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mcborzu Offline
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@nvaia

Quote:<include name="Object_MainMenuShade">
<control type="image">
<posx>10</posx>
<posy>264</posy>
<width>351</width>
<height>47</height>
<texture>home/homeshade.png</texture>
</control>
</include>

<include name="Object_MainMenuFrame">
<control type="image">
<width>370</width>
<height>320</height>
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<texture>home/frame.png</texture>
</control>
</include>

<include name="Object_MainMenuBacking">
<control type="image">
<width>10</width>
<height>246</height>
<posx>351</posx>
<posy>47</posy>
<texture>home/homebacking.png</texture>
</control>
</include>

These Lines inside of Includes.xml are those surrounding clear square windows.
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nvaia Offline
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Post: #32
mcborzu Wrote:@nvaia



These Lines inside of Includes.xml are those surrounding clear square windows.

Thanks!
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Ayla Offline
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What would be the best pictures (fanart etc.) to choose for the main menu icons?

I mean, what should the dimensions be?

Right now I point the main menu "Movies" icon to my movie fanart folder, but it doesn't look very good (looks stretched or squashed or something).
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At 720p they're 349x300 so I made mine 524x450 for 1080p.

[Image: sig_zps3af3b48e.jpg]
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I'm sure there is a quick fix for this, but I gotta sayI'm stumped. A few of my TV show thumbs are being displayed in banner style, which of course looks ridiculous (see below)

[Image: untitl15.jpg]

Seeing as how there isn't an option in the info section to change thumbs, is there a way to change these banners to poster view?
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Switch to another skin and change them is all you can do at the moment.

[Image: sig_zps3af3b48e.jpg]
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Hitcher Wrote:Switch to another skin and change them is all you can do at the moment.

How does one go about changing the skin? The appearance menu seems to be unfinished. Sorry - noob here.

BTW Hitcher, I really hope you can get this skin polished up! It looks amazing. Work some of your magic! Smile
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Ayla Offline
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nvaia Wrote:I'm sure there is a quick fix for this, but I gotta sayI'm stumped. A few of my TV show thumbs are being displayed in banner style, which of course looks ridiculous (see below)

[Image: untitl15.jpg]

Seeing as how there isn't an option in the info section to change thumbs, is there a way to change these banners to poster view?

off-topic: how have you made your desktop look like that?

Looks nice Smile

OS X or Linux and what programs?
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Ayla Offline
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jtap06 Wrote:How does one go about changing the skin? The appearance menu seems to be unfinished. Sorry - noob here.

BTW Hitcher, I really hope you can get this skin polished up! It looks amazing. Work some of your magic! Smile

You can change skin in guisettings.xml in your UserData folder.

Look for ... skin.... "Alaska" for example.

Change it to "Aeon" or whatever your other skin folders are called.
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nvaia Offline
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Ayla Wrote:off-topic: how have you made your desktop look like that?

Looks nice Smile

OS X or Linux and what programs?

Thanks!

It's actually Vista x32, just cleaned up the desktop and disabled the taskbar.
The bottom shortcut links are Objectdock with some icons I made myself, they have an embedded look and feel. The embedded time at the top is a yahoo widget called informer. The wallpaper I also made.

If you like I can zip the icons and wallpaper up and email them to you.
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