High def images on the MX-950 are pretty much useless.
Even channel logos.
Even gray scale is crap.
The best use for graphics on the MX-950 is for getting more text per line.
I found that if you use photoshop and a 6-8 point arial text font you can get a viewable text that allows pretty much text on the LCD screen.
I don't bother with channel logos.
I just use text.
I do do CD/DVD cover art on the MX-950 for DVD/CD collection menus for a Sony DVD mega changer. But they barely show what is on the DVD/CD, only a poor representation.
It's a couple set process every time to add a new cover art graphic:
Using movie or music collector I edit the cover, which pulls up MS paint.
From there I save the jpg into the mx-950 folder area under a CD/DVD coverart folder.
Then I use photoshop to pull up the color jpg, resize it to 64x64 bits(fits nicely onto the LCD screen, taking up the first 3 rows of buttons, leaving the bottom buttons for text for selecting DVD/CD).
Then(still in photoshop), reduce it to grayscale(why waste file size with colors when remote can't display them, allows for mroe jpgs on remote).
Then , if the CD/DVD has a title I retype the title(to be clear enough to read on remote), using either white or black text(whichever shows up better over cover art), etc.
It's a manual process.
I can do it in under 5 minutes, since I have a system now.
But basically that's what I go through to add images.
I also don't leave the images in the default image library.
I first add it though( so I can drag it to the remote page), but then delete it from library.
Keeps library clean.
I keep the images in folders within the mx editor folder instead.
Last edited by tonyn41
on April 24, 2007 03:08.
