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      fastpop72
      last edited by

      Thanks for this great theme.
      These days i will pass my retropie installation on a bartop with a 4:3 monitor that display a resolution of 1280x1024.
      The 4:3 theme doesn't support well this resolution, the Launch & Favorite for example are truncated.
      Someone could tell me which xml files i have to edit to move some of the blocks?

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      • Thorr69T
        Thorr69 @fastpop72
        last edited by

        @fastpop72 Just to keep it straight, 1280x1024 is a 5:4 aspect ratio which is why the 4:3 doesn't quite work.

        RPi 3b
        Official PSU
        Official RetroPie image
        Pandora's Box 5 controller

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        • rand0mR
          rand0m @alphatoanant
          last edited by

          @alphatoanant Hi, great minimal theme. If you permit I would love to use the gamelist view in an attract-mode theme. I will of-course give proper credit and link to your original work. Thanks

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          • alphatoanantA
            alphatoanant @rand0m
            last edited by

            @rand0m yes of course, thank you for doing a port of this! If there is anything I can help with please let me know.

            My RetroPie Themes:
            Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
            Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
            TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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            • rand0mR
              rand0m @alphatoanant
              last edited by

              @alphatoanant said in [Theme] Art Book:

              @rand0m yes of course, thank you for doing a port of this! If there is anything I can help with please let me know.

              Thanks a lot!

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              • agboju_logunA
                agboju_logun
                last edited by

                absolutely loving this theme, less is defo more :D good work alphatoanant

                would there be any chance of getting an openbor system added please? i have had a go myself... added an openbor folder and converted the logo .svg (which i nabbed from the first post in this thread) into a monochrome .png. it's working, i've got an openbor system with the logo displayed which is cool but the .png is pretty pixelated and doesn't look great compared to your logos. (i tried a few different online .svg converters before resorting to converting the logo to a .png)

                i've also tweaked the background colour on the system selection on my setup to make the background black (000000) instead of dark grey (141414), looks ace... the system logos really pop out.

                cheers!

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                  alphatoanant @agboju_logun
                  last edited by

                  Thank you @agboju_logun! I'll start looking at editing the openbor logo and will post something in the next few days. I should be able to edit the raw SVG from that thread to convert colors and things.

                  My RetroPie Themes:
                  Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                  Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                  TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                  • agboju_logunA
                    agboju_logun @alphatoanant
                    last edited by

                    @alphatoanant that would be great, mate... thanks very much!

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                    • alphatoanantA
                      alphatoanant @agboju_logun
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                      @agboju_logun I had time on my commute today and committed an initial take of the theme and system logo to github (its in /es-theme-art-book/tree/master/openbor).

                      I edited the raw SVG from the thread you linked, removed colors and cleaned up paths so that it would sit well on a clean dark background. Let me know how it looks on your end and I can make tweaks no problem.

                      As far as theme layout - I kept it at default as I am not sure yet how OpenBOR metadata and images are sized. Default is pretty good from a general perspective so it could be ok but glad to make tweaks too.

                      Thank you @darknior for creating the initial OpenBOR svg - I'll make sure to give you credit in theme readme.

                      My RetroPie Themes:
                      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                      • agboju_logunA
                        agboju_logun @alphatoanant
                        last edited by

                        @alphatoanant brill mate, thank you... i’ll nab a copy next time i get on my pc

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                        • agboju_logunA
                          agboju_logun @alphatoanant
                          last edited by

                          @alphatoanant yup, that is looking swee-eet... good skills sir!

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                          • alphatoanantA
                            alphatoanant @agboju_logun
                            last edited by

                            @agboju_logun awesome! Glad to hear it worked out. I'll update the other artbook versions with it over the weekend.

                            My RetroPie Themes:
                            Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                            Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                            TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                              ande.rocha Banned
                              last edited by ande.rocha

                              Hello everyone, everything good?
                              I found some images of consoles and thought about using this theme as a selection of systems, however when I applied, I noticed that there is a certain limitation of width and height for image ... could anyone help me to adjust so that it is possible to use the images in attachment?

                              Images: https://imgur.com/a/pVs08Nc

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                                ande.rocha Banned @ande.rocha
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                                @alphatoanant could you help me?

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                                  flaviometal @EvilDindon
                                  last edited by

                                  @EvilDindon , where do I go to change this underline color to red? Also, do you know where to go to make that "XXX GAMES AVAILABLE" font bigger? I'm using Retropie on a old CRT TV, and that text its too small to read. Thanks!

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                                    wwsnkneo
                                    last edited by

                                    It's me or sometimes the ratings don't show correctly? I'm using the theme with Retroarch and emulationstation.

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                                    • SpheronautS
                                      Spheronaut
                                      last edited by

                                      @alphatoanant I read how i can change the background for the System view, but I would like to add an individual background for every system. Thanks for your help!

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                                      • alphatoanantA
                                        alphatoanant @Spheronaut
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi @Spheronaut, in the theme.xml at the root there is a section like this...

                                        <feature supported="carousel">
                                              <view name="system">
                                                 <carousel name="systemcarousel">
                                                    <type>horizontal</type>
                                                    <color>14141400</color>
                                                    <logoScale>1.9</logoScale>
                                                    <logoSize>0.15625 0.097222222222222</logoSize>
                                                 </carousel>
                                                 <text name="systemInfo">
                                                    <backgroundColor>14141400</backgroundColor>
                                                    <color>666666</color>
                                                    <fontPath>./_inc/fonts/Cabin-Bold.ttf</fontPath>
                                                    <fontSize>0.0222222222222222</fontSize>
                                                 </text>
                                                 <image name="system-border" extra="true">
                                                    <origin>0.5 0</origin>
                                                    <pos>0.5 0.62</pos>
                                                    <size>0.25 0.0027777777777778</size>
                                                    <path>./_inc/images/space.png</path>
                                                    <color>444444</color>
                                                 </image>
                                                 <text name="logoText">
                                                    <fontPath>./_inc/fonts/ChangaOne-Italic.ttf</fontPath>
                                                    <color>cccccc</color>
                                                    <forceUppercase>true</forceUppercase>
                                                 </text>
                                                 <!--<image name="artwork" extra="true">
                                                    <origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
                                                    <pos>0.5 0.5</pos>
                                                    <size>0.3 0</size>
                                                    <path>./${system.theme}/_inc/art.svg</path>
                                                 </image>-->
                                              </view>
                                           </feature>
                                        

                                        See the commented out portion - <image name="artwork">?

                                        <image name="artwork" extra="true">
                                         <origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
                                         <pos>0.5 0.5</pos>
                                         <size>0.3 0</size>
                                         <path>./${system.theme}/_inc/art.svg</path>
                                        </image>
                                        

                                        That's where I am experimenting with adding system art on the carousel in system view. You may be able to adapt that to your needs by changing the pos, origin and size properties to fit your artwork design.

                                        Also check out the path property - see how it has the variable ${system.theme} in it? That variable allows you to make this change in one place in theme.xml and then add your artwork in the corresponding system theme folder (emulation station will handle the mapping automatically). For example if its artwork for NES emulation station will see ./${system.theme}/_inc/art.svg and map it behind the scenes to ./nes/_inc/art.svg. So keep that variable in place and then add your artwork to the corresponding system folder.

                                        Let me know if this helps!

                                        My RetroPie Themes:
                                        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                        • SpheronautS
                                          Spheronaut @alphatoanant
                                          last edited by

                                          @alphatoanant Thanks for that amazingly fast help! I already tried to get it done by adding a new "background command" to the theme.xml (in each system). That worked but also changed the background in the detailed view/gamelist to that background instead of the blank grey background.

                                          I will try your solution and give you feedback.
                                          Does your way also change the background in the detail view (gamelist) or really just the background for each system/collection in the carousel? (I'm really new to this. Thanks for your time and for this amazing theme you did!)

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                                          • SpheronautS
                                            Spheronaut @alphatoanant
                                            last edited by

                                            @alphatoanant Your solution worked well for me.
                                            Can you also tell me which part of the code I need to tweak to set an individual background to the gamelist? (the screen after a player chose the system/collection)

                                            If you are interested I share some pics of my modified theme later.

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