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<blockquote data-quote="bta489" data-source="post: 1127898" data-attributes="member: 138471">no response for a month...that's odd.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /> If this is still a problem:It's my understanding that the Category Images are not supposed to be used as full-size backdrops, but rather as an additional smaller image (As the examples in the thread you linked show). If you insist to use them as backdrops you could add the following lines to the respective &lt;control&gt;-Item in the skinfile:[CODE=XML]&lt;keepaspectratio&gt;yes&lt;/keepaspectratio&gt;&lt;align&gt;center&lt;/align&gt;&lt;valign&gt;middle&lt;/valign&gt;[/CODE]This would center the image. But make sure that, if there is a field &lt;zoom&gt; or &lt;zoomfromtop&gt;, it is set to false, not true.More eleganty though would be an additional &lt;control&gt;-Item like the example code in the linked thread. This way you'll have the category image and an actual backdrop from one of the movies matching the criteria.For instance if you add this:[CODE=XML]&lt;control&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;description&gt;Category images (Categories)&lt;/description&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type&gt;image&lt;/type&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;id&gt;0&lt;/id&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;posX&gt;1600&lt;/posX&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;posY&gt;150&lt;/posY&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;width&gt;300&lt;/width&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;height&gt;300&lt;/height&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;texture&gt;C:\Path\to\your\pictures\#MovingPictures.SelectedNode.FileFriendlyName.png&lt;/texture&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;visible&gt;facadeview.list + control.isvisible(51)&lt;/visible&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;animation effect=&quot;fade&quot; time=&quot;250&quot;&gt;WindowOpen&lt;/animation&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;animation effect=&quot;fade&quot; time=&quot;250&quot;&gt;WindowClose&lt;/animation&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/control&gt;[/CODE]to the movingpictures.facade.xml (put it at the end, just before &quot;&lt;/controls&gt;&quot;) and adjust the &lt;texture&gt;-field to your file structure. You will end up with something like this:[ATTACH]162414[/ATTACH] You can of course adjust the size and position. This is how I thought it looks best.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bta489, post: 1127898, member: 138471"] no response for a month...that's odd.o_O If this is still a problem: It's my understanding that the Category Images are not supposed to be used as full-size backdrops, but rather as an additional smaller image (As the examples in the thread you linked show). If you insist to use them as backdrops you could add the following lines to the respective [B]<control>[/B]-Item in the skinfile: [CODE=XML]<keepaspectratio>yes</keepaspectratio> <align>center</align> <valign>middle</valign>[/CODE] This would center the image. But make sure that, if there is a field [B]<zoom>[/B] or [B]<zoomfromtop>[/B], it is set to [I]false[/I], not [I]true[/I]. More eleganty though would be an additional [B]<control>[/B]-Item like the example code in the linked thread. This way you'll have the category image and an actual backdrop from one of the movies matching the criteria. For instance if you add this: [CODE=XML] <control> <description>Category images (Categories)</description> <type>image</type> <id>0</id> <posX>1600</posX> <posY>150</posY> <width>300</width> <height>300</height> <texture>C:\Path\to\your\pictures\#MovingPictures.SelectedNode.FileFriendlyName.png</texture> <visible>facadeview.list + control.isvisible(51)</visible> <animation effect="fade" time="250">WindowOpen</animation> <animation effect="fade" time="250">WindowClose</animation> </control> [/CODE] to the [I][COLOR=#0000ff]movingpictures.facade.xml[/COLOR][/I] (put it at the end, just before [B]"</controls>[/B]") and adjust the [B]<texture>[/B]-field to your file structure. You will end up with something like this: [ATTACH]162414[/ATTACH] You can of course adjust the size and position. This is how I thought it looks best. [/QUOTE]

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