EDDiscovery Bodies Icons Repository

Sources repository for bodies icons used in EDDiscovery.

How to contribute?

Send the unprocessed - or, better, the link to an unprocessed - high resolution in-game FSS screenshot to https://discord.gg/u75sDnm, in the #exploration channel. Or:

Create the icon:

• Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/EDDiscovery/ImageRepository.git

• Open Templates.xcf in gimp (>= 2.10)

• Drag the screenshots in the layers list, right above "black".

• Resize the layer until you get a good fit:

• That's good!

• Use your best photo retouching skills to have the blue semi-cricles disappear...

• Then, when you are satisfied, apply the biggest circular mask to the image, and create a new layer from visible". The new layer MUST be above the crop layer - planets or stars, depending for your are working with. Probably planets, as stars are already all there...

• Apply a circular blur filter to ONLY the radial perimeter. That's for better border antialiasing.

• Then, create an new composite layer with the previous whole image and the blurred perimeter. And apply a soft shadow to it. Choose the color which fit better with the body image:

• You are good to go!

• Do not forget to properly export it as a PNG:

Provide the body details:

• Open a SQLite editor. I use DB Browser for SQLite...

• Open BodiesDetails.db in it:

• Carefully create a new record, filling all relevant details:

• Save the DB!

Then, create a PR! ;)