[Jmayer312]

I picked up After Effects the other day and I am beginning to learn the program. No better way to learn then by creating an intro movie for XBMC. I will use this thread to post videos for anyone to use.

I'm sure there is no "Right" way to use the videos so I'm just going to suggest two methods. One is a beginner method and the other is for advanced users only.



Easy Method: Using XBMC-Intro Addon:
If your skin supports it, you can use the XBMC Intro Movie addon by Frost.
Currently only a few skins support this addon. As far as I know its limited to Glass, Aeon-Nox, Neon and Breeze. I'm not going to test every skin. If you need to know if this addon will work for you then please ask in the appropriate thread.

Benifits:

• Easy to configure
  
• Comes with intro videos pre installed
  
• Ability to define a custom location for intro videos
  
• Option to dissable the Default, Static XBMC splash screen
  

Advanced Method: Modding a skin
Use Advancedsettings.xml to turn off the default XBMC splash screen.

Code:

<splash>false</splash>

Add the following to your skins's home.xml

Code:

<onload condition="Window.Previous(startup)">XBMC.PlayMedia(special://skin/introMovie.mov)</onload>

*note* I have no idea what the effect of this would be if you all ready use the playlist on xbmc start so don't complain because I'm warning you now.

*edit*Ronnie has suggested putting this line of code in startup.xml as an alternative. Do whichever works best for you.*edit*


Benifits:

• Should work with any skin
  

Now for my custom Intro Videos....

Intro Movie 1: XBMC Logo Wipe in / Shatter

Download (Right Click > Save As)




Intro Movie 2: XMBC Logo Energy Wipe

Download (Right Click > Save As)