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@subheading Goals
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The @file{trunk/Identity/Images/Themes} directory exists to:
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@itemize
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@item Organize CentOS themes' artistic motifs. 
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@end itemize 
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@subheading Description
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The artistic motif of theme is a graphic design component that
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provides the visual style of themes, it is used as pattern to connect
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all visual manifestations inside one unique theme.
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Artistic motifs are based on conceptual ideas. Conceptual ideas bring
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the motivation, they are fuel for the engines of human imagination.
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Good conceptual ideas may produce good motivation to produce almost
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anything, and art works don't escape from it.
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@table @samp
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@item TreeFlower 
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CentOS like trees, has roots, trunk, branches, leaves and flowers. Day
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by day they work together in freedom, ruled by the laws of nature and
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open standards, to show the beauty of its existence.
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@item Modern 
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Modern, squares and circles flowing up.
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@end table
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If you have new conceptual ideas for CentOS, then you can say that you
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want to create a new artistic motif for CentOS. To create a new
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artistic motif you need to create a directory under
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@file{Identity/Images/Themes/} using a name coherent with your
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conceptual idea. That name will be the name of your artistic motif. If
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possible, when creating new conceptual ideas for CentOS, think about
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what CentOS means for you, what does it makes you feel, take your
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time, think deep, and share; you can improve the idea as time goes on.
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Once you have defined a name for your theme, you need to create the
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motif structure of your theme. The motif structure is the basic
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direcotry structure you'll use to work your ideas. Here is where you
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organize your graphic design projects.
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To add a new motif structure to CentOS Artwork Repository, you need to
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use the @command{centos-art} command line in the
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@file{Identity/Images/Themes/} directory as described below:
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@example
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centos-art add --motif=ThemeName
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@end example
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The previous command will create the basic structure of themes for
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you.  The basic structure produced by @command{centos-art} command is
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illustrated in the following figure:
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@example
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trunk/Identity/Images/Themes/$ThemeName/
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|-- Backgrounds
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|   |-- Img
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|   `-- Tpl
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|-- Info
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|   |-- Img
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|   `-- Tpl
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|-- Palettes
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`-- Screenshots
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@end example
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@subheading Usage
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When designing artistic motifs for CentOS, consider the following
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recommendations:
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@item Give a unique (case-sensitive) name to your Motif. This name is
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used as value wherever theme variable (@b{$THEME}) or translation marker
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(@b{=THEME=}) is.  Optionally, you can add a description about
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inspiration and concepts behind your work.
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@item Use the location @file{trunk/Identity/Images/Themes/$THEME/} to
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store your work. If it doesn't exist create it. Note that this require
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you to have previous commit access in CentOS Artwork Repository.
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@item The CentOS Project is using the blue color (@b{#204c8d}) as base
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color for its corporate visual identity. Use such base corporate color
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information as much as possible in your artistic motif designs.
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@item Try to make your design fit one of the theme models.
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@item Feel free to make your art enterprise-level and beautiful.
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@item Add the following information on your artwork (both in a visible
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design area and document metadata):
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@itemize
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@item The name (or logo) of your artistic motif.
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@item The copyright sentence: @b{Copyright (C) YEAR YOURNAME}
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@item The license under which the work is released. All CentOS Art
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works are released under
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@url{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/,Creative Common
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Share-Alike License 3.0}
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(@url{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/}).
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@end itemize
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@end itemize
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@subheading See also
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@menu
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* Directories trunk Identity Images Themes::
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* Directories trunk Identity::
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* Directories trunk::
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@end menu
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The @file{Backgrounds/} directory is used to organize artistic motif
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background images and the projects used to build those images.
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Background images are linked (using the @b{import} feature of
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Inkscape) inside almost all theme art works. This structure let you
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make centralized changes on the visual identity and propagate them
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quickly to other areas. 
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In this configuration you design background images for different
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screen resolutions based on the theme artistic motif.
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You may create different artistic motifs propositions based
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on the same conceptual idea. The conceptual idea is what defines a
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theme. Artistic motifs are interpretations of that idea.
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Inside this directory artistic motifs are organized by name (e.g.,
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TreeFlower, Modern, etc.).
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Each artistic motif directory represents just one unique artistic
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motif. 
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The artistic motif is graphic design used as common pattern to connect
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all visual manifestations inside one unique theme.  The artistic motif
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is based on a conceptual idea.  Artistic motifs provide visual style
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to themes.
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Designing artistic motifs is for anyone interested in creating
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beautiful themes for CentOS.  When building a theme for CentOS, the
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first design you need to define is the artistic motif. 
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Inside CentOS Artwork Repository, theme visual styles (a.k.a.,
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artistic motifs) and theme visual structures (a.k.a., design models)
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are two different working lines.  When you design an artistic motif
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for CentOS you concentrate on its visual style, and eventualy, use the
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@command{centos-art} command line interface to render the visual
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style, you are currently producing, against an already-made theme
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model in order to produce the final result.  Final images are stored
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under @file{Motifs/} directory using the model name, and the model
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directory structure as reference.
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The artistic motif base structure is used by @command{centos-art} to
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produce images automatically. This section describes each directory of
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CentOS artistic motif base structure.
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The @file{Backgrounds/} directory is probably the core component,
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inside @file{Motifs/} directory structure.  Inside @file{Backgrounds/}
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directory you produce background images used by almost all theme
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models (e.g., Distribution, Websites, Promotion, etc.).  The
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@file{Backgrounds/} directory can contain subdirectories to help you
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organize the design process.