(2019-04-10, 01:23)Sjors125 Wrote:

(2019-04-10, 00:18)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2019-04-09, 15:21)Sjors125 Wrote: Is it possible to add views that are alike the ones from the Box skin
I feel those views share the same kind of simplicity that I like of all your skins and AZ2 in particular and I think some of those views could be translated to your design philosophy.

Fanart Logo → Just the movie poster and the name or some logo (could be that it is with a logo, but I haven't scanned all my movie art yet) So title could be replaced with poster (or be an option in the skin settings)


Thumb Info → Just 1 bigger poster; 2 rows of smaller ones + an info box. Similar to the KOver2 one further below, but with 2 rows instead of one


Fanart → just a fanart background, with the movie list on top


Banner List → the banner of the selected tv show on top; list below that and info on the right. I really like the position of the banner, as it is not in the middle of the row, but on top.


What I especially like in the Box skin is that it has transparancy when art is missing. So instead of a big black box where the poster ought to be, you could see the background fanart

I also like this view from KOver2. This could be translated to AZ2 as 1 row of 5 posters, a "2 poster wide" movie info box and only the fanart above it.



Also, in AZ2 the Info Wall view is missing in the lowest levels of the TV shows. I can select it in both the show list and season list, but the view is missing at the episode level.

I dont see how any of these fit with the design philosophy of the skin. AZ will never be a "fanart" skin that shows off the background. You are essentially asking for a completely different skin.  

I can see why you say that, but then perhaps I did not made myself clear on what I mean exactly. English is not my native language, so I'll try to be better at explaining myself. I do not intend to offend you in any way ofcourse!

What you've done so far with AZ2 is sheer brilliance and I really like its design language: smooth, clean, simple, beautiful. I really do not want to have another skin or a revamp. I just intended to explain that I miss the movie title in AZ2's lovefilm view. That is the closest AZ2 comes to a fanart view but for my taste it is missing the movie title. Would you consider making that an option in the skin settings → lovefilm view with/without movie title. I understand why you feel that all other examples that I've posted are too fanart driven to fit in AZ2. What I just like about those views is where the posters, movie titles or movie info is situated. I have no need for only fanart, cause that indeed would not fit into AZ2. So I totally agree with you.

Another thing that I really like in the Box skin is the way it handles movies that have no art scraped yet. In AZ2, it will show a placeholder instead of the movieposter. In Box it just shows the background. Would it be possible to make that a option in the skin settings too? Like option 1: placeholder; option 2: full transparency; option 3: see through window.


Hope I have explained myself a bit better this way and the above makes more sense [emoji23][emoji106][emoji106]


Have you checked my question about the Info Wall view in the episodes level? Is it really missing, or did I mess something up?

(2019-04-10, 00:20)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2019-04-09, 22:16)Blurayx Wrote:

(2019-04-09, 19:22)214b1 Wrote: I use blur affect for background images by applying the Photoshop blur affect directly to the background image. It's not a setting in Kodi I would necessarily use, since I can do the same thing with Photoshop.  

Thanks for your advice
I tried blurred using aperture mOS a few days ago but I couldn’t get the same glow effect. I'll try again sometime over the weekend. 

Ah yeah the skin increases the background transparency if blur is enabled, so you can't get quite the same effect with just a photo shopped static image. I'll have a look at allowing blur with fanart turned off. 

(2019-04-09, 19:22)214b1 Wrote:

(2019-04-09, 13:21)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2019-04-09, 04:40)Blurayx Wrote: @"jurialmunkey" Feature request:  
Not sure if this is can be done or may impact performance but would it be possible to add blur set fallback image only.



Thanks

I'm not quite sure what you mean exactly  

I use blur affect for background images by applying the Photoshop blur affect directly to the background image. It's not a setting in Kodi I would necessarily use, since I can do the same thing with Photoshop.

(2019-04-08, 01:30)jurialmunkey Wrote: Option to use landscape art instead is planned, just haven't got to it yet  

(2019-04-10, 01:37)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2019-04-10, 01:23)Sjors125 Wrote:

(2019-04-10, 00:18)jurialmunkey Wrote: I dont see how any of these fit with the design philosophy of the skin. AZ will never be a "fanart" skin that shows off the background. You are essentially asking for a completely different skin.  

I can see why you say that, but then perhaps I did not made myself clear on what I mean exactly. English is not my native language, so I'll try to be better at explaining myself. I do not intend to offend you in any way ofcourse!

What you've done so far with AZ2 is sheer brilliance and I really like its design language: smooth, clean, simple, beautiful. I really do not want to have another skin or a revamp. I just intended to explain that I miss the movie title in AZ2's lovefilm view. That is the closest AZ2 comes to a fanart view but for my taste it is missing the movie title. Would you consider making that an option in the skin settings → lovefilm view with/without movie title. I understand why you feel that all other examples that I've posted are too fanart driven to fit in AZ2. What I just like about those views is where the posters, movie titles or movie info is situated. I have no need for only fanart, cause that indeed would not fit into AZ2. So I totally agree with you.

Another thing that I really like in the Box skin is the way it handles movies that have no art scraped yet. In AZ2, it will show a placeholder instead of the movieposter. In Box it just shows the background. Would it be possible to make that a option in the skin settings too? Like option 1: placeholder; option 2: full transparency; option 3: see through window.


Hope I have explained myself a bit better this way and the above makes more sense [emoji23][emoji106][emoji106]


Have you checked my question about the Info Wall view in the episodes level? Is it really missing, or did I mess something up? 

Ah okay I see what you are saying. Yes that all makes sense.

Some sort of title plus also an info version of lovefilm are already planned.

Also an info wall view for episodes will be coming. The current view is not available because I don't think poster art makes sense for episode views.

I'm not keen on the idea of not showing placeholder when no art is available. I'm wary of adding too many options because the settings start to get bloated and become overwhelming.

Some of the other views have some interesting approaches that I will consider. 

(2019-04-10, 10:35)mark_dj Wrote:

(2019-04-08, 01:30)jurialmunkey Wrote: Option to use landscape art instead is planned, just haven't got to it yet  

Any way to make this optional? Especially for movies it's hideous, since it's usually a copy-pasted logo on a random image. I'd rather have it use the fanart instead. Or do I have to revert and stick to an older build now?

(2019-04-10, 08:36)Priesy Wrote: Will you be adding the Colour Cycling option to this skin?
It was a visual feature I very much liked in Aura

Cheers

(2019-04-10, 11:46)jurialmunkey Wrote:

(2019-04-10, 10:35)mark_dj Wrote:

(2019-04-08, 01:30)jurialmunkey Wrote: Option to use landscape art instead is planned, just haven't got to it yet  

Any way to make this optional? Especially for movies it's hideous, since it's usually a copy-pasted logo on a random image. I'd rather have it use the fanart instead. Or do I have to revert and stick to an older build now?    

why don't you remove the landscape art that you don't like?   

(2019-04-10, 12:35)straight Wrote: Hi,

ist it possible to show the IMDB, TMDB Icons with Color ? Or is it only without ?

Greetings