A productivity script, Photoshop template and style guide for generating ‘Discovery Bar’ tiles on Virgin Media TV.

“Disco Maker” demo

Background

The intent of this project to improve the appearance of the tiles, make them more effective, and to provide a workflow where a non-designer with Photoshop skills could generate the tiles quickly, easily and to strict rules.

A style guide was created with instructions on how to use the main template, but also what guidelines to follow when creating a special ‘stunt’ tile that doesn’t use the template.


Analysis and Solutions document for TV Go banners (click to open PDF)

Features

  • Running the script opens and closes the Photoshop template automatically.
  • Pulldown menus let you select from a variety of colours from a set palette.
  • Choose from a set of pre-written footer foreground messages, including fun ‘evocative adjectives’
  • Select a channel logo from the pulldown menu to automatically place it.
  • Set a render destination in the UI
  • Write the copy in the UI and it’s placed for you through the template
  • Select an optional ‘call to action’ from a pulldown menu.
  • Exports and names the files for you.
  • UI design, coding: Ryan Gilmore