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:
 * 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.