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The usual direct link (http://carlos.edgefive.com/bonus/xbmc.php) <-- UPDATED to reflect changes..
UPDATE 14.10 | Yes I'm still alive
Yes I'm still alive, and a lot has changed since I was last very active. As all of you probably know life and whatnot has a tendency to get in the way of the best of us, my regards to you Duncan and every one else who is not as active at the moment. I know what it's like. And if anyone has tried getting into carlos.edgefive.com this past week will probably have noticed a lack of.. well you know.. a lack of the entire 'effin website. Needless to say, it's up again now. I needed to alter it to accommodate certain changes in my life. And all the files you could want are there. Probably elsewhere too as I have noticed that my Posters seem to be included in some skins by default, oh how it warms my heart to see that You appreciate my work. And hopefully someday I'll have the time to finish what I started.
UPDATE 9.04 | 20 Posters for you to enjoy!
The Silhouettes are now available for TV Shows as well. Only 18 Genres this time (as according to thetvdb.com) + the root Posters (TV Shows & Recent TV Shows) to match the style of this Pack. In case your wondering, yes there still Vivid.. but let's call it Vivid Rust... or something.. :) You'll get it when you see them.. Link at the top, as usual. Enjoy!
UPDATE 7.04 | 63 Posters for you to enjoy!
Yeah I just can't seem to stop making these Genre Posters, but for good reasons (Custom Posters in Library (http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=48435) courtesy of CF2009). Anyways, I've now organized the Posters so it would a little easier to see which are the important ones, and which are mostly for the heck of it. :)
FYI, Yes I'm still making the coloured ones, I just paused them while trying to make a complete Genre Set first..
Root (4)
Contains, well just that.. the root Posters (movies, recent movies, tv shows & recent tv shows... rename according to your own demise)
Default (3)
Three default Posters, basically fallback Posters in case there is a genre I have not made, though how unlikely that might sound.. *joking*
Genres (45)
This is probably what you're after, contains 45 different Genre Posters, also no including Short which for reasons unknown got missed even though it was on the to-do list.
Extras (11)
Posters that for various reasons didn't make the final cut, their done... I just didn't like how they looked.. (original History, Smart & Disaster moved here.. Smart beacuse it's not a genre, yes I'm looking at you digitalhigh.. ;) )
UPDATE 24.03 | 42 Posters for you to enjoy!
Movie Genre Posters available. A collaboration between myself and digitalhigh. It's my original Movie Genre Posters, but expanded to 42 Posters courtesy of digitalhigh. You'll find them in the NEW place called Bonus.
Removed list of genres, due to growing inaccuracies, as the pack seems to want to expand all the time.. ;)
joebrady
2009-02-11, 21:36
Is there anyway to get these to work with the library?
Rand Al Thor
2009-02-11, 21:45
It says you are accepting requests? It would be great if you could do one for "Family" and also if you could upload the original film image and font info so that we can make our own. I have made "custom" genres through .nfos. So I would be interested in making one for Christmas, Halloween, etc. Cheers.
I have no idea if or how you can get these to work with Library view, as earlier mentioned I prefer File view. Hopefully someone else knows more on that subject?
True I am accepting requests. It's more for Game Posters, but consider your request duly noted and for the updated Movie Genre Posters, I will most certainly make a Family one as well. (As well as many others) :)
I'll have to look through my files, as it has been a while since I made these I cannot guarantee that the .psd files still exists. But if I can find them I suppose I could release that as well. Would that do? ;)
Rand Al Thor
2009-02-11, 22:26
Sounds great! Thanks again.
Thanks so much asphinx! You are the man. :) I'll look forward to your future releases as well.
MrTourettes
2009-02-12, 01:37
Is there anyway to get these to work with the library?
I asked this question about the music library in a thread a few days ago but that thread just seemed to dissapear. No PM or anything to explain why it just got deleted.
Nuka1195
2009-02-12, 01:38
thank you :)
asphinx,
Great pack, just what I needed. Here are some more requests (I know some of these are really sub-genres, but they would still be very useful): "Anime", "Adult", "Western", "Crime", "Documentary", "Film Noir", "Romance", "Supernatural", "War", "Biographical", "Concert"
kautious
2009-02-12, 23:02
Is there anyway to get these to work with the library?
So far as I know, to change the icons for library view you have to rewrite/change the code in XBMC. You might have to ask some of the King Developers if XBMC
joebrady --> Found this, in response to the question I was unable to answer earlier.
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33510
I haven't tried it myself yet, as I'm at work. But reasonably it should work! :)
Update. See first post. ;)
Looking nice! Not so sure why you burned the title into the poster, since it's already indicated by the skin. I'm looking forward to the rest of them :)
Some skins have view types that only indicate it when it's selected (Aeon showcase view comes to mind). Rest assure though, I am actually planning on making alternatives without text. :)
super_sobbie
2009-02-26, 21:31
I love them... I do wish that they worked with Library mode since taht is what I use... but still great job... I would add a Animation on onto the to do list if I had it working in library mode.
Well anyway... just thought I would say Great work.
SoBBie.
True, it would be very nice if they worked with library view. This thread (http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33510) does bring up something that might get it to work-ish.. Haven't tried it myself and it might be too limited, but hey, better than nothing at all.
crash123
2009-03-01, 08:32
Hi,
I think they look really good I especially like the first lot of black and white ones where can I get those ones?
I would also like to request one for the genre of Stand-up Comedy.
Thanks
The black & white ones have not been released yet, I posted an preview of them because I wanted feedback on the general look and feel of them. Rest assured, Stand-Up will be part of the next Poster-Pack. I already have a list 30-something genre's that I am in the process of making. :)
digitalhigh
2009-03-06, 16:38
Not really hard to implement in a skin. Took me 10 minutes to get these working with my skin. I put up a proof-of-concept in the Serenity thread to anybody who wants to see.
All it takes as adding an image control wherever you want them to appear in...and presto:
<control type="image">
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>20</posy>
<width>160</width>
<height>144</height>
<aspectratio>scale</aspectratio>
<visible>Container.Content(Genres)</visible>
<texture>$INFO[listitem.label,,.jpg]</texture>
</control>
The dimensions/position aren't so much important...it's the visibility and texture tags that do it. The visibility one tells it to only display the images when the container has Genres...and the texture tag just tells it to use GENRENAME.jpg as the image. So, as long as there's an image for that Genre...it works.
Which brings me to my next point...I'd like to use these with Serenity, but I'd want a full imageset. According to my library, this would require the creation of images for the following Genres:
Biography
Crime
Documentary
Family
Film-Noir
History
Music
Mystery
Romance
Short
Smart (Okay, I added that one custom...for my Richard Dawkins Documentaries)
Sport
War
Western
Edit: Also, I've got a labeling system, so if I could get just the representative posters...even better. I'll also be leaving the graphics open-ended, so people can use one set or another...
Thank you very much, I'll have to find some time to test that out. :)
digitalhigh
2009-03-07, 02:18
Thank you very much, I'll have to find some time to test that out. :)
When do you anticipate having a completed posterset I could get my dirty little hands on? My genres section looks like poo without em. ;)
In your final pack I would like to request 4 icons. You have ones that are similiar now, so it shouldn't be too hard to edit them.
One for Movies, Recently Added Movies, TV Shows, Recently Added Tv Shows.
These will cover the icons in the common root folder in library mode.
These look fantastic by the way and give all skins a much better look. Thanks for your hard work!
--> digitalhigh
When.. hmm, that's a very good question. One that I unfortunately am unable to answer at this moment, I am working on them, and tell you what? As soon as I can give out an approximate release date I will. :)
-->eskim232, My bad, I am already doing movies, recently added movies & tv-shows as these were a part of the original Poster-Pack. I just forgot to write them in the list, and I suppose there's no harm in doing a recently added tv-shows as well. ;)
Updated, the list. :)
Hi asphinx,
Some more suggestions for genres and subgenres:
Postapocalypse
Stageplay
Interview
Hentai
Superhero
Disaster
Monster
Political
In my opinion most of those are sub-genres, nonetheless though they have made it to my second priority list. :)
Ashphinx,
Do you have an approximate date on when the icons will be released?
They look great and are pretty much the last addition to my skin I am putting together.
I appreciate your dedication and work on this.
digitalhigh
2009-03-13, 15:22
Ashphinx,
Do you have an approximate date on when the icons will be released?
They look great and are pretty much the last addition to my skin I am putting together.
I appreciate your dedication and work on this.
Hey now! Are you taking my idea? The one where I want to have amazing graphics in my skin? ;)
Ok, people calm down.. ;) There's enough to go 'round. :D
About half way done, changed the style of the Posters partially though and I thought I'd get some feedback? :) Thoughts?
The Posters looked a bit un-sharp in my screenshot so I thought I would include a none-re-sized poster as comparison..
http://carlos.viking-lan.com/images/gameposters/movie-genre-preview.jpg
digitalhigh
2009-03-13, 22:40
Very cool. I like the black & white...same color scheme as Serenity. The textures look very good as well, however, for my intents and purposes at least, I'd almost want to request a set with less texture?
Obviously, i'd have to see it in context to get the full idea, but my humble suggestion would be to offer them with and without the texture layer. I'd even leave the gloss (?) layer. Maybe post a SS w/o the texture for comparison?
Those look great. Thanks again for the work you are putting in on these.
Here's a quick removal of the texture layer. The glossy effect is actually a side-effect of the technique I use, I'll have too see how I would go about as to replicate that without textures. But at least you have some sort of comparison here. :)
http://carlos.viking-lan.com/images/sg.jpg
digitalhigh
2009-03-13, 22:57
Yes. the textured ones are dead sexy, no doubt about it. But the untextured would fit Serenity like a glove. Consider this my request for a custom set, perhaps?
Consider your request duly noted. :) Also on a sidenote, I'm hoping to get them done by next week, fingers crossed but not making any promises.
digitalhigh
2009-03-13, 23:34
Consider your request duly noted. :) Also on a sidenote, I'm hoping to get them done by next week, fingers crossed but not making any promises.
Awesome. My intended release date is early april at the latest, so that will work out nicely.
On another note, are you still working on the original set as well, or is this your primary project now?
If by original mean the ones that featured screens from movies then the answer is yes, I just paused them whilst making these Silhouette Posters. As soon as these are done, I'll finalize the improved version of the original ones.
Not to blow my own horn, but the first post has been updated. And for good reasons. ;)
digitalhigh
2009-03-17, 23:57
Looks AWESOME! Didn't want to threadjack, so I posted a couple of shots in the Serenity thread with the full set in action.
*one thing*
file should be "animation.jpg", not "animated.jpg". ;)
Oh, and I found that the vivid ones actually look better. Crispier. Very nice work.
You are absolutely right, how did Animated slink through? Well, hopefully you can oversight with it for now (and rename it yourself).. I'll see if if I have time to change and update the Packs this weekend. With any luck I might be able to squeeze in the root folders as well. :)
Ravenscar
2009-03-18, 16:23
Thank you, really great thumbs, I love all of them! I have organized all my movies into genres, and it looks awesome with your thumbs, amazing eye candy !!! :)
However could you make some extra/alternative thumbs:
1. MARTIAL ARTS, where is the Asian love, lol :D
2. Medieval/Ancient world looking thumb for History genre, maybe crossed swords with a helmet,
3. A nuclear explosion for Apocalypse/Disaster genre, mushroom cloud or bio hazard sign would be great.
4. Big skull for Horror genre, I would love that instead of the reaper.
5. Could you add a bat (and moon) to the Supernatural to include some vampire love?
6. Harry Potter logo, big movie serie, btw make one for Star Wars too :p maybe TV Shows could be next.
7. A keyhole for Mystery would be nice, like on 1408 poster.
8. and last but not least, could you make a thumb for GNOMON, with their logo. I've got a large collection of GNOMON movies.
And I would like to see some colored versions, instead of gray. Like a green Nature, red Adult, brown History.
Just some ideas, many many thanks in advance!
BTW, the Vivid ones look best, so my request is for that style.
Ravenscar
2009-03-18, 16:43
I'm very good with PS, so I could help to create more thumbs for everyone. If you could post the PSD I would be a happy man :p
That's a lot of ideas.. :D Always appreciated of course, but let me think a little.
1. A very good one, I will make sure it will be a part of the Poster-Pack when I release the root Posters. :)
2. Honestly, though a good suggestion I feel the current one fits the the genre quite nicely, then again. the Roman times for example are equally historic as the current one. I'll have consider that one for now.
3. A mushroom cloud silhouette could work with the current style of the Posters. But a biohazard sign would not. As it may, I'm not that fond of the tornado/cow one. I feel it could portray the message better, and a mushroom silhouette might work.
4. No, it would clash with the style of the Posters. However I do coincidentally have one with just a large skull, which I did as a prototype before I had finalized the style. See bottom of post for full size, ready to download. ;)
5. Kinda funny (in a good way) idea, I'm gonna try that one and see what it looks like.
6. As a separate Poster-Pack it's actually not a bad idea, "The Anthology Poster-Pack" if you will. But not as a part of this Pack. I'll put on my "maybe" -list.
6b. I'm not quite seeing the purpose of doing TV Shows, http://thetvdb.com has that quite nicely covered already, more variety as well. Or I'm just not getting what you had in mind.
7. Hmm.. It might also break the style of the Posters, but if I find myself bored this weekend I might try it out just to see what it looks like. :)
8. Tried googling it, still not quite sure what it is?
I actually had already thought of coloured versions, though that would be separate Packs, not individual Posters in different colours as I feel that would just make things looks chaotic. Think "Vivid, Deep Red" as apposed to "Adult, Deep Red". If anyone wants to mix n' match afterward I'll leave that up to the users.
Hopefully you won't be to disapointed now, but for now I'll hold on to my PSD files. When I'm done making the Posters I suppose I could release them if you're still interested, but not quite yet.
Anything else? ;)
Horror [Prototype] (http://carlos.viking-lan.com/images/horror-prototype.jpg)
Ravenscar
2009-03-19, 00:38
Hey Asphinx, thanks for the reply. I'm a noob with XBMC to be honest. I'm busy setting up my media center, and sorting movies into genres was a great idea.
1. A martial arts thumb would be cool, thanks :)
2. It's not a replacement but more a nice extra, I like epic movies set in medieval and ancient times and napoleon looks strange in my library. just a matter of taste. Maybe it's an idea to split it up into sub genres, like Ancient World, Dark Ages and euh the time after that :p
3. we would all love a big mushroom cloud :D
4. thanks, could you double the size of the skull? it looks creepy, i like it
5. yeah, a full moon would fit in the theme with vampires, werewolves, witches and other gothic monster movies :p
6. I added tv shows to my library today, and there is absolutely no point to make a stylish thumb for them. The posters look great. I also moved HP and SW to the genre folders, not really needed.
7. yeah, I'm more a symbol/icon minded person, maybe it's an idea for a seperate set or alternatives. i would also like a mask with music notes for drama, makes browsing easier i guess.
8. gnomon are video tutorials for digital artists, i watch them a lot while working, that's why i want to add them to xbmc. However I don't really know how? :s maybe as tv shows because there are multiple lessons. But I guess I will make the logo thumb myself, it's easy with PS. I also have a large collection of documentaries and guitar lessons, and i'm not sure if i have to add them to movies or tv shows :s it's confusing, would be easier if i could add links in the main menu, but like i said i'm a noob :)
coloured ones would be nice to mix, especially green and red, but i already love your set in graphite, very stylish :D
thanks again!
1-3. On my request list.
4. Possibly this weekend.
5. On the to-do-list
6. :)
7-8. Okay, now I at least understand what kind of video genre they would fit into. Again, as I want to keep the style of the Posters consistent, I won't personally be making anyone Posters with symbol/icons in that sense. Don't get me wrong, I'm a sucker for symbolism, but that's also the reason why I wanted to part from it for these Posters, do something fresh and new. However, I'm thinking that a "tutorial" Poster might not be such a bad idea. And as you mentioned you know your PS, it would easy for you to add the gnomon logo yourself.
You know, you could use documentaries.jpg for Documentaries and music.jpg for Guitar Lessons, just a suggestion.. :D
Ravenscar
2009-03-19, 15:30
I like the extra thumbs already, big thumbs up :grin:
Yes, I did use those thumbs for guitar etc, looking very good in Aeon :nod:
happy photoshopping :;):
i will upload the Gnomon thumb here if you don't mind, have to add the movies first and test it all.
No I don't mind. Go right ahead an link to it here when it's done... :)
digitalhigh
2009-03-19, 16:55
Did I see something about you making the PSD for these available? :D
Yes and no. I will most likely release them, but at a later time, when I feel that "done" with them. :D
digitalhigh
2009-03-19, 19:48
Howabout the template for the ones with the screenshots?
You mean these ones?
http://carlos.viking-lan.com/images/xbmc/old-genre-posters.jpg
If so, then by all means. I distinctly remember promising to release them if I could find them. I'll look for them now.. :)
digitalhigh
2009-03-19, 23:29
You mean these ones?
http://carlos.viking-lan.com/images/xbmc/old-genre-posters.jpg
If so, then by all means. I distinctly remember promising to release them if I could find them. I'll look for them now.. :)
Those are the ones.
Did you see the new link in my first post? ;) Ask and yee shall receive..
Ravenscar
2009-03-20, 02:27
the coloured ones look good, very subtle glow, nice :grin:
digitalhigh
2009-03-20, 02:41
Did you see the new link in my first post? ;) Ask and yee shall receive..
Very very nice. Thank you.
Great work on this. They have changed my root view so much.
By any chance will you bedoing this for the music section as well or should I try to undertake that porject myself (will not come out nearly as nice!).
Here is a screenshot of how my movie section has transformed. Thanks so much again for the great work!
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9121/screenshot000u.jpg
I am glad you like them. At the moment I highly doubt I will do Music Genres, though a good idea in my mind, I suspect that the number of genres needed would increase so much that it would take forever to get 'em done.. :) Also, right now I'm trying to focus on getting the root folders and the Vivid, Coloured ones done.
alienzaris
2009-03-21, 14:49
really good thing
now see on http://nrifun.com
digitalhigh
2009-03-21, 18:00
I am glad you like them. At the moment I highly doubt I will do Music Genres, though a good idea in my mind, I suspect that the number of genres needed would increase so much that it would take forever to get 'em done.. :) Also, right now I'm trying to focus on getting the root folders and the Vivid, Coloured ones done.
I believe the iTunes folder has a set of genre images? I was thinking about swiping/modifying them for serenity...if I ever get that far.
Yes iTunes has that, I checked them out at one moment, when I was researching references of what's already been done. Personally I felt that they were a bit lacking in consistency, nice n all but too "all over the place" but everyone to their own I suppose.. ;) Do check them out though (link (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalphegor/2845782938/sizes/o/))
They are square though, which might fit Serenity better? ;)
Root Posters
Movies
Recently Added Movies (Preview)
TV Shows
Recently Added TV Shows (Preview)Do you have an example or preview of those?
What pack are they part of?
Sorry sho, they're not part of any pack yet. They will be included with the updated Silhouettes pack. Which will be released hopefully at the end of next week.
Nice stuff man, thanks for sharing!
Your welcome. Return occasionally for updated Packs, and more Posters. :)
Halibutt
2009-04-01, 14:04
So, what's the status of using this precious piece of art in library mode? They would look astonishing in Aeon Stark...
Cheers
The status seems uncertain, from a XBMC integrated viewpoint at least. I posted a ticket (#6011) for it a couple of weeks ago, which was bumped to milestone 9.10.
Digitalhigh did however post a solution on page 2 about making it work. I fooled around with it a bit, but never fully implemented it (digitalhigh did integrate it into Serenity though) so feel free to try adding that to Aeon and see how it works.. :)
Enjoy the update. See first post. :)
Bumping due to updated content.. a.k.a. more Posters and Custom Posters in Library now possible in Serenity and Aeon (with mod)..
digitalhigh
2009-04-08, 06:06
Looking good man! Howabout TV genres? The posters are now shown in both TV and movie categories, and I'd like to flesh out that collection with something similar to the pack I made up, but maybe using a different frame or something?
I'm gonna give you a maybe for now, as I not quite sure what you had in mind? How do you specify a TV Genre? Or are you thinking more in the lines of same silhouettes on a different background?
digitalhigh
2009-04-08, 18:49
I'm gonna give you a maybe for now, as I not quite sure what you had in mind? How do you specify a TV Genre? Or are you thinking more in the lines of same silhouettes on a different background?
Wellp, this is what my TV genres currently looks like:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/digitalhigh/screenshot151.jpg
The other categories that don't display are Mini-series, Reality, Science Fiction, Soap, and Action/Adventure.
As far as being able to tell XBMC whether or not to use TV or Movie posters, that part is easy...
I guess, what I'm looking for is a set like the ones I'm currently using, but that also is clearly identifiable as being for TV and not Movies...
I tried looking into it a bit, and these are the genres I found according to thetvdb.. I'm searching for inspiration to see if you can maybe come up with some Posters.. (Though I'm very appealed by the thought of doing Vivid TV Posters..)
I actually got so into the idea that I started researching exactly how many genres one would need to do for Music as well.. (much thanks to your work with custom Library icons, which also is the only reason I'm actually going from File view to Library view atm)
According to allmusic it doesn't seem like as many as I originally thought..
Anyway, here's the TV genres, does this look adequate?
Action and Adventure
Animation
Children
Comedy
Documentary
Drama
Game Show
Home and Garden
Mini-Series
News
Reality
Science-Fiction
Fantasy
Soap
Special Interest
Sport
Talk Show
Western
digitalhigh
2009-04-08, 19:54
Yes, that looks very good. I'd be able to do a set like the ones I did for movies if you made me some kind of template again. ;)
Nazgulled
2009-04-08, 20:21
Awesome work man, honestly... This is something I've always wanted on XBMC, specially in the Music department, are you considering doing the same for the Music section?
Maybe the same style won't actually work, I don't know where you get all those silhouette images (maybe you make them?) but if you need ideas to make something different for music, maybe you could take a look at iTunes? This was the first app where I saw covers (for music of course) for each one of the genres in the iTunes library, it looked awesome.
I know that right now you're probably busy with the TV section, but after that, will you consider music?
I am making TV Genre Posters as we speak, albeit in the style of The Silhouettes Vivid.. But I can think about it and see if I can come up with some sort of template for your idea.. :)
Nazgulled
2009-04-08, 20:24
Was that an answer to me or the previous posters? If it was for me, that was quick lol...
--> Nazgulled, I am actually thinking about making Music Genre ones (even though I said earlier that I would not) as well, I would need some reference as to which genres should be made before I decide.. allmusic for instance only lists 20 genres, where as when I let XBMC scrape my album collection I got 66 different genres, and I'm guessing other might have even more genres..
If I do decide to do Music genres I might actually try to do them in The Silhouettes -style, though square shaped obviously.. ;)
Sorry, the first one was for digitalhigh.. I'm not that quick.. ;)
Nazgulled
2009-04-08, 20:37
Yeah, which genres to make can be a problem, I'm not sure I'm the best person to help on that field...
But maybe you can do the basic ones, the more common genres and general genres and then try to do more as people request them, if no one needs anything new, don't do anymore, saves you time :)
But of course, only do genres, not sub genres, like Metal could be dark metal, death metal, nu metal, trash metal, etc... only one suffice. (probably most people is not fan of metal music but it's what I like most and couldn't think of a better example :P)
EDIT:
Here's the genres (and associated images) that iTunes 8 has by default:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalphegor/2845782938/sizes/l/
Some of them I don't think how they classify as "music genre", but... And it doesn't have a metal one, bah, iTunes sucks lol. There's also a group on flickr where people make and post more "covers" for other genres.
It feels like I should be starting yet another thread, see if there's others who would want this as well, and maybe which genres to make first.. Nonetheless I am going to focus on the TV Genres today.. :)
Nazgulled
2009-04-08, 20:46
Didn't notice the thread title, yeah, maybe it's better... I just edited my previous post if you haven't seen it.
I just noticed the edit.. LOL.. se post (#59 (http://xbmc.org/forum/showpost.php?p=301020&postcount=59))
No worries with the thread title, my threads seem to have a life of their own anyway.. (my Game Posters -thread ventured of to include Emulator Posters as well..)
Regardless of iTunes sucky-ness it is a very good reference.. the visual style is a bit too all over the place for my taste..
ethan_9219
2009-04-09, 03:40
TV Show genre images should be great.
Great job on the movie ones, btw.
Well thank you. Look forward to the TV Show Genres being released later today (probably) as thetvdb only has the following genres
Action and Adventure
Animation
Children
Comedy
Documentary
Drama
Game Show
Home and Garden
Mini-Series
News
Reality
Science-Fiction
Fantasy
Soap
Special Interest
Sport
Talk Show
Western
Most of those I can re-use from the Movie Genre (I'm a firm believer in silhouette recognition and two different silhouettes (Movie vs. TV) shouldn't have the same meaning). Not to worry though as I'm making sure that simply by looking at one genre poster you will be able to tell if it's a movie genre or a tv one.. :)
The Silhouettes TV Shows are available to all you needy bastards! ;)
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http://carlos.edgefive.com/images/theSilhouettes-tv.jpg
Nazgulled
2009-04-09, 17:30
The difference is in the silver (movies) and sepia (tv shows) color?
Basically yes, also of course some genres that are "unique" to TV Shows have new silhouettes.. You sound disappointed? Would you have preferred some other difference..?
Nazgulled
2009-04-09, 17:46
No, no disappointed... :) Just to make sure that was the difference that's all.
I really like your design style, it looks great I just think somethings missing, dunno why... Maybe it's just me and the fact that I haven't yet installed this on my system to check it out with my own eyes.
But not disappointed, keep up the good work.
Thank you for the clarification.. :) I tried several different styles first, including slapping on a tv symbol in a corner.. they all looked wrong and/or lacking something.. then "accidentally" applied the colour variation to the already existing texture.. and it just felt right...
Try it out in all it's glory and after that, by all means, I'm all for creative criticism so if something comes to mind don't hesitate to share..
In the spirit of sharing.. the idea revolves a little around the notion of "the silver screen" being associated with movies.. and well, tv needed to be a little different and then I remembered once seeing a old tv where everything had a bit of brown/dirty washed look to it, probably due to the tv malfunctioning or something.. but enough ramblings for now.. :D
Nazgulled
2009-04-09, 18:18
I'll test it out when I have time to organize my library... I haven't got the time to do that yet :/
sorry if i just oversaw it, but where do i put the genre poster für tv shows? the movie genre posters are in /xbmc/skins/aeon stark/media/moviegenre...
or better the question, when i put the tv show jpg's into the moviegenre folder, i have the problem that for example both the tv-show and the movie genre poster of drama is named drama.jpg... do i have to create another folder for the tv show posters?
You did not oversee it, as of currently there's is no way to utilize TV Show Genre Posters.. although digitalhigh might have incorporated it in Serenity, you would have to check with him.. CF2009 did an excellent mod for Aeon for the Movie Genre Posters, and with luck he might do the same for TV Shows.. no promises though.. :)
ah, okay, thank you very much for the quick answer...:-D
@JoWa
if you are using the mod pack for aeon, then as of right now there is no supporn for a seperate tv genre posters, i will look in to adding it to the mod pack but it will not be unto next week.
but i am happy for anyone to mod it all you need to do is copy the Includes_moviegenre.xml and rename it to Includes_tvgenre.xml then edit it to only be visible for the tv library then add some visible tags to all the views oh and edit Includes_moviegenre.xml so it's not visible in tv library...
it is easy but it's just alot of time todo :(
@asphinx
damn you :angry:
can i put in a order for tv ones that match the movie ones...:;):
Of course you can, though personally I would prefer it that Movies and TV Shows are easily distinguishable from each other regardless of whether your inside a specific category.. Are they're others who would prefer to have TV Shows in Vivid Silver as well as opposed to Vivid Rust?
(Yeah I have an passion for naming things all over the place..) ;)
@JoWa
if you are using the mod pack for aeon, then as of right now there is no supporn for a seperate tv genre posters, i will look in to adding it to the mod pack but it will not be unto next week.
but i am happy for anyone to mod it all you need to do is copy the Includes_moviegenre.xml and rename it to Includes_tvgenre.xml then edit it to only be visible for the tv library then add some visible tags to all the views oh and edit Includes_moviegenre.xml so it's not visible in tv library...
it is easy but it's just alot of time todo :(
will take a look at it...
btw.: supporn? freudian slip? :P
Nazgulled
2009-04-10, 01:30
I for one, like the idea of TV Shows in Vivid Rust and Movies in Vivid Silver :P
FernFerret
2009-04-10, 10:06
Hey these are absolutely AWESOME, i'm sure you've gotten this a hundred times, but any word when the Colored ones are coming out, they look Totally sweet!
Thanks,
--FF
The plan is to start working on the coloured ones after I feel that Movie & TV Genre Posters are "a complete set" so to speak.. Which looks to be soon, unless there's a genre somewhere which I have missed..
Is there a reason that the tv show icons were made with a brown texture to them instead of the gray that has been used with the movies. It doeesn't look the best because it is not consistent in the skin.
Nazgulled
2009-04-12, 01:43
Is there a reason that the tv show icons were made with a brown texture to them instead of the gray that has been used with the movies. It doeesn't look the best because it is not consistent in the skin.
The answer is a few posts above...
--> ekim232, just like Nazgulled said the answer to that question is in post #94. But in the spirit of user-flexibility I am considering making the Packs interchangeable, meaning that I might make TV Shows in Vivid Silver and Movies in Vivid Rust, so people can choose whichever they prefer. No promises though as I haven't decided yet.
On a sidenote thougt I would very much like to know if there's any genres that I've missed? I wanna be sure before I start making the coloured ones.. :D
@digitalhigh, asphinx
These color genre posters are really, really looks awesome!
From genre point of view, I only miss one at the moment: travel
Would be great, if you could able to make it.
Also, Would be great to have posters from that kind for:
- DVD movies
- HD movies
- DVDrip movies
Thank you in advance for have a look on these.
Hmm.. Travel would be a custom genre, but I'll think about it.. As for the source posters idea you have, their not feasable in the Silhouettes Posters.. but that's doesn't mean I couldn't make them anyway, just not as a part of the Silhouettes..
Hmm.. Travel would be a custom genre, but I'll think about it.. As for the source posters idea you have, their not feasable in the Silhouettes Posters.. but that's doesn't mean I couldn't make them anyway, just not as a part of the Silhouettes..
Actually I am not speaking about Silhouettes but these ones (as I tried to referred by color posters :cool: )
From the OP:
"UPDATE 24.03 | 42 Posters for you to enjoy!
Movie Genre Posters available. A collaboration between myself and digitalhigh. It's my original Movie Genre Posters, but expanded to 42 Posters courtesy of digitalhigh. You'll find them in the usual place, and for those that have no idea where that is just look in "Fd PRESENTS" and Game Posters."
Oh those.. I must've missed the "colour posters" -part.. My bad.. :) Well for those I see no problem in making all sorts of genres as the visual guideline is not as strict.. ergo, there isn't one.. ;) Did you notice that a PSD template is freely available for anyone interested in making/modifying their own..
Oh those.. I must've missed the "colour posters" -part.. My bad.. :) Well for those I see no problem in making all sorts of genres as the visual guideline is not as strict.. ergo, there isn't one.. ;) Did you notice that a PSD template is freely available for anyone interested in making/modifying their own..
Yes, but let's say both my visual creativity and photoshop skills are missing... :cool:
And then I was polite to myself... :rofl:
edit: I sent you in pm, what I am trying to achieve
Yeah I saw the PM, sorry for the lack of reply.. Later today if I find the time I will take a look at maybe making your requests.. I am trying to get the Silhouettes Coloured done as well.. and brainstorming Music genres.. though I saw "tash" had made some that looked pretty good..
Needles to say I have a lot on my plate currently.. :D
Later today if I find the time I will take a look at maybe making your requests..
Thank you very much in advance!
Oh those.. I must've missed the "colour posters" -part.. My bad.. :) Well for those I see no problem in making all sorts of genres as the visual guideline is not as strict.. ergo, there isn't one.. ;) Did you notice that a PSD template is freely available for anyone interested in making/modifying their own..
Do you have the psd template for the silhouettes Vivid as i would love to be able to create
some extra genre posters for use in aeon_Auriga thanks
Unfortunately as I am still making Silhouettes Posters myself I have decided not to release the PSD template for that.. yet.. when I feel that I'm done with them I will release them for anyone to have fun with, but not quite yet.
However, depending on how many you had in mind I'm sure I could whip some up for you.. Considering I'm enjoying your Aeon-Xbox mod currently that's the least I could do.. :)
Unfortunately as I am still making Silhouettes Posters myself I have decided not to release the PSD template for that.. yet.. when I feel that I'm done with them I will release them for anyone to have fun with, but not quite yet.
However, depending on how many you had in mind I'm sure I could whip some up for you.. Considering I'm enjoying your Aeon-Xbox mod currently that's the least I could do.. :)
No problem i will give you a small list once i have worked out what i need thanks.
and i will be uploading Aeon_Auriga_Lite_Revision3 in the next few days once i have sorted out a few bugs:)
Read first post for my apologies..
Any chance you could make us up a 2 genre posters one for James bond and one for Star Trek in the vivid(Black and Silver) please as this would complete my Auriga setup quite nicely, thank you
I remember someone asking for that earlier as well.. basically "collection" posters.. I was a bit reluctant then and I'm still a bit, well not reluctant anymore as much.. more incertain.. as I really don't want it to digress from the visual style of the Silhouette Posters..
but, on the other hand.. if that's what the people want.. I'm thinking out loud now.. Imagine the Silhouettes posters.. and you see a silhouette of Spock doing "Live long and prosper".. and maybe the Star Trek logo discreetly above him.. Could that work? because that would for me not interfere with the visual style I already have..
I remember someone asking for that earlier as well.. basically "collection" posters.. I was a bit reluctant then and I'm still a bit, well not reluctant anymore as much.. more incertain.. as I really don't want it to digress from the visual style of the Silhouette Posters..
but, on the other hand.. if that's what the people want.. I'm thinking out loud now.. Imagine the Silhouettes posters.. and you see a silhouette of Spock doing "Live long and prosper".. and maybe the Star Trek logo discreetly above him.. Could that work? because that would for me not interfere with the visual style I already have..
I fully understand what your saying with regards to keeping them all looking like they belong together which is why i thought to ask you to try it as your skills are far beyond mine.
I was thinking along similar lines to you. and i thought by using the old style star trek emb
lem in the silver with the black background and something similar for bond but i am certain what ever you think of will look great. thanks:)
Arvinine
2009-04-29, 12:25
I remember someone asking for that earlier as well.. basically "collection" posters.. I was a bit reluctant then and I'm still a bit, well not reluctant anymore as much.. more incertain.. as I really don't want it to digress from the visual style of the Silhouette Posters..
I wouldn't use these kinds of posters. I'm a very satisfied user of your posters, because they just look great (my wife likes them too :-)).
May I suggest that it could be more interesting to create music genre posters, in silhouette style? Like 'dance', 'rock', 'r&b', 'lounge', 'metal', etcetera. It will be quite a challenge to make them look different, but then again, it would be a great addition to your current posters.
--> Arvinine, The decision whether to use or not use them, is of course entirely up the people that use them.. But as this has been requested before, and again now by paul I feel that I should at least honour their request by seeing if it's possible to make collection posters and maintaining the visual style of the Silhouette Posters.. :)
On a personal side-note I can tell you that I would probably not use them myself either, but that shouldn't stop from making them.. ;)
And if you go back a little in posts/pages you'll notice that we have discussed the possibility of making music genre posters.. and this is something I'm very much considering making (even though I was at first reluctant..) :) It would be quite a challenge nonetheless.. the biggest problem so far though has been to establish a complete, as much a possible, list of genres to make.. iTunes genres are a good start, but unfortunately also lacking in some areas..
Awesome that I got the Spousal Seal of Approval.. :)
You must have a very understanding wife.
The only reason i asked for the posters is because i changed my genre tags on all bond films to james bond that way i find it much easier to navigate my movies collection.:nod:
Yeah I saw the PM, sorry for the lack of reply.. Later today if I find the time I will take a look at maybe making your requests.. I am trying to get the Silhouettes Coloured done as well.. and brainstorming Music genres.. though I saw "tash" had made some that looked pretty good..
Needles to say I have a lot on my plate currently.. :D
Please absolutely not receive my question as I push - I am waiting with patient - just want to know if there any chance you will deal with this.
Thanks!
Arvinine
2009-04-29, 15:54
And if you go back a little in posts/pages you'll notice that we have discussed the possibility of making music genre posters.. and this is something I'm very much considering making (even though I was at first reluctant..) :) It would be quite a challenge nonetheless.. the biggest problem so far though has been to establish a complete, as much a possible, list of genres to make.. iTunes genres are a good start, but unfortunately also lacking in some areas..
The ID3-tag people had the same problem of choice: which genres we do/don't support. They chose these: http://www.id3.org/id3v2.3.0#head-129376727ebe5309c1de1888987d070288d7c7e7
Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/music) and allmusic.com (http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=73:p) provide a short overview of the main/popular genres.
Edit: I read the last pages and see that you already had a look at allmusic.com. Do you want me to assemble a numbered list that will cover most of the music genres, sorted by importance?
I actually have that link as a bookmark.. it pays to do one's research.. :) I have already checked out allmusic.com but there genres felt too restricted and limited.. a good starting point, but not much else.. I am going to check out last.fm's.. odd that I didn't think of that myself even though I use it daily.. :)
But I think the id3 reference will be the main source for genres to do..
Sorry olympia, I just saw that you had posted as well.. I will definitely make you requests.. as you didn't want them in Silhouette style there is nothing stopping me from making them.. expect lack of time of course.. :)
I'm making a list with all the current requests and then I'm going to start going through it and make the posters..
Not making the Music genre ones yet though, as they're a entire project in itself..
Sorry olympia, I just saw that you had posted as well.. I will definitely make you requests.. as you didn't want them in Silhouette style there is nothing stopping me from making them.. expect lack of time of course.. :)
I'm making a list with all the current requests and then I'm going to start going through it and make the posters..
Not making the Music genre ones yet though, as they're a entire project in itself..
Thank you asphinx!
Just as an update to anyone wondering. I'm still making posters.. I've just had a lot on my plate lately.. Commissioned work have a tendency to gain advantage over community work I'm afraid, but rest assured that all the requests so far have been duly noted and I'm still working on them, just not as often (as I would like to) right now..
Just as an update to anyone wondering. I'm still making posters.. I've just had a lot on my plate lately.. Commissioned work have a tendency to gain advantage over community work I'm afraid, but rest assured that all the requests so far have been duly noted and I'm still working on them, just not as often (as I would like to) right now..
No sweat mate i'm sure most folk will understand that paid work comes first.
and theres no rush for the rest:)
rflores2323
2009-06-04, 20:24
how do you add these to show in library mode or file mode?? do I have to modify a xml and if so which one and what do I have to modify?? I dont see this anywhere in the thread.
also how do I customize my files so that they show in the genre? for instance monsters. How do I add this genre and update my movie to show it under the genre?
Thanks
RF
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=48435
This thread should answer most of your questions, as for your files, the genre tags needs to contain all the genres you would want to show up.. Personally for example, I limit mine to three genres because I don't want movies to show in a what I think is a redundant number of genres.. :)
kurojaki
2009-07-19, 05:18
how do u get the genre posters to turn up then? it is just the default image all the time for me. i have downloaded and extract it to media/moviegenre
do i have to change some codes somewhere to get the genreposters to show instead of the default poster?
screen: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7963/screenshot000.jpg
screen with another view: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3421/screenshot001u.jpg
how do u get the genre posters to turn up then? it is just the default image all the time for me. i have downloaded and extract it to media/moviegenre
do i have to change some codes somewhere to get the genreposters to show instead of the default poster?
screen: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7963/screenshot000.jpg
screen with another view: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3421/screenshot001u.jpg
You need cf2009's mod pack to make it work:)
kurojaki
2009-07-19, 14:35
You need cf2009's mod pack to make it work:)
oh okey, will it only work with stark or does it work with auriga to?
edit: i have installed it and it work yay
but one thing, is there a way to get the genre posters to work without screwing up the movies view? some file not to overwrite or something like that?
before installation: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3277/beforev.jpg
after installation: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3277/beforev.jpg
oh okey, will it only work with stark or does it work with auriga to?
edit: i have installed it and it work yay
but one thing, is there a way to get the genre posters to work without screwing up the movies view? some file not to overwrite or something like that?
before installation: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3277/beforev.jpg
after installation: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3277/beforev.jpg
As far as i am aware it only works with Auriga. to stop it from breaking your existing mods you will just have to compare each new file and look for all the changes cf2009 made then cop this code into your existing files, it may take you a while but it's worth the effort.
And allways, make a back up of your existing 720p folder before adding new files incas you don't like the changes.:)
They also work in Andyblac's MOD. I believe he added in CF2009's home customization in his recent update.
Yes I'm still alive, and a lot has changed since I was last very active. As all of you probably know life and whatnot has a tendency to get in the way of the best of us, my regards to you Duncan and every one else who is not as active at the moment. I know what it's like. And if anyone has tried getting into carlos.edgefive.com this past week will probably have noticed a lack of.. well you know.. a lack of the entire 'effin website. Needless to say, it's up again now. I needed to alter it to accommodate certain changes in my life. And all the files you could want are there. Probably elsewhere too as I have noticed that my Posters seem to be included in some skins by default, oh how it warms my heart to see that You appreciate my work. And hopefully someday I'll have the time to finish what I started.
direct link (http://carlos.edgefive.com/bonus.php)
asphinx, can you create some tutorial "how to create own Silhouette Poster"?
I try to create one, but have a problem with similitude.
I wish I could be more helpful but alas I am currently overwhelmed with work and life. I have been considering releasing the Adobe Photoshop files of the Silhouettes Posters. That would probably help if anyone ever wanted to continue on my work.
However as I am writing this anyway I could try to give you a few pointers.
Use the default_2 as base, seeing as it's exactly like all the other Posters except without an actual silhouette it might be as good a start as any. The silhouette itself consists of two layers. Hope that helps a little at least.