## page was renamed from DebianDesktopArtwork/UsplashEtch
= General usplash theme information =

 * usplash supports multiple resolutions in one theme (generally using backgrounds of different sizes).
 * usplash also supports drawing a progress bar...but the progress bar can be any type of image.
 * the usplash theme can draw a suitably sized solid-color box on demand for user input/output, so a part of the screen generally needs to be reserved for this.

= usplash themes =

== usplash-theme-debian ==

 * Based on ideas and artwork by Andre L.R.Ferreira and code by DavidHärdeman
 * Startup screen:
[[http://david.hardeman.nu/files/misc/usplash-screenshots/start.png]]
 * After some progress has been made (with verbose messages):
[[http://david.hardeman.nu/files/misc/usplash-screenshots/progress.png]]
 * During lengthy processes, such as fsck, and "indeterminate" progress bar can be shown:
[[http://david.hardeman.nu/files/misc/usplash-screenshots/fsck.png]]
 * Also supports user input, e.g. for cryptsetup:
[[http://david.hardeman.nu/files/misc/usplash-screenshots/crypto.png]]
 * Details:
  * Background SVG source ([[http://cdd.debian-br.org/~si0ux/artwork/debian/usplash/usplash-etch-fixed.tar.gz]])
  * Uses the proposed GDM background (the one pictured above)
  * the progress bar is the text "Debian" centered on the screen gradually being drawn left-to-right by replacing one pixmap with another.
  * The same effect but in reverse is applied when shutting down.
  * This theme is in unstable, see [[http://packages.debian.org/usplash-theme-debian|usplash-theme-debian]] for details.

= General usplash ideas =

== usplash-to-GDM transition ==

 * It would be very cool to have the same background in usplash as in GDM
 * it would appear as if the boot first takes place and the login box appears on top of the existing background once the boot has progressed far enough
 * The only discontiuity is the vt-switch from usplash to gdm...reducing it would probably be a post-Etch issue (this is not a usplash, gdm, or artwork issue, this is a driver issue, only with modesetting support in-kernel would this work)

== Things that do not work ==

 * To have a partially transparent progress bar and making it more and more opaque as the boot progresses (alpha-blending is not supported, usplash images use an indexed palette).

== Other proposals ==

 * Could the progress bar be the debian spiral "filling up" with color?