# Proposed new SlicerAstro logo

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601 "2020-07-17T10:10:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
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**Author:** ![Davide\_Punzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/davide_punzo/32/66104_2.png) [@Davide\_Punzo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Davide_Punzo)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/1 "2020-07-17T10:10:56Z")

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Edit (@jcfr): This topic is a follow up of [Proposed new Slicer logo - #74](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicer-logo/11295/74)

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I was playing just for fun a little bit with the new Slicer icon for upting the SlicerAstro one.  
Here my first experiment (I am super amateur in this, I just played with gimp, any feedback will be very welcome):

Old SlicerAstro icon:

 ![OldSlicerAstroIcon](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/4/1/41f789ed3e0f52b14c0986bb342f901bda66d4ae.png) !

New1:

 ![SlicerAstroIconWithoutBorder](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/f/7/f718a4671c1e90f3b8af8d593c8c28818fb65a82.jpeg)  
New2:  
 ![SlicerAstroIcon](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/2/4/241b36e975bc005c166a0b7b6614da4fa39890bf.jpeg)

not sure if the ring is better with or without the border, what do you think?

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/2 "2020-07-17T11:57:37Z")

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👍 for the border

👾

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**Author:** ![vertebra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/vertebra/32/7475_2.png) [@vertebra](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/vertebra)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/3 "2020-07-17T12:42:11Z")

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Definitely new design number 2 @Davide_Punzo

Would you agree @lassoan @vertebrae?

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**Author:** ![vertebrae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dec6dc/32.png) [@vertebrae](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/vertebrae)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/4 "2020-07-17T12:44:18Z")

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💯 💯 💯 I agree. I like number 2 better. Any other thoughts @cpinter @Sunderlandkyl?

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**Author:** ![PaoloZaffino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/paolozaffino/32/81052_2.png) [@PaoloZaffino](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/PaoloZaffino)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/5 "2020-07-17T13:04:41Z")

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+1 for the second one!

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/6 "2020-07-17T15:28:58Z")

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Just because we can … here is a poll:

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/6))_

Poll can be built using this:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/8/989917111191ad2056279382d5b9f25236a36620.png)

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**Author:** ![rkikinis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/rkikinis/32/791_2.png) [@rkikinis](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/rkikinis)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/7 "2020-07-18T02:04:07Z")

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Hi

I like version #2. Would you consider a different color for the ring? Gey might be a good alternate.

Best  
Ron

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**Author:** ![Davide\_Punzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/davide_punzo/32/66104_2.png) [@Davide\_Punzo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Davide_Punzo)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/8 "2020-07-18T09:25:31Z")

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Hi Ron, here is with silver (#C0C0C0):

 ![SlicerAstroIconSilver](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/1/1/114d8293beb8178493ee41395822c89613f9e6d7.jpeg)

yellow:

 ![SlicerAstroIcon](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/2/4/241b36e975bc005c166a0b7b6614da4fa39890bf.jpeg)

P.S.: not sure why the images exported from gimp in png look darker when uploaded here on discord. Here some screenshots that show the right colors:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/c/bcab10f2ff48aee386f5cdb988dd7120fb7edb71.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/a/e/aea540471313dd30a044baf7c73be407a8c5a7b3.png)

I personally prefer the yellow one, here is a poll again 🙂

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/8))_

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**Author:** ![rkikinis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/rkikinis/32/791_2.png) [@rkikinis](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/rkikinis)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/9 "2020-07-18T12:29:55Z")

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Hi Davide,  
I prefer the yellow one as well. It’s the orange that bothered me. I guess you should figure out how to fix the export/import  
Best  
Ron

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**Author:** ![cpinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cpinter/32/7995_2.png) [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/10 "2020-07-18T12:30:30Z")

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I like the one with border, and from the last ones the silver. I’d try to remove the little parts of the ring border where it “goes behind” the logo. Looks good 🙂

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**Author:** ![vdhulst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@vdhulst](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/vdhulst)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/11 "2020-07-18T20:44:01Z")

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Hi Davide, I like the logo, the ring with the and prefer the silver one. The yellow one is a bit too dominant. But you may want to try a few colors between silver, light blue and yellow that stand out but are not too dominant.

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**Author:** ![Davide\_Punzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/davide_punzo/32/66104_2.png) [@Davide\_Punzo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Davide_Punzo)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/12 "2020-07-19T10:20:20Z")

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Thanks to everybody for the feedbacks.

Here some png with additional colors (exported colors have been fixed) where I have edited a little bit the border following Csaba’s advise (I made also the ring border a little bit thinner):

yellow

 ![SlicerAstroIcon](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/0/e/0eb0e671eaa2affbf0c20a338cd1f7f3bc3ead0b.jpeg)

silver

 ![SlicerAstroIconSilver](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/2/7/270cdcca09f658005f502cea9b7d32ff40ef03e4.jpeg)

dark blue

 ![SlicerAstroIconBlue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/f/9f2b288172eef086ce11eebc50e8de1bc48f911b.jpeg)

light blue

 ![SlicerAstroIconLightBlue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/3/9/39b01c1e8996f335eaff92ebec0d2347c9695c34.jpeg)

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/12))_

@vdhulst let me know if you find a better color for the ring.

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**Author:** ![Davide\_Punzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/davide_punzo/32/66104_2.png) [@Davide\_Punzo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Davide_Punzo)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/13 "2020-07-19T16:34:51Z")

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other two colors from Thijs:

light blue 2

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/e/4/e486c57ca0798aa935ba2beb9658870023629bfd.jpeg)

light green

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/c/e/ceb25b41c5bb1f26627db233bcd4b26882c3b62a.jpeg)

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/13))_

our preference for the moment is light blue 2

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**Author:** ![Davide\_Punzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/davide_punzo/32/66104_2.png) [@Davide\_Punzo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Davide_Punzo)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/14 "2020-07-27T15:31:38Z")

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@vdhulst I have updated the logo in the SlicerAstro [extension](https://github.com/Punzo/SlicerAstro) and I created a full customized [SlicerAstroApp](https://github.com/Punzo/SlicerAstroApp). See below:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/1/915aaf4123fa01c3d79b46da6ca3f48f6ef56f0c.jpeg)

Linux binaries will be soon available at [Releases · Punzo/SlicerAstroApp · GitHub](https://github.com/Punzo/SlicerAstroApp/releases) .  
It will be nice if you or Leon can check the compilation/packing on MacOS (all the necessary steps are described in [link](https://github.com/Punzo/SlicerAstroApp/blob/master/README.md)).

Next step would be to update all the icons in SlicerAstro, but it is better to wait to see if the 3DSlicer icons will be redesigned as well (see [Update Slicer's icon set](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/update-slicers-icon-set/12483)) and have the same theme.

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**Author:** ![vdhulst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3ec8ea/32.png) [@vdhulst](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/vdhulst)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/15 "2020-07-27T15:57:50Z")

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@Davide_Punzo: I will take a stab at building the SlicerAstroApp for MacOS and ping Leon. He already knows this is in the works. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Davide\_Punzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/davide_punzo/32/66104_2.png) [@Davide\_Punzo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Davide_Punzo)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/16 "2020-07-28T14:58:15Z")

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@rkikinis would be possible to update the SlicerAstro logo in the 3D Slicer webpage ([https://www.slicer.org/](https://www.slicer.org/))?

here the file:

> **[SlicerAstroAppIcon.zip](https://www.dropbox.com/s/eof6mdi7a1j2gqz/SlicerAstroAppIcon.zip?dl=0)**
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> Shared with Dropbox

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/17 "2020-07-28T19:26:32Z")

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The website is being completely reworked in these weeks. I don’t think we can change the old website now, but the new version will be hosted on github and can be updated by anyone by submitting a pull request.

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**Author:** ![Davide\_Punzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/davide_punzo/32/66104_2.png) [@Davide\_Punzo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Davide_Punzo)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposed-new-slicerastro-logo/12601/18 "2020-07-28T21:35:52Z")

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Perfect! I didn’t know the website was under reworking. Thanks for letting me know.