Need better art direction diagram

[marcoscaceres]

The current Art Direction figure in the spec is not ideal. It would be nice to have a diagram that both explains the concept and is, itself, also responsive (when used with picturefill).

[jeremyworboys]

Changed tact: http://d.pr/i/lqfH

It's simple, explains the concept and is background independent. Working on arranging it in a way that we can make it responsive.

[ShaneHudson]

Is it worth using one or two non Apple products to demonstrate that it really is cross platform?

[Wilto]

+1 to chucking a couple of non-Apple screen sizes in there.

[marcoscaceres]

It was mentioned in IRC that explicitly using any company's products explicitly won't win us any friends. We should be vendor neutral in all our work.

[jeremyworboys]

Just caught the convo on IRC. Here is an updated copy with a Nook tab and a generic Droid: http://d.pr/i/yH8N

[ShaneHudson]

Thanks Jeremy, I think that gets the point across much better,
responsive means works across all devices, not just some brands :)

Jeremy Worboys wrote:

Just caught the convo on IRC. Here is an updated copy with a Nook tab
and a generic Droid: http://d.pr/i/yH8N

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[marcoscaceres]

Looks like we are getting there. @jeremyworboys, can you please move the psd file into the images directory on the gh-pages branch. That way, we can collaborate on it.

Some notes:

• I think we need a better picture that more clearly shows what is being "art directed"
• we should remove identifying marks on devices, including buttons.
• at least one device should be in portrait mode.

[anselmh]

Agree with Marcos.
Also I think we should add a Kindle / Kobo with Monochrome image-type. For the crops an image like the Obama-one works much better. Or provide two images. The more examples we have the easier it is to understand.

[marcoscaceres]

Instead of adding another device, we can probably just make one of the images monochrome inside one of the devices. That will get the point across.

[jeremyworboys]

I'm thinking maybe throw another device or two in there and lay them out horizontally next to each other. We can then cut off the outer devices for art direction when displaying this image. Based on this the outer devices should not be important for conveying the message.

[anselmh]

IMO it must not contain another device. I just think the monochrome part is an important feature of respimg and Kindle is the first device people understand why it would be useful.

Could someone please explain what "art direction" is?

[marcoscaceres]

@mahroof-ali please see: http://usecases.responsiveimages.org/#art-direction . If that text doesn't make sense, then we need to fix it. It's that text that we are trying to convey as an image.

[marcoscaceres]

I've updated to use the following image (thanks @Wilto!). However, the image has a few problems, namely the image shown in the picture is clearly not "responsive", otherwise the text in the image ("there is life out there") would be legible at a small size :

@Wilto, could you possibly provide the device frames from the image as a PSD? We could then build all sorts of really nice images from those.