Dimensions for posters

[crusher11 1101]

FanArt has primary art at 1000x1426, whereas TMDB has primary art at 3:2, which translates to 1000x1500 at the nearest equivalent resolution.

 

Which of these does Emby use?

Edited February 2, 2020 by crusher11

[Happy2Play 9780]

If i remember correctly the placeholders are 2:3 and 16:9.  All odd sized images are stretched to fit.  

[crusher11 1101]

That's what I expected but I'm seeing odd proportions on one of my 3:2 posters.

 

I'm using Cover Art and I have it set to use the original aspect ratio.

[Happy2Play 9780]

That is a topic all in itself depending on what treatment you are using.  So a server question is irrelevant to a CA question.

[crusher11 1101]

The original aspect ratio setting should make the CA issue irrelevant, no?

[Happy2Play 9780]

The original aspect ratio setting should make the CA issue irrelevant, no?

I see different results with every treatment.  You would have go over specific example listing your exact configuration.

[Deathsquirrel 745]

The original aspect ratio setting should make the CA issue irrelevant, no?

No, it just helps.  The treated poster will be 3:2 but the treatment frames aren't all the same size so the distortion on the source poster will vary by treatment.

[crusher11 1101]

Isn't the point of the aspect ratio setting that it distorts the treatment, rather than the poster?

[ebr 16183]

That setting keeps from distorting the poster.  That does not change the fact that the different treatments will have different shapes themselves.

 

e.g.  This treatment:

 

 

Will be a different shape (aspect ratio) from this one:

 

[pwhodges 2012]

I don't know how many people care, but I would much rather see every image on the screen in its correct aspect ratio.  If this means they won't all fit in the assigned boxes, then either crop to fit or (preferably) add black or transparent pillarbox/letterbox bars as required.  The enclosing boxes could still be proportioned according to the commonest type of image found in that position.

 

But I know many people prefer neatly arranged distorted images - I just find that odd!

 

Paul

[ebr 16183]

I don't know how many people care, but I would much rather see every image on the screen in its correct aspect ratio.  If this means they won't all fit in the assigned boxes, then either crop to fit or (preferably) add black or transparent pillarbox/letterbox bars as required.  The enclosing boxes could still be proportioned according to the commonest type of image found in that position.

 

But I know many people prefer neatly arranged distorted images - I just find that odd!

 

Paul

 

We already do this with one caveat - if the shapes are very close - we go ahead and distort for a more uniform presentation.  But, if they are significantly different, you should see exactly what you are suggesting.

[crusher11 1101]

That setting keeps from distorting the poster. That does not change the fact that the different treatments will have different shapes themselves.

 

e.g. This treatment:

 

 

Will be a different shape (aspect ratio) from this one:

 

Right, but everything in my library has the same treatment so I'm just talking about the actual poster.

 

It's fine on each movie's individual page but is stretching my 2:3 covers horizontally on the library page.

 

My collections are untreated and 2:3 works perfectly there.

[ebr 16183]

Right, but everything in my library has the same treatment so I'm just talking about the actual poster.

 

It's fine on each movie's individual page but is stretching my 2:3 covers horizontally on the library page.

 

My collections are untreated and 2:3 works perfectly there.

 

Those were just examples.  When you use CoverArt almost every treatment adds something around your posters which will cause the shape to be different from the poster itself.

[crusher11 1101]

Right, but that's not what I'm talking about. The attached "primary.jpg" is 2:3 and contains a perfect circle. But if I set it as a poster image the circle is now wider than it is tall.

 

However, if I then click on it and go to the page for that movie, it's a perfect circle again.

[ebr 16183]

Right, but that's not what I'm talking about. The attached "primary.jpg" is 2:3 and contains a perfect circle. But if I set it as a poster image the circle is now wider than it is tall.

 

However, if I then click on it and go to the page for that movie, it's a perfect circle again.

 

That is most likely due to what I mentioned above.  The web app is expecting 2:3 - but when you add the "Off-Line" title bar to the top of your image, it is no longer 2:3 but it is close enough that the app decides to squeeze it in.

[crusher11 1101]

So either the Web app will distort the whole thing, or Cover Art will distort my poster? There's no way to have cover art without distorting posters?

[Luke 42078]

Yes in some cases CoverArt will distort your images.

[ebr 16183]

Yes in some cases CoverArt will distort your images.

 

But that actually isn't the case here.  Here it appears the web app is distorting them slightly.

 

A slight distortion of some of the images (which, in most cases, would never be noticed with normal content) is preferable to slightly different sized images in the row.

[crusher11 1101]

They're all 2:3 though.

 

For now I've just disabled Cover Art for everything that actually exists on the server, which is all most users can see. I'm mostly just using it to mark the stubs as offline anyway.

[ebr 16183]

They're all 2:3 though.

 

Your original poster is 2:3.  When you put it in that CA treatment, it no longer is.

[crusher11 1101]

Right, but you're saying slight distortion is better than different image sizes, and I'm saying every poster is the same size.

[Luke 42078]

CoverArt alters the image aspect ratio so that it is no longer 2:3, and then the web app stretches it back to 2:3. Try enabling the Cover Art option to preserve original aspect ratio.

[crusher11 1101]

Try enabling the Cover Art option to preserve original aspect ratio.

As I said earlier:

I'm using Cover Art and I have it set to use the original aspect ratio.

Edited February 4, 2020 by crusher11

[ebr 16183]

CoverArt alters the image aspect ratio so that it is no longer 2:3, and then the web app stretches it back to 2:3. Try enabling the Cover Art option to preserve original aspect ratio.

 

He's already got that set and, as he can see in the detail page, CoverArt is preserving the aspect of his original art.

 

It is the web view (presumably the home screen) that is distorting it.  It looks like it isn't respecting PrimaryImageAspectRatio on that screen and, instead, forcing it into a 2:3 box.

[Luke 42078]

I thought it was 2:3?