I created some new Genre folder icons, these are specifically for my Darklight and Mojo themes. These have reflections, but I will add some generic use (no reflections) later on when I have time. If anyone is interested you can download them from here:
If you need a standard version of a thumb that I didn’t include, you can easily change the thumbs with reflections yourself. If you don’t have Photoshop or Gimp, first download and install Gimp (freeware), then open the thumb, click on “Image” in the toolbar and select “Canvas Size”. In the new widows under “Canvas Size” next to Width & Height, click on the chain icon to unlock it, then change the Height to “288”, click on “Resize”, then save the image.
Sorry if this is a dumb question…but where to I put these pictures. I can’t seem to find any discussion on this. I would assume that folders are created for each genre, insert all files from Thumbgen into the appropriate genre folder, and just insert these genre thumbnail jpg’s into the appropriate folder as well? I was just trying to figure out how the hub would know that that was the jpg to use for the genre folder thumbnail?
Also, once I do get these going, is there a way to get your “template” for generating these?..say for example if I wanted to generate a specific genre that you haven’t already done? Thanks for any help.
Just copy the appropriate image to the genre folder, then rename it “folder.jpg”.
And the .xcf file is in the download. This is a Gimp file (this are not associated with TG), and you have to make any edits using Gimp (freeware) or Photoshop.
Ahhhh…didn’t see the “or”. Well, that’s even better. Thanks again. And thanks for all you do for the community! (especially for your patience with us noobs)
Tinwarble, is there any way to use the fields in the Genre screen (like the last image above - Action folder) and fill it with something like fodler identification (date, sinopsis with some brieff description, e others)?
I’m not sure what you’re asking. You can pretty much do anything you want, just open the .xcf file in Gimp or Photoshop and add what you like.
EDIT: Never mind I see what you are saying now. But as Joey said, no, it doesn’t work for folders. And also, as he said there is a trick, but I believe that it only works for individual file folders, and not with Genre folders.
Last time I tested with genre folders, it did work, but if I remember correctly it want let you access to the folder.
You might have different results though, especially if your using the later FW versions since there have been changes in how it handles folders.
EDIT: Scratch that, I remember what it was now. The last time I tested, if you used the trick for folders the xml data for the folder would be used for all the files in that folder. However, I did a quick test on the SMP and it does seem to work (at least on my NAS folders), but I couldn’t in the test I did get the folder xml data to cache (scan to the media library), so results may vary.
Could somone make me a Adult Comedy, and New Release? I tried to do it myself with that photoshop program using the Generic file, but i cant figure it out.