2017-03-23, 03:13
(2017-03-22, 04:47)Alanon Wrote:(2017-03-22, 04:06)jayg84 Wrote: I love the work you have done and really appreciate it!
Is there anyway we could do a video background. I think it would be cool to have videos like those pictures you see where the street lights are flickering or fast motion.
I also wondered if you could brighten up the background? Looks like the screen is in sleep mode.
Thank you, Jay
About the video backgrounds, honestly, I'm not sure. The way the skin is currently set-up, it would need to be done through a skin shortcuts feature. At the moment it's not in there. I'll have a look-see, but it's really up to the add-on dev(s).
There are many, many backgrounds in the skin, which in particular are you referring to? The settings background and the library fanart/extrafanart backgrounds can be lighthened by controlling the opacity in Skin Settings / Background / Background colour and opacity. The lesser the opacity, the brighter the image. If you're referring to the main menu backgrounds, as I explained in an earlier post, I can lighten it a bit, but not by much, in order to retain the overall text readability on light fanart images/backgrounds.
Alanon,
Could I possibly change the code myself for my own setup at home? I know how to do a little bit of work myself using notepad++++, could I simply change something to lighten the background of the main menu completely? I understand why you have it the way that you do, for my personal theme I would like it to not have a filter at all. Just trying to make it look similar to what I had on 16.1 using the 2.0 mod.
Also, I would like to do the same for the video background if it is possible at all. I assume there is somewhere I could overlay a video over the background wallpaper but behind the menu bar. Again I am not asking for you to make a change to the skin but point me in the right direction to do it on my own skin.