Gradients with deeper feel could look better

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. See the gradients of the panel background and Metacity of Shiki-Dust and
compare it with the ones in Shiki-Colors
2. Make gradients in Shiki-Colors feel as deep 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A look and feel that is feels more sophisticated because of deeper gradients.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Shiki-Dust 0.2 and Shiki-Colors 2.1 on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

See attached screenshots for reference

Original issue reported on code.google.com by allanc...@gmail.com on 16 Nov 2008 at 12:08

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You are referring to the panel gradients, correct?
With the current GNOME implementation, gradient backgrounds can only be applied 
as a
pixmap (disabled by default in Shiki-Colors/Dust).

Try enabling one of the included gradient panels:
1. Go to Shiki-*/gtk-2.0/ and edit the panel.rc file.
2. Uncomment the "# bg_pixmap[NORMAL]" line.

See if the current implementation of gradient panels works for you.. if not, 
I'll try
making a new pixmap in inkscape with deeper gradients.

I don't enable the gradient panels by default because more often than not, 
users will
want to use custom panel backgrounds or apply panel transparencies and my 
forcing of
a panel background hinders this.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 18 Nov 2008 at 5:11

• Added labels: Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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My mistake, it seems you already enabled the gradient panels (guess I need to 
get
some more coffee).

I'll try to come up with a different gradient for the next release.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 18 Nov 2008 at 5:30

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Yep. The gradients in Shiki-Dust are deeper and shinier. It looks better 
specially
for the panel backgrounds. I guess, it's better to head to that direction in 
the next
releases of Shiki-Colors. Thanks.

Original comment by allanc...@gmail.com on 18 Nov 2008 at 9:37

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Already created new gradient backgrounds. They're not quite as deep as 
Shiki-Dust's
because I wanted the window list to blend in a bit better, but it should be 
noticeable.

I'll upload a new version sometime in the weekend.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 21 Nov 2008 at 10:02

• Changed state: Fixed

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Thank you very much :) How about the metacity themes? Maybe, making them deeper 
would
improve the look too. I'm not sure, though. 

Original comment by allanc...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2008 at 7:35

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If the metacity gradients were any deeper the contrast between the two colors 
would
actually make it look weird. The current gradient was the best I could make it.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 22 Nov 2008 at 5:08

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The version with updated gradients should now be in gnome-look.org.
I'm too lazy to update the package here right now, I will do so later.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 30 Nov 2008 at 8:30

• Changed state: Done

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Is it just me or is it really not there yet?

Original comment by allanc...@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2008 at 4:49

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If I make the optional gradients any deeper, they won't blend in well with the 
window
list.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 30 Nov 2008 at 8:39