2017-08-12, 08:51
(2017-08-11, 23:54)stevo629 Wrote: I'm sorry, perhaps I am confused what the overlay is. I essentially want to replace the home image that is the background (planets). I have done this in the past, by replacing the current home.jpg file with a new file renamed and replacing the original. However, a skin update overwrote my change, so I'm assuming there is a better, more constant way to achieve this.
Thanks for taking the time to respond!
Aaaah! You're right. I thought you were referencing the background panels that overlay the fanart. Anyway, you can indeed change the image manually, it's located in extras/backgrounds/home.jpg in the skin folder.
Alternatively, you can use the skin setting to set a fanart fallback image, or a fanart overlay image. The first image will show up when there is no fanart available, but disappear if you have fanart backgrounds, widget fanart, etc. The second option will overlay your chosen image on the fanart image itself, using a semi-transparency effect, to sort of join them together.