[ltfearme]

Please use this thread to share your custom Category Images that you think other users might find useful. I have provided a photoshop PSD file of the images used in the Blue3/StreamedMP skins and some screenshots of them in use.

Here is some sample code to display the selected category image:

<control>
  <description>Selected Category Image</description>
  <type>image</type>
  <id>100</id>
  <posX>125</posX>
  <posY>175</posY>
  <width>454</width>
  <height>455</height>
  <texture flipY="true" diffuse="Thumb_Mask.png">Categories\#MovingPictures.SelectedNode.FileFriendlyName.png</texture>	
  <keepaspectratio>yes</keepaspectratio>
  <animation effect="fade" time="250">WindowOpen</animation>
  <animation effect="fade" time="250">WindowClose</animation>			
  <visible>Control.IsVisible(51)+!Control.IsVisible(50)</visible>
</control>

If you download and want to use the image when browsing your categories, simply drop the file into your Skins Media\Categories folder e.g.

C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skins\Blue3Wide\Media\Categories

Its also important that the image name matches your category name e.g. If you have a Box Set collection called 'Aliens' the corresponding image filename should be named 'Aliens.png'

A Big Thanks to Xzener's, whom created a collection of icons to be used with Media Browser, link to his update thread can be found here: Xzener's Media Browser Icon's


I have provided a download link to a set of images which include most of the popular genre's e.g. Action, Adventure.
Download Category Images 30-NOV-09

I will try keep this download up to date regularly with community contributions.


Please feel free to say thanks, make requests and discuss images posted. But please be aware that we clean this thread of posts without image files attached every week or so to keep things clean.
-- fforde

[Sutekh]

I've made three new Category pictures - 'Giallo' (Italian horror sub-genre), Jackie Chan pictures and Stephen Chow pictures. Enjoy!
EDIT: Changed image hosts (the other was too slow) and made a new one for the After Dark Horrorfest series. Click for full versions.

[Imzadi]

Thank you. This is great. I've made some myself and will upload them later.

Edit: Here they are

[kiwijunglist]

Thanks for sharing these and the template.
Credit to above for re-using images for allmovies/hdmovies/sdmovies

Download .rar file containing these 6 images here

[kiwijunglist]

Originally Posted by ltfearme

I will try keep this download up to date regularly with community contributions.

If you previously grabed my category images, then please re-download them, because i fixed the shadowing errors.

... 3 more missing categories (credit to above for recycling images history/music)

[blackEyEz]

How about these?

[kiwijunglist]

That baby is uber cute!

G-FAMILY image obviously copied from above post, and credit for the ideas of holding hands/covering the eyes.

Here are some extra images/alternatives if wanted:

[kiwijunglist]

Originally Posted by ltfearme

Don't forget the 'NC-17' logo and the Root Category 'Certification'

If someone can find the original folder image used for the genre montage i will do a certification montage using my above logos

[RoChess]

Modified a few existing ones into:

[kiwijunglist]

Originally Posted by solis66

Hi,
can any of you talented guys create a submarine, u-boat category.
It would be swell.

Ideally, there needs to be more room at the top of the template to fit the graphics and graphic's shadow.