Image Content Size Requirements

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We need to decide on what the minimum / maximum resolutions are going to be 
for different image types that can be pulled with the API.  The resolutions 
listed here are not final.  We need to add more and decide on what sizes 
will give the best results.

Fan art / Backdrops:  Maximum Resolution - 1920x1080, Minimum Resolution - 
1280x720.

Box art:  Dimensions are up for debate.  This is most likely dependent on 
the media type (PC, Nintendo64, etc).

Marquee / Banner:  Standard resolution seems to be 758x140.

Flyer / Poster:  680x1000.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by smid...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2010 at 6:36

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Suggestions for what each image type should represent; you probably know a lot 
of
this stuff but it should be clearly defined for the purposes of discussion:

Fan Art / Backdrops: Fan-submitted art typically used to embellish a media 
center
display; could also serve as desktop wallpaper.

Box Art: Commercial box art for a game's release.
Flyer / Poster: Concept art?  Games (especially really old ones) don't have 
posters
celebrating their release.

Marquee / Banner: Small banner that identifies a series of related content.  I 
think
we could purpose this toward game publishers and have banners for those, 
allowing
games to be sortable in this manner.  Publisher names seem to be perfect in the 
758 x
140 resolution mentioned by smidley.

Regarding Box Art vs. Flyer / Poster: I believe these two items represent the 
same
concept and should be combined to form Box Art.

Original comment by wrex...@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2010 at 7:31

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This is from the person developing the plugin for MediaBrowser:

"For the 1.0 release of the plugin, I plan on incorporating the following

Backdrops
Box Art
Platform
Synopsis
Game Rating ( stars, out of ten, or alternative)
ESRB or equivalent rating
aspect ratio (possibly)
Genre
Franchise (possibly) (example: Final Fantasy, Castlevania)

I do plan to incorporate other features as the plugin matures, but I don’t 
want to 
commit to too much at once. One idea that keeps floating around my head as 
mentioned 
by Demonseed, is the Faq/cheats documents. I need to get the core functionality 
100% 
before I start considering anything like this though.

As far as image sizes go, I think it’s best to use what thetvdb already 
favors on 
their site, 680x1000 for posters(dvd style covers) maybe something like 680x680 
for 
cd style covers, and something comarable for odd shaped boxes such as the super 
nintendo boxes. Also 1280x720 min for backdrops. It’s up to you whether you 
want to 
allow smaller sizes to be uploaded to the database, because I wouldn’t be 
using the 
images at their full resolution. But I think it would improve to quality of the 
site 
and allow for more versatility with the bigger images.

I would also like it if all cross-platform games had a unique page and ID for 
each 
platform. For example: Dirt 2, I'm hoping to not have a bunch of PS3 specific 
info 
displayed to a person that has the PC version of the game. If you own the PC 
version, 
you don’t want to see the PS3 boxart.

Also I'd like to see the actual platforms have entries in the database. Since 
I'm 
going with a EHS->Platform->Game->Details page flow (Which is similar to how tv 
series are organised). I'd like when the user is on the Platform Page, 
depending on 
the view, for the user to see a synopsis of the platform itself."

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2010 at 5:33

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I think it is going to be extremely difficult to find high resolution cover art 
for 
some of games. It would be nice if there was a system in place wherean image 
could 
be uploaded with the option to update it with a higher resolution image if 
someone 
finds one.

Original comment by MikeMc6...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2010 at 2:27

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I like that idea.  Then people building plugins can choose if they want lower 
resolution ones to be able to be pulled from the API.

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2010 at 5:06

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Subject: Fanart

I like the dimensions for the fan art.  Gamers are an enthusiastic lot and could
probably end up overwhelming the db with just that.  I think it would be 
suitable to
suggest making 1080-friendly fanarts somewhere in the documentation and 
discourage
anything less.

To that end, since there is a base minimum and base maximum, presumably 
hard-coded
resolutions for these pictures, is there going to be anything allowed in 
between?

Original comment by wrex...@gmail.com on 19 Apr 2010 at 2:33

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I don't think any resolutions in between will work since we're tailoring to a 
16x9 
aspect ratio.

Original comment by smid...@gmail.com on 19 Apr 2010 at 5:01

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The results of this conversation need to be moved to the wiki

Original comment by mclaughl...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2010 at 5:59

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Original comment by mclaughl...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2010 at 3:19

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