Fix #6: add settings for background color. Defaults to black

Program.cs

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public sealed class Settings
         public bool ConvertOnlineLaunchboxGamesDB { get; set; } = true;
         public uint GifColors { get; set; } = 32;
         public string GifScaleMode { get; set; } = "fill";
+        public string BackgroundColor { get; set; } = "#000000";
     }
 
     public static Settings gSettings;
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ static void ConvertPicture(string inputPath, bool isGif)
                         image.Format = MagickFormat.Png32;
                         image.Modulate(new Percentage(100), new Percentage(150), new Percentage(100)); // Adjust brightness, saturation, and hue
                                                                                                        //image.Trim(); // Trim the image to its bounding box
-                        image.BackgroundColor = new MagickColor(0, 0, 0, 255); // Set the background color to black
+                        image.BackgroundColor = new MagickColor(gSettings.BackgroundColor); // Set the background color to what the user likes (default is black)
                                                                                //image.Alpha(AlphaOption.Opaque);
                         image.Compose = CompositeOperator.Over; // Over composite the image
                         image.Sample(width, height); // Resize the image to size provided by settings

README.md

@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ The application uses a `settings.ini` file for configuration. You can specify:
 - Output sizes (for 128x32 DMD and 256x64 DMD for example)
 - Whether to download and convert from LaunchBox game DB (`ConvertOnlineLaunchboxGamesDB`)
 - Whether to convert local GIF files (`ConvertLocalGifFiles`)
-- The number of colors for GIF files
-- Whether to fit the image inside the dimensions of the DMD or fill the DMD and crop
+- The number of colors for GIF files (`GifColors`)
+- Whether to fit the image inside the dimensions of the DMD or fill the DMD and crop (`GifScaleMode=fill|fit`)
+- The background color for marquees (`BackgroundColor=#000000`, defaults to black)
 
 ```ini
 [Settings]
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ LocalGifFolder=C:\path\to\your\gif\folder
 GifColors=128
 ; GifScaleMode=fill or fit
 GifScaleMode=fill
+BackgroundColor=#000000
 ```
 
 ## Usage

settings.ini

@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ LocalGifFolder="C:\path\to\your\gif\folder"
 GifColors=128
 ; GifScaleMode=fill or fit
 GifScaleMode=fill
+BackgroundColor=#FF0000