Galaxy

The Galaxy Icons - upcomming with OpenOffice.org 3.0

Examples of the new Galaxy Style

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Characteristic of the Galaxy Style

Color

• New, clear, fresh and harmonic color palette
• Be careful with saturation, avoiding extremes
• Color language - same symbolism like Andromeda style

Form

• Simple! reduce to basic elements and characterisics
• Smooth look (round corners)

Perspective

Straight-on perspective

 	rotating objects when to make exceptions

Lighting

Two-part system (top-down light, buttom-up light)

 	Low sheen, diffuse reflection materials
 	Realistic effects (glassy, metallic)

Technical

24bit with alpha channel

small size (16 x 16 pixel), lagre size (26 x 26 pixel)

 	High contrast version of all icons

The Galaxy Design

 	Please, keep in mind:
 	* Look good on different platforms
 	* Make sure that Windows and Mac users feel at home

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