2018-06-18, 01:52
(2018-06-17, 01:44)jurialmunkey Wrote:Is it possible to disable blur on home screen? With these settings the homescreen images blur as well. :/(2018-06-16, 14:09)joostzilla Wrote:(2018-06-16, 13:12)jurialmunkey Wrote: What is the background effect that Plex does? Ive never used Plex, so can you describe + link a screenshot or video and I will be able to better guide you.Plex for browser has a default background with a certain amount of transparency. Blurred fanart is placed behind this background and makes for a slight change in colour due to the colour of the blurred fanart.
BTW you can't change the opacity of a jpg (only png have alpha channels). Also changing default.jpg won't do anything anyway.
I know i can only use png for transparent images. Is it possible to add a png as default background?
Video: Plex Example
That's not how default.jpg is used. Default.jpg is the fallback image that is used only when no fanart is available. Fanart/fallback goes on the very most bottom layer and the colour overlay and dim etc. are added on top.
Anyway, you don't need to modify any files to get the effects that you want. Just use the Blur effect in the skin.
I achieved these with the following settings:
Skin Settings > Effects > Background Transparency: Increased
Skin Settings > Effects > Background overlay (DISABLE)
Skin Settings > Effects > Background vignette (DISABLE)
Skin Settings > Effects > Blur fanart (ENABLE)
Skin Settings > Effects > Only use blur in info dialog (DISABLE)
Then in Skin Settings > Effects > Advanced settings for colorbox
Effect Type = Blur
Blur Radius = 10
Image Quality = 8
Blend = 100
You can change what image is used as fanart fallback in
Skin Settings > Background > Set fallback image
If you are using blur you probably want to use a fallback image that is colourful to get a nice effect.
You can also experiment with enabling Skin Settings > Effects > Background vignette
I think it gives a nice effect: