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Does this mean that I'll want to have all of my posters in 1080p by the time Stark is released?
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I feel a new screenshot coming.
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djh_
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2009-01-02, 20:48
(This post was last modified: 2009-01-02, 20:52 by djh_.)
It's not essential to have all your posters in 1080p. It's probably inadvisable if you insist on running it on Xbox. But it's for the best if you want maximum goodness.
And I'm calling Stark "Aeon One" because it reflects my original vision being completed. It's the first proper version which will make the old alphas obsolete. When it's released it'll just be "Aeon". So there you go.
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rwparris2
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backdrops that cycle are in no way exclusive to AEON. AEON might have been the first, but other skins do this as well.
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djh_
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For some reason, posters at 720p don't look as crisp at 720p as 1080p ones. Anyway, better to have posters that are too good rather than a bit too shit.
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freezy
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What about aspect ratio? Horizonz resizes the poster to 1:1.58 while MediaStream does it 1:1.60 in poster wall view. And they both resize, they don't crop, so I guess the AR is important unless you wanna have skewed posters.
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freezy
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Oh and in the Starks Screenshots you posted, you use 1:1.48, that's quite different from those poster wall views. Any comment on how we should crop the posters?
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djh_
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2009-01-03, 16:08
(This post was last modified: 2009-01-03, 16:10 by djh_.)
At the moment, Aeon crops posters in Showcase and resizes in certain other views. I haven't been too precious about dimensions and haven't really noticed any problems. Just stick to the rough aspect ratio of a modern movie poster and you'll be fine.
The way it handles TV Shows, on the other hand, is about to be redesigned from scratch. I'll keep you posted on any requirements for episode thumbnails, though the poster format for shows and seasons will remain.
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Argh, I'm so anal about the quality of my presentation I'll surely get new art for my 1500+ movie collection. I already have thumbs done for each movie either from nicecovers.com or ccovers. Edited if needed of course in PS.
Where do you get these nice huge 1080 movie posters from though? Do I have to use the pay site movieposterdb?