Came up with this simple Workaround a while ago⦠(but forgot to post it)
To remove the line distortion at the top of Reflection thumbnails a simple edit is required.
For Example: the orginal reflection xml codeβ¦
<wrapper y=β380β w=β190β h=β285β scale=β100β mirror=β1β>
<image name=βth0"image=β@@browse_0_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_0β x=β151β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth1"image=β@@browse_1_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_1β x=β349β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth2"image=β@@browse_2_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_2β x=β547β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth3"image=β@@browse_3_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_3β x=β745β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth4"image=β@@browse_4_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_4β x=β943β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth0"image=β@@browse_0_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_0β x=β151β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth1"image=β@@browse_1_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_1β x=β349β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth2"image=β@@browse_2_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_2β x=β547β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth3"image=β@@browse_3_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_3β x=β745β bg=β1β/>
<image name=βth4"image=β@@browse_4_thumbnail" default_image=β@@default_thumbnail_4β x=β943β bg=β1β/>
simply alter and add this to the code in RED Β β¦
<wrapper y=β380β w=β190β h=β282β scale=β100β scale_type=βpanβ align=βbottomβ mirror=β1β>
So, this crops the cover by 3 pixels and moves it βupβ (align=βbottomβ does the reverse to a flipped image)
The Line Distortion is only visable (very briefly) during the Cover Caching process β¦ but once finished the Line is not visable again.
No Overlaping or Overlays are needed to hide any βLineβ (Because itβs not visable)Β β¦ and you can increase the distance between the Poster and itβs Reflection.
A βDiffusionβ Layer is still required for the βFadingβ effect.
eg.