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It will land in the Garbage section!
Because this is about the overview!
After the main Layout is here i will create a request/discussion/tutorial thread!
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This is a project initiated by @rschiks and me!
Both we are huge artwork fans, but more to say our specialty or passion are Artwork Types that are "semi- or non-official" by Kodi
We want to show new ways and concepts how to make other kinds of images and artwork available/showable in Kodi.
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Short retrospective on Artwork Types (I am only talking about movies now) -> also look here: Movie_artwork (wiki)
Kodi Standard: Poster, Fanart (API source FANART.TV or TMDB) +Actorthumbs from (not really an Artwork Type, but supported by Kodi Standard)
Kodi Extended: Clearlogo, Clearart, Banner, Landscape, Discart (API source FANART.TV) Extrafanart, Keyart (API source FANART.TV or TMDB)
Short retrospective on Semi- or Non-Official Artwork Types
GIF: AnimatedPoster, AnimatedFanart
Member @rschiks is since a long time part of the "Animated Kodi Project", and most recently Animated Poster and Animated Fanart are also available through the KyraDB API, and have also been implemented by Artwork Beef & Media Managers.
PNG: Characterart for Movies/Moviesets
Characterart for TvShows has long been established in FANART.TV, but unfortunately, there was no interest in implementing it for movies as well, which is why I started the Characterart for Movies/Moviesets Project.
Project gets "rschiks" interest and very quickly he included them in his KyraDB database and are also available via API. Quick after it was also implemented in ArtworkBeef.
PNG: Actress PNG's resource addon
It's not an Artwork Type by itself, it's a resource addon to show artwork. The Actresses PNG's resource addon become quick very popular and got also a greenlight for the Official Kodi Repository.
It got also API impementation by KyraDB, but currently without usable use, it is intended for the future.
JPG: Movie Director Thumbs resource addon
Also not an Artwork Type by itself, it's a resource addon to show director thumbs in the directors container in movies like the actors in the actors container.
The Movie Director Thumbs resource addon is experimental and only for Kodi nerdists. I hope there will be an add-on with auto-download and cache function in the future, or even better a Kodi core implementation that makes this addon obsolete.
@rschiks helped me a lot this project writing a API script to get all the content in batch. Great thanks!
Also to mention there are more Artwork Projects like Animated Albums or 3D Album Artwork out there... hope they getting more attention in future!
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What is the project about?
It's about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_poste...er_posters
![Image]( "Full sized picture")
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For what is it?
Like all other artwork only for eyecandy and bling bling!
To make you curious about a movie and make you want to watch it or to impress your friends who only know the Amazon Prime/Netflix UI.
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What is the difference between a Character poster compared to a usual other poster.
A "usual" normal poster is unique in design and layout.
In contrary a Character poster/Extraposter from movie advertising campaigns have some kind of uniformity in design.
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[font]There already are on several Movies Character poster on TMDB [/font][font]available[/font][font], why we need a project for that?[/font]
Yes, but there is all mixed together! And if you use the ArtworkBeef multiposter download function you will also get all random mixed.
Here the goal is, with a push of a button to get all the Character posters/Extraposters that belong together from an advertising campaign of a movie.
Everything is pre-sorted and upstream.
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In how much Movies in my library i well get Character poster results?
This depends on which and how many movies you have.
Do you have a large database of many old films, independent productions or fan films then around 15%.
Do you have more blockbuster movies or new movies (after the year 2000) then from about a third to half of your database.
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Needs this Skin support?
Yes
Which skins have integrated this?
Since this is completely new, none yet! A basic requirement for a skinner is that it has a benefit for the "general audience" and not just for nerds.
For this we need a database, access via API, Skin support, and a software that feeds in (addon like ArtworkBeef or MediaManager)
We are working on it!
I have implemented this in my skin on my own and made a few months a case study how and how good it's working!
Working nice! Until Skinner decides to implement it I will provide tutorials and guides. (In another thread)
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WIP...
It will land in the Garbage section!
Because this is about the overview!
After the main Layout is here i will create a request/discussion/tutorial thread!
___
This is a project initiated by @rschiks and me!
Both we are huge artwork fans, but more to say our specialty or passion are Artwork Types that are "semi- or non-official" by Kodi
We want to show new ways and concepts how to make other kinds of images and artwork available/showable in Kodi.
___
Short retrospective on Artwork Types (I am only talking about movies now) -> also look here: Movie_artwork (wiki)
Kodi Standard: Poster, Fanart (API source FANART.TV or TMDB) +Actorthumbs from (not really an Artwork Type, but supported by Kodi Standard)
Kodi Extended: Clearlogo, Clearart, Banner, Landscape, Discart (API source FANART.TV) Extrafanart, Keyart (API source FANART.TV or TMDB)
Short retrospective on Semi- or Non-Official Artwork Types
GIF: AnimatedPoster, AnimatedFanart
Member @rschiks is since a long time part of the "Animated Kodi Project", and most recently Animated Poster and Animated Fanart are also available through the KyraDB API, and have also been implemented by Artwork Beef & Media Managers.
PNG: Characterart for Movies/Moviesets
Characterart for TvShows has long been established in FANART.TV, but unfortunately, there was no interest in implementing it for movies as well, which is why I started the Characterart for Movies/Moviesets Project.
Project gets "rschiks" interest and very quickly he included them in his KyraDB database and are also available via API. Quick after it was also implemented in ArtworkBeef.
PNG: Actress PNG's resource addon
It's not an Artwork Type by itself, it's a resource addon to show artwork. The Actresses PNG's resource addon become quick very popular and got also a greenlight for the Official Kodi Repository.
It got also API impementation by KyraDB, but currently without usable use, it is intended for the future.
JPG: Movie Director Thumbs resource addon
Also not an Artwork Type by itself, it's a resource addon to show director thumbs in the directors container in movies like the actors in the actors container.
The Movie Director Thumbs resource addon is experimental and only for Kodi nerdists. I hope there will be an add-on with auto-download and cache function in the future, or even better a Kodi core implementation that makes this addon obsolete.
@rschiks helped me a lot this project writing a API script to get all the content in batch. Great thanks!
Also to mention there are more Artwork Projects like Animated Albums or 3D Album Artwork out there... hope they getting more attention in future!
___
What is the project about?
It's about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_poste...er_posters
___
For what is it?
Like all other artwork only for eyecandy and bling bling!
To make you curious about a movie and make you want to watch it or to impress your friends who only know the Amazon Prime/Netflix UI.
___
What is the difference between a Character poster compared to a usual other poster.
A "usual" normal poster is unique in design and layout.
In contrary a Character poster/Extraposter from movie advertising campaigns have some kind of uniformity in design.
___
[font]There already are on several Movies Character poster on TMDB [/font][font]available[/font][font], why we need a project for that?[/font]
Yes, but there is all mixed together! And if you use the ArtworkBeef multiposter download function you will also get all random mixed.
Here the goal is, with a push of a button to get all the Character posters/Extraposters that belong together from an advertising campaign of a movie.
Everything is pre-sorted and upstream.
___
In how much Movies in my library i well get Character poster results?
This depends on which and how many movies you have.
Do you have a large database of many old films, independent productions or fan films then around 15%.
Do you have more blockbuster movies or new movies (after the year 2000) then from about a third to half of your database.
___
Needs this Skin support?
Yes
Which skins have integrated this?
Since this is completely new, none yet! A basic requirement for a skinner is that it has a benefit for the "general audience" and not just for nerds.
For this we need a database, access via API, Skin support, and a software that feeds in (addon like ArtworkBeef or MediaManager)
We are working on it!
I have implemented this in my skin on my own and made a few months a case study how and how good it's working!
Working nice! Until Skinner decides to implement it I will provide tutorials and guides. (In another thread)
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WIP...