Like creating a Plasma topic

As at this point they will have understood in many, new kde the 4, in particular in its version of development, in order to mean to us that which will become the 4,1, get passionate to me particularly, and I am not here to explain of the reasons, since the characteristics have been wide debated on the web. The object of this post is, instead, the Plasma Themes launch Contest the 21 of this month, whose rules are easy desumibili, also for who does not have much familiarity with the English, from the link of which over. For part mine I want to give my small contribution with a translation, much free one, of post the Creating to Theme Plasma in 7 Easy Steps.
An important plasma characteristic is the use of vectorial graphical elements (SVGs, acronym of Scalable Vector Graphics) that, between the other things, it allows to create a topic without having the necessity to know C or any other language of programming; need of the common instruments of diagram (as an example Krita, Inkscape, The GIMP, Karbon, etc) According to your abilities with these instruments is only had, a great plasma topic can be created in less than an hour.
Here like creating a Theme Plasma in 7 simple steps:

1. To copy and to rinominare a folder of existing topic. The new name of the folder can be the name of the topic. The installed topics come memorizzati in share/apps/desktoptheme/or in. Kde or in the directory of installation of kde. They can be found also on KDE-Look. To modify the rows metadata.desktop in the folder of the topic being written to us the name delnuovo topic. For ulterior deepenings here this link.
2. To open rows here.
   To notice that in order to construct the topic with some rows SVG (tasks.svg) it is necessary 4,1 KDE or a KDE version svn.
3. Every rows images raster (Krita, GIMP, etc) it is also possible to incorporate these images like elements SVG. To always remember to incorporate every image (inkscape: effects->images->embed all images).
4. To verify that the element id for every new element is set up correctly. Hint: In Inkscape it is possible to control the element id for every object with a clic on the skillful key and being chosen the object from Objects properties.
5. To add or to remove the wished Hint. For a detailed description of the Hint element available to watch here. To notice that some hint element like - hint-tile-center, hint-apply-color-scheme they demand 4.1 KDE or the KDE version svn.
6. To save rows SVG.
7. To repeat the passages from 3 - 6 for any other plasma element for which it is desired to create a new topic.

To test the topic

If it has not been already already made, to copy the folder with the new topic in .kde or the folder of installation of kde. To choose the topic from the dialogue window Shapes Desktop (can be necessary to riavviare kde) or to modify own rows plasmarc inserting the new topic. To control the aspect of all carefully the new elements of the topic.
If a non-composite topic (SVGs in the folder has been created opaque), to remember itself to test your topic with compositing (the Desktop Effects) extinguished.

The colors

It is possible to construct a combination of colors for the text, to select background and other elements that integrate themselves well with the topic to insert in colors rows in the folder of the topic. To see colors the rows of the topic of default for an example.
If colors the rows come omitted, plasma will assume puts into effect it them system of the KDE colors. Famous: The not colored SVGs topics sarnno less than do not contain the element `hint-apply-color-scheme'.)

Suggestions and councils

Also pixel or a two outside place can make the difference. They can not be obvious at first sight, but the customer can intuitire that something does not go well and renounce to use the topic.
In Inkscape, to extinguish stroke scaling when the objects come reorganized. Inkscape could effetturae of default stroke scaling of an object when its dimension is changed. This can produce of the annoying lines. If it is preferred to use editor raster like Krita and GIMP, and to create a topic detail with these programs, the drag-and-drop of the rows then must import the rows in Inkscape (works well). If it is being worked on a background with more elements (as an example panel-background, widget background etc) up ritagliare the image raster in various elements (, low, to right, etc) and to save like rows separated before importing in Inkscape.
Not to forget to incorporate the imported images raster. For predefined formulation Inkscape it will import these images like link, and they will not be visualized in plasma (in order to incorporate the images, to go on Effects > Images > Embed All Images).
The border elements (top, right, bottom, left) they are tiled if the element hint-stretch-borders is not present in svg.
The element center of the backgrounds is lengthened if the hint-tile element center is not present in svg.
In order to control the color amount that will be applied to plasma with the element hint-apply-color-scheme, to make sure that Value/Intensity (HSV) of the color it is comprised between 0 and 255 for having less color, and more than 127 in order to obtain a coloration maggiorecolori. , As an example, for having shadows thus colored, inserting value 0 in Value/Intensity.
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