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    Box Art, Marquee and Video Snap simultaneously in themes.

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    • HurricaneFanH
      HurricaneFan @Jimiga
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      @Jimiga I think you have it reversed.

      Image = box art
      marquee = game logo
      thumbnail = screenshot of gameplay that will then transition to video.

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      • JimigaJ
        Jimiga @HurricaneFan
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        @HurricaneFan That did it!! Thanks so much, I don't know why I hadn't thought to try it that way but it didn't occur to me at all, so thanks for the nudge! Now... to get on with scraping all the right artwork after this test and expanding the test to other systems!

        Thanks for your help!

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by

          I see that @HurricaneFan pointed you in the right direction, this is indeed how the thumbnail/image should be used.

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          • HurricaneFanH
            HurricaneFan @Jimiga
            last edited by

            @Jimiga Glad that did the trick. Have you thought of a name for your theme? I love the look of it.

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            • JimigaJ
              Jimiga @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu Thanks for looking into this! Progressing now with learning how this can work across systems. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions!

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              • JimigaJ
                Jimiga @HurricaneFan
                last edited by

                @HurricaneFan Thanks for the help, indeed!
                Right now, this is a proof-of-concept whilst I learn. My aim with this particular one is to pull together enough experience to attempt my own unique theme, so I do hope in the near future to be working towards that!

                The last couple of years on the scene I've just been tinkering with others' themes which I like, and not really created anything I can call mine. I'd definitely like to use these ideas for something I can release into the wild someday though! Community help is great, and is helping me learn a lot. I'll be around, with things to share down the line!

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                • dionmunkD
                  dionmunk @Jimiga
                  last edited by

                  @Jimiga You ought to start a thread for this theme. It looks great and I'd love to see where you go with it.

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                    rilight
                    last edited by

                    @Jimiga I would also love to see this theme in action, or at least get a look at the code to use it in modifying my own theme :D

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                    • dionmunkD
                      dionmunk
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                      @Jimiga So, I couldn't wait for you to come out with this and decided to take a stab at making a theme that takes inspiration for yours. I call it Focus since the main focus is on the game and not much else. I tried to put the minimum amount of information in there. It's focused on having a screenshot and video for each game with a CRT shaped overlay that goes over the screenshot/video (you have to use VLC for this to work correctly). I also have a proper CRT scanline overlay that goes over the game screenshot/video that looks pretty nice (very similar to the zfast_crt_standard shader) when running on a physical RetroPi. This screenshot is ES running on Windows, and it does some weird scaling that makes the scanline overlay look terrible.

                      Anyway, I appreciate your inspiration! I don't plan to release this theme without your permission since it is so similar to your work.

                      Focus

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                        dre10g @Jimiga
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                        @jimiga are you able to share your theme?
                        This is the exact type of theme I would like to use.

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