Help:Contents/Images

This page is a work in progress. As a result, the layout and/or content herein may be subject to change.

Rules

We have rules you should follow when uploading images!

General Rules

Image Types

We want to use PNG images to avoid JPEG compression.

The only exception to this is when uploading an original screenshot, which are sometimes stored as JPG.

Editing Images

Generally, when uploading a Ripped Graphic, do not edit it. An exception to this rule is when uploading a Wiki Image, or an image for personal use.

You're allowed to edit an image when you need to use an external program to display the image properly; an example would be an SDF texture. When editing the image, avoid using Microsoft Paint as browsers like Firefox won't correctly render colors from PNGs saved with the program.

Optimize Images and Filesizes

If an image has unnecessary metadata from image editing, please optimize it! Try to keep images under a reasonable size (under 10 MB). If you need to edit an image to keep it smaller, please list it was edited in the file description.

Ripping Graphics

When extracting images from the mainline games, try to use the latest version of toolkit to extract images, as it currently has support for Vita textures and SDF textures. Don't use any older programs like farctool as they have inaccuracies in extracting images.

Other tools besides toolkit are required to extract textures from LittleBigPlanet PSP, LittleBigPlanet Karting, Run Sackboy Run, and Sackboy: A Big Adventure.

Screenshots

When uploading a screenshot, upload the whole screenshot. Cropping screenshots is allowed if you're focusing on a portion of the image.

Renders

You can upload official renders and renders made with a modeling program like Blender; try to keep the dimensions of custom renders at a reasonable size, and try stay accurate to the original material data.

Personal Images

Personal images are allowed; please tag the image with your username and keep the image at a reasonable size.

Uploading Images

You can upload a file by selecting Upload from the left sidebar. When uploading a file, try to follow filename conventions, and tag your image appropriately.

Tagging Images

You are required to Tag your images appropriately before uploading them. Below is a list of the current image tags, which will be updated appropriately when new tags are added.

Code:	Description:	Category:
{{badgeicon|game}}	Graphics used for level badges, categorized by the game they were sourced from.	Level Badges
{{popiticon|game}}	Graphics used for popit icons, categorized by the game they were sourced from.	Popit Icons
{{sticker|game}}	Sticker graphics, categorized by the game they were sourced from.	Stickers
{{render|game}}	3D or 2D renders categorized by the game they were intended for.	Renders
{{screenshot|system}}	Game screenshots, specified by the system they were taken on.	Screenshots
{{wikiimage}}	Images that are used internally on the wiki.	Wiki Images