18 hr work days, I wish mine were that short. Mine are running into 2 day work days with about 3 hrs sleep between.
Thatâs why I havenât had time to work on any theme projects. But when you are your own boss thatâs the way it goes.
Iâve been there not so long ago, you can try to sleep but it isnât working especially when you have a creative job, you dream about your designs⌠wake up⌠and sleeping further seems like a waste of time so you get up regardless what time it is.
My main business is fading with my fading looks (30yo now), lol so I had to get into new stuff but there is no way i can run 2.5 businesses by mself and expect them to be 100% in shape, I hired people for my main bread & butter job and in my 2nd job I have reduced the work load to what is necessary, which is the job where the DeVicious name was invented (designing fashion for virtual worlds such as Second Life) turns out with a bit more brains and some economical skills you can save 3-4 hours a day there.
The reason why I do this is because I go to the effort of using Thumbs with Bluray covers for each episode, so I like to keep that theme for the main folders
thatâs okay (for the seasons) if you actually care for the source cover, I PVR all my stuff on a HDD connected to the TV, i donât need covers in my case it wouldnât suit the situation.
why using movie thumbs for that if you can check the EXTRA THUMBNAIL which creates the folder.jpg
about the series thumb that is a really good idea, i am not sure if I would use it for myself but I will definately do it
it should not be done exactly like the genre covers (canât be done) but i know how it could work, after all these shows usually have covers that capture the series quite well, one should not destroy that. I will send you a beta version when I have it.> * * *
well i knew if i asked long enough i must hit on a reasonable/good idea. lol
When i say Movie Thumbs, i mean the template this is so it creates the a different (enought) looking cover compared to what i get from the TV Thumb, and it looks cool having a Cover around the image.
but like you say 2)⌠a better more designed centric for season covers would be much preferable something enough to signify this Cover is a FOLDER not an actually video.
It something i doing quickly, but ideally it would be nice to do this for all my main Shows.
so hereâs a quick example
here you see first 2 are folders, CSI and THE Killings the others are actual videos.
and here are the CSI EpisodesâŚ
so ideally a nice, template that can be used to create pretty Thumbs for the toplevel Show Folder, and then for each season folder⌠but different enough to not confuse from the current TV Thumbs
ps⌠wdtv⌠i do like you TV Thumbs⌠i was thinking for putting the episode name at the bottom instead of the show time.
initially I understood that you were looking for a series thumbnail. (Series = Show⌠not the Season)
You many have noticed or not that the good people from TVDB already provde handmade season coversâŚ
In your screenshot that would be Glee and The Ringer⌠All these Season infos with the bar are exclusively made by the TVDB and once the Bluray is out there will be the official cover as well.
I think this is quite comfortable already but there is one particular thumbnail that is not generated, it is the one for the show itself, for the showâs parent folder. I always fashion them manually and this is the one where a template would come in very handy. You donât want it to look like a season, you want to capture the show. All my Show covers differ a lot from the season covers. However I would always want the official season cover for each season for the same reasons I want a proper movie cover for my movies, it makes me virtually open the Bluray box
initially I understood that you were looking for a series thumbnail. (Series = Show⌠not the Season)
You many have noticed or not that the good people from TVDB already provde handmade season coversâŚ
In your screenshot that would be Glee and The Ringer⌠All these Season infos with the bar are exclusively made by the TVDB and once the Bluray is out there will be the official cover as well.
I think this is quite comfortable already but there is one particular thumbnail that is not generated, it is the one for the show itself, for the showâs parent folder. I always fashion them manually and this is the one where a template would come in very handy. You donât want it to look like a season, you want to capture the show. All my Show covers differ a lot from the season covers. However I would always want the official season cover for each season for the same reasons I want a proper movie cover for my movies, it makes me virtually open the Bluray box
DeVi⌠thats exactly correct⌠i want a cover for the SHOW⌠and then a cover for each season based on the Seasons number⌠pretty much like how CSI is show⌠if i had Season 9 it would be use the Season 9 cover. but i was hoping they might be a nicer way to show the Season x covers (and main show) other than just using the Movie Thumb TemplateâŚ
so i was thinking it a single template but its used for the the SHOW Folder and also for the Season Folders, the main difference is the image we use.
can you post an example Show thumb you use as a example.
Friends is quite easy to do this way. TG grabs multiple season and random pictures. So its very easy to do all these from 1 instance of TG by using manual save, then picture change for each folder. The season names are not all the same on screen but all the pictures are there to match in TG, I just did it quickly on dummy folders to show how it would look.
initially I understood that you were looking for a series thumbnail. (Series = Show⌠not the Season)
You many have noticed or not that the good people from TVDB already provde handmade season coversâŚ
In your screenshot that would be Glee and The Ringer⌠All these Season infos with the bar are exclusively made by the TVDB and once the Bluray is out there will be the official cover as well.
I think this is quite comfortable already but there is one particular thumbnail that is not generated, it is the one for the show itself, for the showâs parent folder. I always fashion them manually and this is the one where a template would come in very handy. You donât want it to look like a season, you want to capture the show. All my Show covers differ a lot from the season covers. However I would always want the official season cover for each season for the same reasons I want a proper movie cover for my movies, it makes me virtually open the Bluray box
DeVi⌠thats exactly correct⌠i want a cover for the SHOW⌠and then a cover for each season based on the Seasons number⌠pretty much like how CSI is show⌠if i had Season 9 it would be use the Season 9 cover. but i was hoping they might be a nicer way to show the Season x covers (and main show) other than just using the Movie Thumb TemplateâŚ
so i was thinking it a single template but its used for the the SHOW Folder and also for the Season Folders, the main difference is the image we use.
can you post an example Show thumb you use as a example.
I am not sure but i think we are still talking about two different things when it comes to season thumbs
I tell you why i would never ever touch the season thumb. The networks release unified covers for each season that match perfectly when you put them next to each other. Adding something to it is redundant and adding the source cover is douchy because i have shows like Entourage with SDTV, DVD, Bluray and HDTV sources, why would I mess up.
the season overview with 3 different elements i donât care about? Any other info is completely redundant since everything is on the official cover release or a fan art cover and I have way too many shows that doing thumbnails for each season is more work as serving the purpose.
Now to the season thumbsâŚ
I am actually quite happy with what i get from TVDB but it could actually make sense to give them a unified look by a frame design that can be done in manual mode. Having said that it could also look extremely stupid since basically everything important is on the cover already and I am not sure if putting a red bar with the show name somewhere makes ANY sense since the name is on the cover already and finding a good placement for the bar without making the cover too small or mess with the proportions is close to impossible. I will try it because it could work but be aware that I am way too time management focused to spend hours on a task that is redundant.
What WDTVHub shows was the base idea⌠although i agree with DeVi i dont really need the main covers to have say DVD/Bluray⌠just something to make it Standout so its not  just a flat poster image.Â
I like how you doing the Episode Thumbs⌠that bit fine and dandy and has you saw from my screenshot i do get Season Covers (eg CSI) so that bit is fine⌠but i am currently using the Movie Template so it makes the Season Cover less flat.Â
I did think but like you i also agree having the RED BAR sayin SEASON X is sillyâŚ
So something that makes it look uniformed (as you say), so something that can wrap around the covers to make them appear less flat so they stand out nicely on your Theme and also imply This is a FOLDER come inside to see what Seasons are here.
anyway⌠just a thought⌠and i really donât mind doing it Manaul Mode⌠actually find it works better than Auto/semi mode anyway.
thanks⌠oh about TimeManagement⌠we had a course on this last week⌠the tutor ran late⌠oh how we joked!!
Friends is quite easy to do this way. TG grabs multiple season and random pictures. So its very easy to do all these from 1 instance of TG by using manual save, then picture change for each folder. The season names are not all the same on screen but all the pictures are there to match in TG, I just did it quickly on dummy folders to show how it would look.
This is logically inconsistent on too many levels for me.
I have 7 Seasons of Friends in HD and 3 seasons as DVD-Rip
the source cover is supposed to give you a clue about the quality and the source, I canât make 1 source cover for a show with multiple sources. That is would confirm an OCD for covers if my brain would allow me to accept this
2) Due to multiple sources i would get a different look between the DVD and HD seasons, In September they will release the first 3 season on Bluray⌠âColors Much?â The season covers released by FOX are absolutely perfect and nothing more is needed because they are generated automatically
All shows base their cover release on the shows âCIâ look and for me there is no good reason to mess with it, spend time with it and to do make something worse that is perfectly fine.
What WDTVHub shows was the base idea⌠although i agree with DeVi i dont really need the main covers to have say DVD/Bluray⌠just something to make it Standout so its not just a flat poster image.
I like how you doing the Episode Thumbs⌠that bit fine and dandy and has you saw from my screenshot i do get Season Covers (eg CSI) so that bit is fine⌠but i am currently using the Movie Template so it makes the Season Cover less flat.
I did think but like you i also agree having the RED BAR sayin SEASON X is sillyâŚ
So something that makes it look uniformed (as you say), so something that can wrap around the covers to make them appear less flat so they stand out nicely on your Theme and also imply This is a FOLDER come inside to see what Seasons are here.
anyway⌠just a thought⌠and i really donât mind doing it Manaul Mode⌠actually find it works better than Auto/semi mode anyway.
thanks⌠oh about TimeManagement⌠we had a course on this last week⌠the tutor ran late⌠oh how we joked!!
yeah i agree with you 100%, something to take off the flat look would do the job and if it is just a reflection effect, but adding something to it is probably not going to work and i wouldnât know what to add⌠itâs friends I know whatâs inside
doudidou wrote:DeVicious wrote:doudidou wrote:DeVicious wrote:mMcCorner wrote:> > What is the two clicks combo we have to do? If i return to the music player, i am on root, then i have to go on music folder, then artist, album⌠there is a way to go on the music player more directly with v1.3?> > * * *yes, that is exactly my Problem. I have my Music in Folders like: HUB/Media/MP3/CDs/Artistxy/Album01/.
So i have do many clicks to the Play-Album. But cannot see, what ist playing now, parhabs diffrent Albums in the Playlist⌠but no Problem. i will get BlackMamba v.1.0
I agree this is why I am stopping this kind of menu in V1.4 and go back to real button, changing backgrounds is nice but design can never dominate functionality. Donât downgrade I will update within the next 2 days.
I agree this is why I am stopping this kind of menu in V1.4 and go back to real button, changing backgrounds is nice but design can never dominate functionality. Donât downgrade I will update within the next 2 days.> * * *
Or you can use a different trick and keep the backgrounds & have the functionality too.
I agree this is why I am stopping this kind of menu in V1.4 and go back to real button, changing backgrounds is nice but design can never dominate functionality. Donât downgrade I will update within the next 2 days.> * * *
Or you can use a different trick and keep the backgrounds & have the functionality too.
If you donât mind, PM me and tell me what youâre doing. What Iâm thinking might be different from what your thinking and what I have in mind doesnât really change things that much.
Mine are running into 2 day work days with about 3 hrs sleep between.
