upload-card-images.md

Upload Card Images

• This git repo is the source of truth for ALL SWCCG card images.
• For more information about how the card images are processd, read the Card Images documentation.
• Images are in the Images-HT/starwars/ subdirectory.
• Subdirectories within starwars contain sets, 1 for each side of the force.
• Within the set directories, the hires/ directory contains high resolution png images.
• When adding new images, ALWAYS UPLOAD A HIGH RESOLUTION PNG.
• Card images will for other use cases, such as lower resolution gif images for scomp or holotable, will be automatically generated by the git automations.
• Card images are automatically uploaded to res.starwarsccg.org/cards when merged to the master branch.

Image Dimensions

• High Resolution Images: 703×980 RGB 120dpi png, or better

Filename CaSe, special characters, and spaces

• All image files should be stored as lowercase to avoid confusion and conflict.
• All image filenames should not have special characters, such as: &, @, -
• All image filenames should not have spaces.

Incorrect	Correct
oddballs_torrent_starfighter.png	oddballstorrentstarfighter.png
OddballsTorrentStarfighter.png	oddballstorrentstarfighter.png
"Oddball's Torrent Starfighter.png"	oddballstorrentstarfighter.png
Vader&Obi-WanSeeker.png	vaderobiwanseeker.png

Docking Bays

• Docking Bays should always include the word docking bay in their name.

Incorrect	Correct
coruscantprivateplatform.gif	coruscantprivateplatformdockingbay.gif
scariflandingpadnine_ai.png	scariflandingpadninedockingbay_ai.png
scariflandingpadnine.gif	scariflandingpadninedockingbay.gif

Instructions for uploading Card Images

• You will need a GitHub account.
• You will need a Git client:
  • Windows users are recommended to use TortoiseGit. Follow these instructions to install it.
  • MacOS users are recommended to use Sourcetree. Follow these instructions to install it
  • Users familiar with the commandline are recommended to use git.
• Fork the holotable git repo. Clone your fork locally. Add the images. Commit the changes. Push the changes. Create a pull request:
  • For Windows users, you can follow this reference.
  • For MacOS users, you can follow this reference.
  • Users familiar with the commandline can follow this reference.