Infosphere:Image Guidelines

These are the guidelines for uploading images to the Infosphere.

Screencaps

When dealing with screencaps, it is important that you get the character, item or whatever you are aiming to get clear in the picture. Is this not possible, for any reason, it can be handle with an image text, which is supplied by several infoboxes (as |image text=text).

Sometimes, it is necessary to crop for certain reasons, but mostly this is discouraged, because an image text could easily fulfil the cropping need. And we prefer the images in the same resolution they were taken in.

Technical specs

When uploading images to the Infosphere, we expect some form of quality to the image. In general, the images should be of high quality, the quality they we were broadcast in. Here is a list for easier guidance (remember, the resolutions and media are listed in order of preference):

Episodes (Season 1-4)

Resolution: 480i.

Media: DVD, TV

Episodes (Season 5-)

Resolution: 1080p, 720p

Media: TV (DVD is preferred when they become available, but the film DVDs should do fine for now)

Films

Resolution: 1080p, 720p, 480i

Media: DVD (note: Blu-Ray (HD) has not yet become available, and thus HD is not available yet, but will be preferred when so)

Comic scans

Pixel to centimetre resolution: <to be filled>

Media: Original scans

Video game

Resolution: 480i

Media: Direct obtaining, screencap

File formats

Generally, the PNG format is preferred, as it is more powerful and saves more quality. JPEG is also acceptable as an alternative option. However, formats like GIF and BMP are not accepted for screencaps. GIF should only be used for animations. In addition, SVG is preferred for logos, flags, etc.