[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49580: Upload images to w.org CDN for use in Block Patterns

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#49580: Upload images to w.org CDN for use in Block Patterns
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 Reporter:  nrqsnchz            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  WordPress.org site  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Joen):

 Thanks for the ping.

 Our big challenge is that the images have to correctly licensed, Public
 Domain or GPLv2 (I assume these are either). Otherwise we get into some
 complex licensing issues given the wide distribution of the WordPress
 package. Images from Pexels or Unsplash, for example, are very often
 distributed with a very liberal, but still not compatible license.

 Given that challenge, these images seem passable.

 But they're not great, and I wish we could do better, and the same
 critique applies to the images I hastily put together for the block hover
 previews; they were as good as I could find them given the requirement of
 the license.

 If we could snap our fingers and come upon a treasure trove of perfect
 public domain images (or solicit a photographer or buy a pack), the idea
 set of images would share these traits:

 - a common theme among the photos — "nature" is a bit too broad, but
 "desert dunes at night" would be more specific
 - they would share an overall color palette and motif
 - they would share contrast level — same as how a movie is color graded to
 look consistent, so should the images look as if they were taken by the
 same camera and in the same session
 - share perspective, or angle of photo taken — the "style"
 - share dimensions or aspect ratio

 Without those qualities, hover previews and block patterns both will lack
 a feeling of coherence. The images will take on an anonymous generic
 "placeholder" quality, and won't do anything to entice a click beyond
 purely mechanically demonstrating a specific layout.

 More than that, with a generic motif, the pattern or preview doesn't tell
 a story. They don't explain _why_ one would use that layout. Take this
 work in progress: https://cloudup.com/c1iaNZcMQ3y — that image tells a
 story, it looks gorgeous, and I immediately both want to use the pattern
 and customize it. The image has contrast, it has a theme (furniture), it
 uses relatively few but impactful colors, and I can see a whole series of
 furniture pictures leveraging the same camera angle and general setup.
 Most importantly the image works with the pattern itself: it's not just a
 pretty image that could have been used anywhere.

 We come back to the challenge at hand — licensing: that's what handcuffs
 us. But within those limitations, whatever we can do choose images that
 fit the preview or pattern ''and'' share traits, the better.

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