HI,
Right now I am using this template to show an image based on state of the entity_id. Since this is a zoned device_tracker, I have many the same images for the person, hand made, with an overlay named for the zone:
entity_picture_template: >
if (entity.state === 'home' || entity.state === 'not_home') return '/local/tiles/family/person_' + entity.state + '.png';
return '/local/tiles/family/person_' + states['sensor.person_location_picture'].state + '.png';
add to this, that I have the above template for 6 people, all with handmade images for the same zones, and you can imagine the amount of images I need.
let alone the fact that these image tend to change, and I need to manually change all zoned images…
Also, since these are fixed images, they tend not to be as sharp as I want when zooming in, or enlarging the screen estate.
What I would like to know is if I couldn’t simply overlay the images automatically, based on zone. This would have the advantage Id only need 1 image file per person, have it grayscale for not_home, and have it overplayed with the overlay image.
Added to that, I could easily swap new images, and use sharper ones, which can then be automatically scaled down/up using the aspect ratio.
I havent seen image overlaying before in HA, so please would like to ask some assistance here…
Thanks for having a look!