2020-04-12, 22:55
(2020-04-12, 08:55)jurialmunkey Wrote:This is exactly the look i was struggling to explain to you(2020-04-12, 08:13)tinnyskillz Wrote: Hey @jurialmunkey I was wondering. Would you consider making the home screen (on the right side, not the home bar\menu on the left) haves no overlay, but instead, use the full screen widget showcase shadow look as a replacement (so plot is readable)?
Basically, full screen widget showcase with the "play", and "show information" buttons. But if you go down to the other widgets that are set up. The "play", and "show information" buttons go away, and whatever media is highlighted in the widget below is shown on the full screen widget above.
Sorry if i i sound confusing.
I've already tried this sort of thing. It doesn't work. As soon as you have any background that is light or has any sort of detail in it, then it becomes extremely difficult to read the text. The only way this sort of thing is possible is if I had more control over the types of fanart used e.g. if I could specify to use fanart where most of the detail is aligned to the right of screen, then it could work - but with the variability of fanart, it just simply does not work.
Fanart with bright details makes text unreadable:
Even with darker artwork, if there is any variability you lose text
The showcase hub overlay works because the majority of the screen does not have text, so only a small corner needs to be dimmed. For that sort of effect to work with the standard library views where there is much more content on screen, the overlay would need to cover nearly the entire screen which then defeats the whole purpose. That's why the standard library background is relatively dark - it has to work with a variety of backgrounds.
It looks nice like this to me. You`re 100% right though. Text is unreadable.
Do you think it`s possible to add a dark, slightly transparent overlay or blur to only display where there`s text. Kind of like you did where it says info, trailer, similar etc io the first pic?
Found this on Google. Something similar (maybe a little more transparency) to this:
Not sure if that`s possible (sounds like a lot of work) to insert only where there`s text, but it would help with unreadable text.
Edit: looking at the two pictures you posted again. I noticed the bottom half of each picture has more darker shadows than the top half (gradient-like). The top has less shadow. You could probably put the shadow used on the bottom, and duplicate it up top, and it would have more readable text.
