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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:

  • Not all the listed Extended artwork types are available for use in Kodi in each category. Some may be used for TV Shows, while others are used for Movies, Music video or Music.
  • 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. The Extended artwork can only be displayed in other skins.


Basic Movie Artwork

The artwork in the Basic section is the minimum artwork displayed by the default skin Estuary.


Fanart

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Fanart can be defined as images, depicting iconic scenes in a movie, that have been created by fans.

For Kodi, it means digital images, of high quality, that are used as full screen backdrops or wallpapers to enhance the user experience.

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 standard resolution of fanart is 1920x1080. But with the rise in popularity of 4k televisions, there is a slow but steady shift to 3840x2160 sized fanart.



Poster

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The Poster Art used in Kodi replicates the movie posters often seen in cinema complexes.

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 aspect ration 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.

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Actor Image

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The Actors artwork is a portrait of an actor for easy identification.

The image to the right is displaying the Actor Image of five actors along the top row. They are portrait, medium to high quality images.

The aspect ratio of the Actor Image 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.







Extended Movie Artwork

To display the Extended artwork, an alternate skin will be required.

See also: Add-on Search


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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 Banner uses an aspect ratio of 1:0.185. The standard resolution is 1000x185.








ClearArt

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ClearArt are images that are saved on a transparent background. This allows the image to be overlayed on another image, or playing video, and it being somewhat transparent. 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 image has an aspect ratio of 1:0.562 and the normal resolution is 1000x562.








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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 image has an aspect ratio of 1:0.388 and the normal resolution is 800x310.








Disc

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DiscArt replicates the picture on the physical DVD and Bluray disk. Although the disc is round, the image itself is square and the disc image is placed on a transparent background.

The aspect ration of the image is 1:1, and the usual resolution is 1000x1000.









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.



Movieset Fanart

As of v17, Kodi does not recognise the Movieset Fanart.

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.


Movieset Poster

As of v17, Kodi does not recognise the Movieset Poster.

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.


Thumb

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Thumbs and Movie Thumbs are a source of confusion for many people. The term Thumbs tends to convey the impression of a very small and low quality image. This is not the case. Movie thumbs are just smaller versions of Fanart. Most times it is the same image. This is a hangover from earlier days, when computer processing power was not powerful enough to manipulate a high number of images at a very fast rate. These days, thumbs can be ignored, and fanart used in it's place.

The content of the Thumb is the same as for Fanart. The aspect ratio is 1:0.562 with a usual resolution of 1000x562.







Extra fanart

Extra thumbs

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