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Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: January 11th, 2013, 5:33 am
by Freerun
as title says it would be nice if user could control size of album art

resizing can happen from different corners or center specified in layer name

albumartbr - from bottom right corner
albumartbt - from bottom left corner
albumarttr - from top right corner
albumarttl - from top left corner
albumartc - from center

it came to me that it might be a problem for skins that display "loading" or "no art"
so maybe add this ability for albumart and other custom layers
or maybe they could be linked and resized together with albumart

Re: Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: January 16th, 2013, 10:51 pm
by logokas
This would require the skin to also accomodate the size in it's other elements, which are completely static.

I believe a simpler solution would be to display a larger version of the image on mouseover. More elegant, less effort to implement.

I do agree that some skins have a very small layer for the album art, and the cover is often illegible. But such is life.

Re: Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: January 17th, 2013, 8:51 am
by Freerun
Yes that's true, not all skins would be able take advantage of that feature but I can imagine some setups that might, without resizing other elements. When album art is not fit into some specific frame or border, it's more for non-compact or semi-/transparent skins.

I like also the idea of mouseover :)

Re: Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2013, 12:43 pm
by regener8ed
a quick proof of concept...
http://pixeltamer.com/download/?m=5&ID=1277&auth=e77de0fa2bbcf44276311bf11ab5170f

album art resized via toggling through multiple layers. i made a few attempts using some animation/slider approaches, and while some of them technically 'worked', the overall behavior was a bit buggy and there were some undesirable side-effects.

Re: Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2013, 1:52 pm
by Cliff Cawley
regener8ed, that download link returns:

Page not found

The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Also, your signature graphic doesn't load.

Re: Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2013, 3:11 pm
by regener8ed
likely due to your browser. if you strip referer, then my links no workie. (hotlink prevention)

Re: Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2013, 3:21 pm
by regener8ed
also, it helps if you browse from the right domain >:P

i've whitelisted dev.xionplayer.com, lemme know if that works for you.

Re: Slider for size of Album Art

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2013, 4:49 pm
by Cliff Cawley
Yeah works now :)