Image Editing and Image Types

Primary - This channel logo is the historic logo used for channels and third party plugins. On newer Emby clients it is used on light colored backgrounds.

LogoLight & LogoLightColor - This channel logo is used on dark colored backgrounds. LogoLightColor is the default logo used but options in clients may allow for use of LogoLight as well.

Here is a example of editing graphics for a Live TV station:

Here are two examples showing how these images are used depending on the background color in use.

Other Content Types Like Movies & TV Shows

If you edit the graphics for a movie or show you would have a screen similar to this.

Here is an example screen showing some of these graphics in use:

Here is a banner view (vs coverart) view of a movie library. Note in this picture not all movies have a banner so the primary image will be used for images without a banner.

Here is a disc view (vs coverart) view of a movie library. Note in this picture not all movies have a disc so the primary image will be used for images without a disc.

Here is a logo view (vs coverart) view of a movie library. Note in this picture not all movies have a logo so the primary image will be used for images without a logo.

Here is a thumb view (vs coverart) view of a movie library. Note in this picture not all movies have a thumb so the primary image will be used for images without a thumb.

Primary

This is the normal cover art used.

Logo

Option image usually superimposed over backdrops

Backdrops/Fanart

This is the background used behind all other graphics and text. Many clients can alternate these backgrounds if more than one graphic is present.

Thumb

Used for thumbnail views

Banner

Used for banner views

Disc

Used for disk views

Art

Used in some clients similar to the Logo image type