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Every time we change the Plasma wallpaper, we have to undergo a multi-step process to update everything: 1. Move old wallpaper from `breeze` repo to `plasma-workspace-wallpapers` repo 2. Replace wallpaper in `breeze` repo with new one 3. Create a new user account named "Konqi", logg into it, switch the language to English, open some windows, take a full-screen screenshot, switch the color scheme to light/dark and do it again, log back into your original user account, and replace the Breeze Global Theme preview images in `plasma-workspace` with the new ones 4. Log into the new user account again, run `kscreenlocker_greet --testing"`, take a screenshot with no window decorations, log back into your original user account, and replacing the lockscreen preview image in `plasma-workspace` with the new one 5. Run `sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme ~/kde/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/`, take a screenshot without window decorations, and replace the SDDM preview image in `plasma-workspace` with the new one. Steps 1 and 2 are easy. Steps 3-5 are very time-consuming and error prone. Because there are three Plasma releases a year, someone in VDG has to do this three times a year. It would be much nicer if we could automate steps 3-5 somehow such that the final preview images were generated programmatically just by feeding a wallpaper image into a script, which would overlay the necessary content on top automatically and take screenshots. As a nice bonus, we might even be able to produce localized preview images instead of just one English one.

Every time we change the Plasma wallpaper (typically three times a year; one per Plasma release), we have to undergo a time-consuming, error-prone 17-step process to update everything. See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Change_the_default_wallpaper for details. By far the most time-consuming steps involve generating appropriate preview images. It would be much nicer if we could automate as much of it as possible such that the final preview images were generated programmatically just by feeding a wallpaper image into a script, which would overlay the necessary content on top automatically and take screenshots. As a nice bonus, we might even be able to produce localized preview images instead of just one English one.

Every time we change the Plasma wallpaper, we have to undergo a multi-step process to update everything: 1. Move old wallpaper from `breeze` repo to `plasma-workspace-wallpapers` repo 2. Replace wallpaper in `breeze` repo with new one 3. Create a new user account named "Konqi", logg into it, switch the language to English, open some windows, take a full-screen screenshot, switch the color scheme to light/dark and do it again, log back into your original user account, and replace the Breeze Global Theme preview images in `plasma-workspace` with the new ones 4. Log into the new user account again, run `kscreenlocker_greet --testing"`, take a screenshot with no window decorations, (typically three times a year; log back into your original user accountone per Plasma release), and replacing the lockscreen preview image in `plasma-workspace` with the new one 5.we have to undergo a time-consuming, Run `sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme ~/kde/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/`,error-prone 17-step process to update everything. take a screenshot without window decorations, and replace the SDDM preview image in `plasma-workspace` with the new oneSee https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Change_the_default_wallpaper for details. Steps 1 and 2 are easy. Steps 3-5 are very time-consuming and error prone. Because there are three Plasma releases a year, someone in VDG has to do this three times a yearBy far the most time-consuming steps involve generating appropriate preview images. It would be much nicer if we could automate steps 3-5 somehowas much of it as possible such that the final preview images were generated programmatically just by feeding a wallpaper image into a script, which would overlay the necessary content on top automatically and take screenshots. As a nice bonus, we might even be able to produce localized preview images instead of just one English one.