An automated title card maker for Plex.

• Description
• Getting Started
• Usage and Troubleshooting
• Examples
• Contributing
• Support

TitleCardMaker is a program and Docker container written in Python that automates the creation of customized title cards (which are image previews of an episode of TV) for use in personal media services like Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin.

TitleCardMaker can be automated such that everything can be pulled without manual intervention. All your series can be read from Sonarr or Plex; episode data can be pulled from Sonarr, Plex or TheMovieDatabase; images from TheMovieDatabase or Plex; and TitleCardMaker can even utilize an episode's watch status within Plex to create "spoiler free" versions of title cards automatically, as shown below:

All configuration/automation of the TitleCardMaker is done via YAML files, and the actual image creation is done using the open-source and free image library called ImageMagick.

Read the Getting Started page on the Wiki for the traditional install, or the Getting Started on Docker page to install using Docker.

If you're using Unraid, there is a template available for easy setup - just search titlecardmaker on the Unraid Community Apps store.

Assuming you're using the default preference filename, invoking the Maker is as simple as:

pipenv run python main.py --run

For invocation and configuration details, read here.

If you have trouble getting the Maker working, or have a problem, create an issue on GitHub!

Below are some examples of each style of title card that can be created automatically by the TitleCardMaker:

The above cards are, in order, the anime, cutout, frame, landscape, logo, olivier, poster, roman, standard, and the star wars title cards - the textless card is not shown.

In addition to title card creation and management, the TitleCardMaker can also be used for other image-creation functionality. For example, the mini maker - a.k.a. mini_maker.py - can be used to "manually" create collection posters, genre cards, movie posters, show summaries, and season posters. An example of each is shown below:

This is largely done via the command-line, and is described on the wiki here.

If you'd like to contribute - whether that's a suggested feature, a bug fix, or anything else - please do so on GitHub by creating an issue, or join the Discord. The best way for me to manage technical aspects of the project is on GitHub.

This has taken a pretty substantial amount of effort, so if you find this project useful you can support me on BuyMeACoffee, or become a GitHub sponsor - I would really appreciate it!