Disable Artwork Dimming in Now Playing Mode

[kjesso]

Does anyone know if there is a way to disable the dim effect of the Artist Artwork while in Now Playing mode in the main panel or does it have to be done via a custom skin? I went though the panel customization and couldn't find a way to disable it or change the value.

[Mayibongwe]

There's currently no way to do that (at least not for MusicBee's internal theater modes such as the 'Artist Picture' which I assume is the one you are referring to).
But you can always make a wishlist request if it's that important to you.
And if you don't mind me asking, what's wrong with the current dim effect? Are the images too darkened? If so, can you share a screenshot of such a case.

...or does it have to be done via a custom skin?

And to answer this, yes. With custom theater modes, you can add in code to manipulate the brightness.

Edit: On second thought, I would even +1 the request to have a panel configuration setting that allows users to adjust the brightness for the built-in TMs.

[kjesso]

@Mayibongwe thanks for responding. Yes "Artist Picture" is what I meant. I just realized I could change the view in "Now Playing" via enabling Theater Mode and changing the skin, but then I don't seem to have the same functionality like the ability to manually advance the artist pictures. Thanks for the support, I'll probably post a feature request for the changing of brightness on the artist picture, but not until I have a list of some other things I would like to see added. I'll probably first look into creating my own custom skin, since it would take too long to get some of the things I want included such as being able to customize the text at the bottom of Now Playing to include the album name and track number, etc.

[Mayibongwe]

...but then I don't seem to have the same functionality like the ability to manually advance the artist pictures.

Yeah, the only feature supported in the current Theater Mode plugin with regards to this is the "ban picture" option. From the forum search I've done, it looks like there hasn't been a lot of requests or mentions of the other options in relation to TMs, hence why the rest are still not supported. The "ban picture" itself was only requested two years ago despite the TM plugin having existed way before that. But again, if the other functions are things you really want to make use of in TMs, then you are free to make requests for them in the wishlist board in hopes that they would get implemented as well.

[kjesso]

Thanks for the suggestion for this as a feature request. I added it to the MusicBee Wishlist here: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=37026.