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TEXTURE THEMES

  • you can choose between 2 themes (default & rounded ) the usual way > choose a theme in the interface settings
  • rounded theme is a little bit special, if you dont use an item tag bg panel color the widget/item artwork get rounded corners , if you use tag bg panel colors the rounded corners will be applied to the top of the widget/item artwork and to the bottom of a tag bg panel

COLORS / COLOR THEMES

  • There are 2 ways to choose Colorthemes.

  • The skins comes with prefefined Color Themes which can be choosen the usual way.

    choose a color theme in the interface settings

  • The 2nd Method require script.skin.helper.colorpicker

    can be enabled in the Custom Color Skinsettings Section When enabled you can adjust nearly every Color in the Skinsettings Menu - Custom Colors. a live window to show off the color changes in a preview window is in progress

  • You can also build your own Themes using The Backup/Restore funtction. Requires script.skin.helper.skinbackup, which will also be installed by click the specific Button.

    can be enabled in the Custom Color Skinsettings Section

BACKGROUNDBUILING

The Backgroundbuilding is broken down as follows,

Layer 1

  • fullscreen Background ,
  • Custom Color can be set
  • Area is mostly not visible, nor noticable , but if you prefer transparence colors/ images on other layers it'll become important

Layer 2 / Artwork Layer

  • can be a custom image (which is also the fallback image if fanart setting is enabled nut no artwork is found) optional : show fanart artwork image - background artwork setting section optional : show rotating extra fanart - background artwork setting section optional : prefer animated fanart if available

NOTE: music check this link and movie check this link and adjust your advancedsetting.xml bar.

NOTE: i recommend using artwork beef addon, which is also supported in the skin (musicinfo,videoinfo,settings section)

  • there are 2 options HOW color (background layer2 color ) will be applied here ** a) try to tint the image itself, not recommended if using 'show fanart' ** b) use 80% transparence image which is tinted instead and will lay over Layer 2 (1st diffusor )

  • optional blur artwork background is possible via script.embuary.helper which is a skin dependencie. Just possible Media Windows (videos,music) you can set strongness/blurring radius in embuary helper addon settings

  • you can animate your Layer 2 background image which uses a slide animation to bring in some movement to the background

    • can be enabled in skinsettings : b a c k g r o u n d section
  • color will be spplied directly on that layer

Layer 3 (optional) ( CAN BE DISABLED IF SET COLOR TO NONE, or set alpha 00 )

  • can be a custom image ( its supposed as a 2nd diffusor )
  • color will be spplied directly on that layer

...PUT PICTURE EXAPLE 1 HERE (TINT) ...PUT PICTURE EXAPLE 1 HERE (80% DIFFUSOR)

special case spotlight style media windows

  • foo bar text

NOTE: textfoo info bar.

Header Bar

  • always visible in media / settings windows
  • choose own texture , and colors

Footer Bar

  • just visible in media windows
  • can be disabled per view type ( e.g. show it on list view(50) and hide it on square panel view(53¿)

START UP / PROFILE LOGIN

HOME MENU

SHUTDOWN MENU

MUSIC HUB

SEARCH FEATURE

VIDEO INFO DIALOG

MUSIC INFO DIALOG

LOCAL TRAILER USAGE (TV SHOWS)

MUSIC INFO

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