Author Topic: The Artwork view  (Read 39366 times)

Zak

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Only suggestion I would um... suggest.. is that if the artwork is non-square, align it to the top instead of the bottom to avoid the empty gaps:

@Zak - If the art isn't square, and it's aligned at the top, wouldn't there then be a gap at the bottom?  With the art centered vertically, then at least the gap is equal top and bottom.
Not if the new overlaid panel is shown, because that will still be aligned at the bottom.
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LOVELY!!!!!  :)  Thanks!

By the way. How about giving the artwork view the option to NOT to group?

Now it's possible to use the Artwork view in the Now Playing List  with song's Artist and Title, so each cover represents a song.



But every consecutive song has to belong to a different album, otherwise it groups them automatically.

Besides that, it's difficult to see which song is played in each moment. Perhaps, if the option to not to group existed, it would be interesting to add some sign (the speaker icon?) to the played song.
Last Edit: December 14, 2012, 07:39:20 AM by Greb

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as a trial i have toned down the default background box when pictures are fitted to the panel and text is displayed below
Also for skin developers there is now an override available - setting the alpha channel on the background colour doesnt work well.
Code
  <element id="Content[Artwork].ArtworkText" bg="128,128,128" fg="0,0,255" />

http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V2_1/MusicBee_Exe_Patched.zip

jistme

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as a trial i have toned down the default background box when pictures are fitted to the panel and text is displayed below
Also for skin developers there is now an override available - setting the alpha channel on the background colour doesnt work well.
Code
  <element id="Content[Artwork].ArtworkText" bg="128,128,128" fg="0,0,255" />

http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V2_1/MusicBee_Exe_Patched.zip

Maybe you could add a 'bg2' for this one?
A slight gradient could improve indicating the text belonging to albumart above or below it.

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I think it fits better with dark skins now

Please consider  setting a fixed size for artworks, i can reproduce an scenary of 24 seconds without showing covers:
-Maximize window (optional)
-Resize the left panel, so the artwork cache is rewritten
-Slowly scroll down looking for an album until end. With 459 covers and scrolling down from top i am24 seconds without seeing covers

redwing

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as a trial i have toned down the default background box when pictures are fitted to the panel and text is displayed below
Also for skin developers there is now an override available - setting the alpha channel on the background colour doesnt work well.
Code
  <element id="Content[Artwork].ArtworkText" bg="128,128,128" fg="0,0,255" />

http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V2_1/MusicBee_Exe_Patched.zip

The override works well, and now I am delighted with the new (as requested by the OP) look. Thanks a lot!
Last Edit: December 14, 2012, 12:30:49 PM by redwing

Steven

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could you post a couple of screenshots, with the default and with your override?

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could you post a couple of screenshots, with the default and with your override?

Sure.
Because you toned down the grey background color the differences are now much subtler, but still noticeable IMO. It didn't look well on this skin before you toned it down.

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My override with <element id="Content[Artwork].ArtworkText" bg="255,255,255" fg="0,0,0" />

Last Edit: December 14, 2012, 01:33:48 PM by redwing

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as a trial i have toned down the default background box when pictures are fitted to the panel and text is displayed below

@Steven-
Looks more like you've made the background color completely transparent (instead of "toning it down.")  Which, IMHO, is perfect.  Now I can have the tightened-up artwork spacing, no text over the art, and the skin's background color showing behind the text.   The best of all worlds. 

Thank you kind sir.
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as a trial i have toned down the default background box when pictures are fitted to the panel and text is displayed below

My 5 cents worth (we don't have 2ยข coins in Aus   ;) ). I don't like this version at all. The background box colour is so close to the skin colour, that it may as well not be used at all.

first version: good colour seperation

current version:

using skinning element: using original skin background colour as tag colour, and using panel border colour as background colour
Last Edit: December 14, 2012, 09:47:03 PM by Bee-liever
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i was hoping to avoid doing this, but i have added an extra option for the text background behavior