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Movie artwork are images directly related to a movie, preferably of high quality, that are displayed when viewing the movie entry in the library. The movie section in Kodi has the impressive ability to display up to 14 types of artwork.
It is important to note the following:
- Artwork is totally skin dependent. This means that some skins display a small number of artwork types, while other skins will display most of the available artwork types.
- In previous versions of Kodi and in older wiki pages, the term Thumbnails was used to describe Artwork. Kodi has now moved away from referring to thumbnails due to the amount of confusion and concern it caused users.
- The base line for all artwork is the default skin Estuary. By default, Estuary displays the Basic artwork. Estuary can display the Extended artwork via additional add-ons.
- While high resolution do look glorious on HDTV's it is important to be aware that the increased artwork size can negatively affect low powered hardware
Basic Movie Artwork
The artwork in the Basic section is the minimum artwork displayed by the default skin Estuary with a standard install.
Note the following:
- The following naming schemes apply only to the artwork you have manually sourced and saved. It does not apply to the Kodi scraper or any add-on processes
Fanart
Fanart can be defined as images, depicting iconic scenes in a movie, that have been created by fans.
- See also: Fanart on Wikipedia
For Kodi, it means digital images, of high quality, that are used as full screen backdrops or wallpapers to enhance the user experience.
- See also: FanArt
The image to the right is a typical example of Movie fanart. It is specifically designed to match the 16:9 ratio of current generation televisions and monitors. This allows the screen to be completely filled by the image.
The file type can be jpg or png. The aspect ratio is 16:9 with a standard resolution of 1920x1080. With the rise in popularity of 4k televisions, there is a slow but steady shift to 3840x2160 sized fanart.
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | fanart.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\fanart.jpg/png |
Single movie in Directory: | fanart.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\fanart.jpg/png |
All movies in single Directory: | <moviename>-fanart.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\Big Buck Bunny (2008)-fanart.jpg/png |
Poster
Also known as Cover Art and Folder Image. The Poster Art used in Kodi replicates the movie posters often seen in cinema complexes.
- See also: Poster on Wikipedia
The image to the right is displaying poster images of four movies in the Kodi library. They are portrait, high quality images which use a small portion of the screen allowing movie information or other items to be displayed alongside.
The file type can be jpg or png. The aspect ratio of the poster is 1:1.5 with a resolution of 1000x1500. With the rise in popularity of 4k televisions, there is a slow but steady shift to 2000x3000 sized Posters.
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | poster.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\poster.jpg/png |
Single movie in Directory: | poster.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\poster.jpg/png |
All movies in single Directory: | <moviename>-poster.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\Big Buck Bunny (2008)-poster.jpg/png |
Actor Image
The Actor artwork is a portrait of an actor for easy identification. The image is named as follows <FirstName>_<LastName>.jpg
The image to the right is displaying the Actor Images of five actors along the top row. They are portrait, medium to high quality images.
The file type must be jpg. The aspect ratio of the Actor Image is 1:1.5 with a normal resolution of 1000x1500. With the rise in popularity of 4k televisions, there is a slow but steady shift to 2000x3000 sized image.
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay Structure: | <FirstName>_<LastName>.jpg | eg f:MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\BDMV\.actors\Amy_Adams.jpg |
DVD Structure: | <FirstName>_<LastName>.jpg | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\VIDEO_TS\.actors\Amy_Adams.jpg |
Single movie in Directory: | <FirstName>_<LastName>.jpg | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\.actors\Amy_Adams.jpg |
All movies in single Directory: | <FirstName>_<LastName>.jpg | eg f:\MyMovies\.actors\Amy_Adams.jpg |
Video Folder Artwork
The Folder Artwork are landscape images that can be used to replace the standard folder icons when browsing your movie sources in the Video menu. You will not see this artwork in the Movies menu. This image is located directly within the Source directory.
To enable the image, navigate to Videos>Files in the menu system. Highlight a source and call up the Context Menu. Select Choose Thumbnail. If you have saved in the image in the correct location, it will be available to select immediately. If not, you will need to navigate to locate and select it. The image must remain in its original location once selected. Deleting the image will remove it from view in the folder icon.
You are able to also apply the folder thumb by modifying the \userdata\sources.xml as follows
<source> <name>Music</name> <path>xbms://192.168.1.100:1400/Music/</path> <thumbnail>F:\Apps\XBMC\thumbs\shares\thumb.png</thumbnail> </source>
The file type must be jpg. The aspect ratio of the folder artwork is the same as per Fanart. As the image will always be a small icon size, you can reduce the resolution.
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
Folder Artwork: | folder.jpg | eg f:\MyMovies\folder.jpg |
Alternative name: | <foldername>.jpg | eg f:\MyMovies\MyMovies.jpg |
Extended Movie Artwork
To display the Extended artwork, an add-on will need to be installed to extend the image handling capabilities of Estuary and other skins. Once this is installed, it will insert extra artwork fields in the Estuary Skin. The downloader can then be used to either automatically scrape the extra artwork or, due to the newly available artwork fields, you can manually search and insert your local artwork. One example is The Artwork Downloader add-on which can be installed from the official Kodi repository.
- See also: Add-on:Artwork_Downloader
Note the following:
- The following naming schemes apply only to the artwork you have manually sourced and saved. It does not apply to the Kodi scraper or any add-on processes
- If using the Artwork Downloader add-on, it is important to note the following
- The add-on will ignore your locally saved artwork and will only download from the on-line sources.
- The add-on will ignore movies when more than one movie is in a single directory. Each movie needs to be in it's own separate directory.
Banner
Also known as Wide Banner Icons. The image to the right shows the Movie Banner view on the Aeon Nox skin. They are images that normally contain recognisable characters or moments in the movie. The banner image normally displays the movie logo which is of a size that is clearly legible. There should be no written advertising of Actors, Studios etc.
The file type can be jpg or png. The Banner uses an aspect ratio of 1:0.185. The standard resolution is 1000x185.
- See also: Wide_banner_icons
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | banner.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\banner.jpg/png |
Single movie in Directory: | banner.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\banner.jpg/png |
All movies in single Directory: | n/a | Movie must be in it's own movie directory |
ClearArt
ClearArt are images that are saved on a transparent background. This allows the image to be overlayed on another image or playing video. The images normally include the movie name or logo, along with an iconic prop or scene from the movie, or an actors image.
The image to the right is displaying ClearArt at the bottom right corner of the image.
The file type must be png. The image has an aspect ratio of 1:0.562 and the normal resolution is 1000x562.
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | clearart.png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\clearart.png |
Single movie in Directory: | clearart.png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\clearart.png |
All movies in single Directory: | n/a | Movie must be in it's own movie directory |
Clearlogo
This is the basic movie logo or movie name on a transparent background. The logo uses the movies distinctive font. There are no movie or actor images incorporated into the logo. The transparent background allows it to be overlayed on other images or video with minimal impact.
The image on the right is displaying the ClearLogo movie names across the bottom of the image.
The file type must be png. The image has an aspect ratio of 1:0.388 and the normal resolution is 800x310.
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | clearlogo.png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\clearlogo.png |
Single movie in Directory: | clearlogo.png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\clearlogo.png |
All movies in single Directory: | n/a | Movie must be in it's own movie directory |
Landscape
Landscape, also known as Movie Thumbs, are specially made small fanart images that contain the movie logo and main cast characters or a memorable movie moment. They are used in certain page layouts for movie browsing. The original intent of this artwork has blurred over the years so if you have no Landscape images, it is safe to use your Fanart or Extrafanart images.
The file type must be jpg. The image has an aspect ratio of 16:9. The normal resolution is 1000x562 but higher resolutions can be used.
Thumbnail
The Thumbnail is a legacy item and can be left blank for movies.
It is still used for TV Show episode images
Note: This item needs updating or correcting
Skin Dependent & Other Artwork
The following artwork requires a skin that supports that type of artwork.
- See also: skin
- See also: Add-on Search
Disc
DiscArt requires the use of a supporting skin. It replicates the picture on the physical DVD and Bluray disc. Although the disc artwork is round, the image itself is square and the disc image is placed on a transparent background.
The file type must be png. The aspect ration of the image is 1:1, and the usual resolution is 1000x1000.
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | disc.png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\disc.png |
Single movie in Directory: | disc.png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\disc.png |
All movies in single Directory: | n/a | Movie must be in it's own movie directory |
Logo
The Logo has the same qualities and properties as the ClearLogo. These two items can be easily interchanged. Although, there are logo's with a solid background rather than a transparent background and these should not be used to replace the ClearLogo.
Extra fanart
Extra fanart is reliant on a supporting skin. You are able to download and save additional high quality Fanart which the skin can display, usually in a slideshow.
- See also: Extra_Fanart
Movieset Fanart
As of v17, Kodi does not automatically recognise and scrape the Movieset Fanart. It needs to be manually selected.
This artwork is used for movie Collections or Sets. For example, the Superman collection consists of five movies. Kodi has the ability to display these as a Box-Set. When viewing the box-set, rather than displaying a fanart that is associated with only one of the movies, it is preferable to display a fanart image that has a connection to all the movies.
The properties of the movieset fanart are exactly the same as for Fanart.
It is possible that this artwork will be included in future versions of Kodi. But at this stage, the artwork needs to be manually applied.
- See also: Movie_set
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | movieset-fanart.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\movieset-fanart.jpg/png |
Single movie in Directory: | movieset-fanart.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\movieset-fanart.jpg/png |
All movies in single Directory: | n/a | Movie must be in it's own movie directory |
Movieset Poster
As of v17, Kodi does not automatically recognise and scrape the Movieset Poster. It needs to be manually selected.
This artwork is used for movie Collections or Sets. For example, the Superman collection consists of five movies. Kodi has the ability to display these as a Box-Set. When viewing the box-set, rather than displaying a Poster that is associated with only one of the movies, it is preferable to display a Poster image that has a connection to all the movies.
The properties of the movieset poster are exactly the same as for Poster.
It is possible that this artwork will be included in future versions of Kodi. But at this stage, the artwork needs to be manually applied.
- See also: Movie_set
Saved movies as | File Name | Save Location |
BluRay & DVD Structure: | movieset-poster.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\movieset-poster.jpg/png |
Single movie in Directory: | movieset-poster.jpg/png | eg f:\MyMovies\Big Buck Bunny (2008)\movieset-poster.jpg/png |
All movies in single Directory: | n/a | Movie must be in it's own movie directory |