FoliCon Help

Poster Mode

Poster mode is for people who want to change their folder icons to feature the poster or artwork of a specific movie, TV show, or game, combined with FoliCon's built-in icon overlays.

Search and Selection

Poster mode offers four search modes to find exactly what you're looking for:

Search modes

When you search for media, FoliCon shows details such as the title, year, rating, plot, and trailer.

Search result

It also remembers the selected title when choosing from ambiguous results, auto-selecting the title on your next search in case of a failure.

Custom Overlays

You can apply custom icon overlays to your poster icons. Currently, there are six built-in overlays available:

Icon overlays

  • Legacy — The original FoliCon overlay.

  • Alternate — An alternative to the Legacy overlay.

  • Faelpessoal — The default overlay since v3.7, which includes the media title. Named after designer faelpessoal.

  • Liaher — A minimalistic look, named after designer Liaher.

  • Faelpessoal Horizontal — Best suited for landscape or game artwork.

  • Windows 11 Style — A sleek Windows 11-style overlay, best for horizontal posters.

Overlay Store and Designer

You are not limited to the built-in overlays!

  • Overlay Store: Browse and install community-created overlays from Poster Icon Config | Browse Overlay Store…. For more details, see Overlay Store.

  • Overlay Designer: Create your own custom overlays. Learn more in the Overlay Designer guide.

Media Details and Previews

Image Previews

You can choose from a large variety of available posters for your media.

More posters

The preview window correctly renders transparency for PNG images, allowing you to see exactly how your icon will look.

Full preview

Ratings

Poster mode includes a feature to add media ratings directly to your folder icons, giving you a quick visual indicator of the media's score.

Videos and Trailers

Poster mode shows available trailers and videos for the selected media. All media types (Movies, TV shows, and Games) now support multiple videos. Click the video thumbnail to watch it directly in FoliCon's built-in viewer.

Multiple video trailers in Poster Mode

30 August 2026