Adding FANART to your Detail Pages

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The below image show a detail page for the TV MiniSeries John Adams. Notice it
has a black background. This background can be changed in the Export program, ...
but whatever background you chose will be present for ALL detail pages.

What if we wanted to have a separate background image (fanart) for each Detail page?
Below shows a detail page that we've added fanart to.
 

So how is it done?   Well first of all you need to download the latest MJ100_Detail.xsl file that has
the SHOWFANART option turned on!

MJ100_Detail.zip

Download the above file and extract it to your templates folder.

After the next export, the program will look for a jpg image that resides in the Resources folder of the PCH,
that has the same name as the Title of the Movie or TV Series. For example, if we
have the Mini Series John Adams , then the fanart file the program will look for is
John Adams.jpg.
 

A good place on the internet to look for fanart is www.thetvdb.com

It's ok to use full color images for your fanart (1280 x 720 res only), but it may make the
details page hard to read.

As you can see, the above page with full color background is somewhat unreadaable.  Here's what I've done to
make the images so that the foreground text is still easy to read.

First of all download the fanart image, .. and edit it in photoshop, or other image editing program.

Then, .. Click on IMAGE, MODE, GREYSCALE to change the image from color to greyscale.
 

Next Click "CNTRL L" to bring up the LEVELS window. Move the Output level down
to about 50% (130) Click OK, then save the file with the correct filename.

Copy the image to the Resources folder of the PCH and you're done!

(Note:: when you're making your fanart images to put in the Resources folder of the PCH, .. you should
open Movie Collector, and then edit the movie you're adding fanart for and look at the title. If the title
has special characters or a Title Extension entry, these will have to be changed. Ie, ...
if the title in Movie Collector shows as John Adams: The Complete Series, then it must be changed to
either John Adams, or John Adams The Complete Series. as no special characters are allowed.

Also, if you have a show Sex And The City.... then the filename needs to be
Sex And The City.jpg, ... and not Sex and the City.jpg. You have to pay particular attention
to the wording an exact spelling of the Title.
 

Also note, that once you're turned ON the showfanart variable  by either downloading the
modified MJ100_Detail.xsl file (or edited your original) then the Detail image setting in the export
will no longer be used. If the export sees no fanart for a particular movie, ..then the background
will be all black.

Below shows how to turn on/off the showfanart option. Just change the variable to say either YES or NO
whichever you prefer.

Below are some more examples!!!

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