Added AllskyNotifications.psd

[EricClaeys]

This is the file used to create all the notification images.

[linuxkidd]

I'm not sure if .PSD is a raster or vector type, but if it's vector, I'd prefer having it in SVG format for better open standards support and ease of use.

[ckuethe]

I don't have photoshop. An alternative approach would be to include a shell script that could regenerate these images using imagemagick (which we depend on anyway).

[ckuethe]

By way of example, this creates an 800x800 image in file called allsky_not_running.png which contains 72pt red helvetica text on a 50% gray background (with a 2pt black outline to make it monochrome and colorblind-friendlier) reading "Allsky Not Running".

We could create similar clauses or a loop to generate the other images.

#!/bin/bash

MSG="Allsky Not Running"
OUT="$(echo ${MSG,,} | tr ' ' '_').png"
convert \
	-background gray \
	-fill red \
	-strokewidth 2 \
	-stroke black \
	-size 800x800 \
	-font Helvetica \
	-pointsize 72 \
	-gravity center \
	label:"${MSG}" \
	$OUT

eog $OUT

PSD is a complex binary format, like GIMPs xsd. Very rich and expressive, but not a file that is easily viewed with the most basic of tools.

[ckuethe]

While I like the idea of having the source of the notification images, I'd like to see it in an open standard format that can be manipulated with free software tools (ideally on low spec machines).

SVG would work and inkscape is FOSS. Using ImageMagick commands to basically compile the image from text would also work. Allsky's image processing pipeline already requires ImageMagick so everyone running allsky already has all the tools they need to regenerate or customize these images.

[EricClaeys]

Thanks for the comments guys.
I like the idea of creating the images via "convert". That allows anyone to modify them - Photoshop not needed.
I'll write up a shell script. One possibility is to not distribute the images but have the shell script create them at installation time.
How can I delete this PR? I'll create a new one. It will create files identical to the existing ones so we don't have to change any scripts.

I will also create a PR and related script to create the "No thumbnail" used by the website.

The images are 960x720, 72 pixels/inch, 128 pt Arial Regular text centered vertically and horizontally with a 2 px stroke.

Allsky software is not running: text: #ff0000, stroke: #00000000, background: #404040, filename: NotRunning.*

ERROR: See log file for information /var/log/allsky.log: /var/log/allsky.log is 72 pt. Both are text: #ff0000, stroke: #00000000, background: #404040, filename: Error.*

Camera is off during the day: text: #ffff4a, stroke: #00000000, background: #c0c0c0, filename: CameraOffDuringDay.*

Camera is taking dark frames: text: #00ff00, stroke: #ffffff, background: #000000, filename: DarkFrames.*

Allsky software is starting up: text: #00ff00, stroke: #00000000, background: #404040, filename: StartingUp.*

[linuxkidd]

@EricClaeys -- no delete of a PR, but you can 'Close with comment'... which doesn't merge the change.

[EricClaeys]

We agreed NOT to upload the .psd file initially used to create the .jpg and .png files; instead, we'll create a shell script to create the files using the "convert" program.