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How to darken the fanart? - Balinus - 2012-03-09
Hello,
I've added to Shade a new TV view (taken from Simplicity skin). I'd like to know how I could darken the fanart behind, as text doesn't appear due to contrast. I've looked, but couldn't find the command to darken the fanart image... I guess there's a switch somewhere?
Here's a screenshot of how it is now :
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
- ekim232 - 2012-03-09
Apply a shaded image over top the fanart or use a fade animation to the fanart image. Many skins do this. You can look through their media folders to get some ideas. Alaska is a good example for an image overlay and Fusion I believe uses a fade animation.
- mcborzu - 2012-03-09
Just put a black, or whatever color, image in front of it. Set transparency via Photoshop
- Hitcher - 2012-03-09
Or just use a <colordiffuse>AARRGGBB</colordiffuse> in the image control.
- Balinus - 2012-03-09
Thanks guys!
Just found how to do it, with your explanations. as shown by your diverme method, there's a lot of way to do it.
I added this code
Code:
<control type="image">
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<width>1290</width>
<height>720</height>
<texture>shade/vignette2.png</texture>
</control>Where vignette2.png is a transparent mask.
Thanks again!