Anime Fade Card Type

This card design was created by CollinHeist, and the design was inspired by Yozora, Reddit User /u/Recker_Man, Reicha7, and drewstopherlee (as this is practically an amalgamation of the Anime and Fade card types).

Cards of this style contain left-aligned text - including possible Japanese/Kanji - on the left side of the image, alongside a logo; while the right half contains the Source Image with a soft vignet fading into the black background.

Labeled Card Elements

Episode Text

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all of the following extras will refer to both the season and episode text. "Episode text" is used for brevity.

Coloring

The color of the episode text can be adjusted with the Episode Text Color extra.

Example

The color of the season text itself (not the season and episode text together) can be individually adjusted with the Season Text Color extra. If specified alongside the Episode Text Color extra, this takes priority over just the season text itself.

Example

Size

The size of the season and episode text can be adjusted with the Episode Text Font Size extra. Like all font sizes, values greater than 1.0 will increase the size of the text, and values less than 1.0 will decrease it.

This will also adjust the size of the Alternate Text.

Example

Kanji

Adding Kanji

This card supports the addition of Kanji (Japanese text) to the Card through TCM's built-in translation feature.

For the specified Series (or within a Template), add a translation which reads as "Translate Japanese titles into kanji".

Recommendation

Rather than specifying this translation for each Series, it is recommended to use a Template containing the correct card type and translation(s), and then add that Template to your Series.

To go one step further, you can auto-assign this Template to a subset of your Series when Syncing; or add the Template with some filters (i.e. by library name) to your Default Templates.

Requiring Kanji

If you want to require kanji text to be present in order for a Title Card to be created, you can set the Require Kanji extra to True

This is generally not recommended as TCM will automatically delete and remake Cards if they were made without kanji (that was later added).

Coloring

The color of the kanji text can be adjusted with the Kanji Color extra.

Example

Separator Character

If both the season and episode text are displayed on the Card, then a separator character is added between them. This character can be adjusted with the Separator Character extra.

The color of this character will be controlled by the Episode Text Color and Season Text Color extras, with the season coloring taking priority over the episode.

Example

Text Position

The overall position of all text elements - including the kanji, title, season, and episode text - can be adjusted with the Text Position extra. This can be bottom to position it like that in the Anime card; or center to position it like that in the Fade card.

Example

Mask Images

This card also natively supports mask images. Like all mask images, TCM will automatically search for alongside the input Source Image in the Series' source directory, and apply this atop all other Card effects.