No problem.

[wyti]

or "Open Source" souds better to me tha "Free"

[Dark Shikari]

or "Open Source" souds better to me tha "Free"Hmm, I agree. Too many people confuse "free as in beer" with "free as in speech", so "free" is not necessarily the best way to go.

[SeeMoreDigital]

So something like this then: -

http://i37.tinypic.com/2gvsd4i.png

[mozzle]

http://i37.tinypic.com/2gvsd4i.png

That is sweet IMO.

I'd take the gradient out of the X so the logo can stand on its own.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I'd take the gradient out of the X so the logo can stand on its own.
it does not look good...

[smok3]

Atak_Snajpera: i like it, however the look is a bit 'over-commercial' imho. (you are free to steal my handwritten X's, if you miss the wacom that is)

[mozzle]

What doesn't look good? The X without a gradient?

[Atak_Snajpera]

The X without a gradient?
Yes. X without transparent layer or above that layer does not look good.

Atak_Snajpera: i like it, however the look is a bit 'over-commercial' imho.
I want to show people that open source project can also have nice looking website. Especially x264 encoder...

[Shinigami-Sama]

If you want something up there a much better job can be done than using my hacked up MS-paint avatar :p

I tried that already
I killed that abomination with fire >.>

[lexor]

Is there a higher rez version of the partition block? the text looks blurry/smudged (especially look at DIR, SKIP and X's in blocks above SKIP). I like the pixelated font, but it needs to be sharper. And the left edge of the entire square is jagged, whereas the right edge is nice and smooth.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Is there a higher rez version of the partition block? the text looks blurry/smudged (especially look at DIR, SKIP and X's in blocks above SKIP). I like the pixelated font, but it needs to be sharper. And the left edge of the entire square is jagged, whereas the right edge is nice and smooth.
I agree therefore i'm doing dark's avatar in higher resolution now :) (256x256)

[Atak_Snajpera]

What do you think about shadow?
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/156/new1lw7.th.png (http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new1lw7.png)

[mozzle]

I think the first one is cleaner. That looks a little busy IMO.

[Yoshiyuki Blade]

It looks nice. Make sure that it can look distinguishable and recognizable as just 2 colors (such as the logo entirely black with a white backgound). If it's too gaudy, itll look strange as a 2-color "cutout." But so far it looks simple enough to look good as a cutout.

[Astrophizz]

I think the first one is cleaner. That looks a little busy IMO.

You think the shadow makes it look too busy? I think at the best it's a small enhancement and at worst I don't notice it when I look at the page.

[Zwitterion]

I like it very much.

I think the first one is cleaner. That looks a little busy IMO.
I agree. Sharp egdes for the win!

Also is it just me or is the "news" very dark? I had to crank up the gamma to see it clearly. My monitor is calibrated quite well.

"about . contacts ..." doesn't look right in the upper right corner I think. At this position it kind of competes against the main buttons.


What are the ideas for the content?
My first idea for the front page was that it should offer content both for the experienced and new user. Hence the "newsbox" and a FAQ section below.
I also like the idea of different subdivisions like at xvid.org (http://www.xvid.org/). One for users, one for developers, one for companies...

[Yoshiyuki Blade]

Also is it just me or is the "news" very dark? I had to crank up the gamma to see it clearly. My monitor is calibrated quite well.

Hmmm... mine's not calibrated, but I can see it pretty easily. I do like the subtlety of it though.

[Atak_Snajpera]

What are the ideas for the content?
in my opinion home section is useless. In download section I would add also guis in which x264 encoder is used (automkv,Handbreak,MeGUI,RipBot264,StaxRIP) as well as FFDshow , Haali Media Splitter and MPC-HC.

[Quark.Fusion]

Home should contain summary from news and about and some quick links to other sections (i.e. how to play h264) and other related sites.

[Atak_Snajpera]

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7341/new1hl2.th.png (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new1hl2.png)

Home sections contains News and Download section. Help section should have all necessary information how to encode (+detailed information about encoder's switches) and decode.

[lexor]

I think the home page with just news is rather weak, since we can't expect everyone who gets to it to actually know about x264 and what it is. A short introduction (not history, but a description of purpose, function and goals) is in order.

[Kurtnoise]

About the logo: could you try with a smaller x...It's too big imo. :p

About the news: this could be useful if and only if there is a *real* versioning. :D