Midterm reworking 2

Not long after my adjustments to our encryption login screen, my boss asked me to come up with a desktop background. This would possibly be deployed with the WINDOWS 7 builds we create as the default desktop. I had already made a few logos (variations) for our sections IT department, nothing fancy.

This was the semi-final design...

Then I added a gradiant...

Everyone seemed to like this design so I decided to proceed with thinking about creating/incorporating it into a desktop image. My first intention was to simply expand the gradiant and center the logo.

It looked promising but I also had to incorporate the Riley and IU logos to distinguish our computers from Clarian ones, in terms of support. In addition to grabbing the other logos, I changed the gradiant to reflect more of the Windows 7 color scheme. Below is my first attempt.

Upon testing it out, I found that while the 'R' was perfectly placed, the other logos were both too big and too close to one another. So for the final one I minimzed them and put more of a gap in between them.

Midterm reworking 1

At my job, every laptop that we've set up is encrypted for patient confidentiality reasons. Below is the desktop log in screen that was bundled with the software. This appears after the OS has loaded rather than the familiar CTRL+ALT+DEL screen.


Since we were using it on our systems, my boss asked me to customize it so that it included our logos. Below is the desktop that we're currently using. I had to move some of the logos around and resize them as well.


While everyone loved what I did, I would be lying if I didn't say that there are some things I know aren't right. While they aren't noticeable to most, I know they're there and I wouldn't be doing my photoshop teachings justice if I just let them be and not attempt to correct them.

In addition to the corrections on the original alteration, I thought it would be good practice to try and recreate the original from scratch but with the specifications added. Below is one of my submissions for Midterm.