How To Make Background Image Scale With Window

Are you tired of the aforementioned Windows Media Heart look and feel? Today nosotros'll show you how alter the background and use themes to WMC.

Changing the Bones Color Scheme in WMC

At that place are a couple of very basic color scheme options congenital in to Windows 7 Media Center. From the WMC First Menu, select Settings on the Tasks strip then select General. On the Full general settings screen select Visual and Sound Furnishings.

Under Colour scheme you'll find options for Windows Media Center standard, High dissimilarity white, and High contrast black. Simply select a color scheme and click Save before exiting.

If y'all have used Media Center before y'all are familiar with the standard blueish default theme.

There is besides the high contrast white.

And, the high dissimilarity black.

Changing the Background Paradigm with Media Center Studio

Themes and custom backgrounds need to exist added with the tertiary-political party software, Media Middle Studio. You tin find the download link at the stop of this commodity.

You lot can employ your ain high resolution photo, or download one from the Net. For all-time results, you'll want to detect an image that meets or exceeds the resolution of your monitor. Also, using a darker colored background image is ideal equally it should contrast better with the lighter colored text of the start menu.

Once yous've downloaded and installed Media Center Studio (link below), open the application select the Habitation tab on the ribbon and make sure you lot are on the Themes tab below. Click New.

Select Biography from the left pane and type in a name for your new theme.

Next, click on the triangle next to Images to expand the list below. You lot'll want to browse to Images > Common > Groundwork. You should run across a list of PNG image files located below Background. Nosotros will want to bandy out the COMMON.Blithe.Background.PNG and the Common.BACKGROUND.PNG images. Select COMMON.Animated.BACKGROUND.PNG and click on the Browse button on the right.

Browse for your photo and click Open.

Your selected epitome will announced on the left pane. At present, exercise the same for the COMMON.BACKGROUND.PNG. When finished, select the Dwelling tab on the ribbon at the pinnacle and click Salvage.

Now switch to the Themes tab on the ribbon and the Themes tab below. (There are two Themes tabs which can be a fleck confusing). Select your theme on the right pane and click Utilize.

Notation: Y'all won't see the epitome backgrounds displayed.

Your theme will be applied to Media Center.

Close out of Media Center Studio and open up Windows Media Center to check out your new background.

You can load multiple backgrounds images and switch them periodically as your mood changes. You might similar to find a nice background featuring your favorite film or Television set evidence.

Possibly you tin even detect a groundwork of your favorite sports squad.

Installing Themes with Media Center Studio

Theme7MC has fabricated available a pocket-sized group of Media Eye Studio Theme packs that are unproblematic to download and install. Y'all can find the download link beneath.

Notation: Before installing a theme, plow off any extenders and close Windows Media Center.

Download any (or all) of the Theme7MC theme packages to your Media Center PC. Open up Media Center Studio, select the Themes tab (the one at the peak) and click Import Theme.

Browse for the theme you wish to import and click Open.

Select your theme from the themes pane and click Utilize.

Media Center Studio will keep to apply your theme.

You should and then see your new theme appear under Electric current theme on the left theme pane.

Close out of Media Heart Studio. Open Media Center and enjoy your new theme.

Conclusion

Media Eye Studio runs on Windows seven or Vista and gives users a solution for personalizing their Media Center backgrounds. It is a Beta application, however, so it all the same has a few bugs.

Currently, at that place are just a handful of themes bachelor at Themes7MC, but what they take is pretty slick.

If you'd like to farther customize the wait of Media Centre, check out our previous article on how to customize the Media Center first card with Media Middle Studio.

Downloads

Media Center Studio RTB

Theme7MC (Japanese)