User talk:Vandar Vegawan

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Great images

Hi VV. Thank you very much for uploading all of the SM3DW images. The quality is excellent. I was curious how you are taking them? Just wondering what your method was. Thanks again. Procyon 02:59, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I'm uploading them directly from the Wii U. To do so, hit the home button on the frame you want to screenshot, select the internet browser, and go to an image upload site (I use tinypic). There, you're able to select the gamepad or tv screenshot (I use the gamepad to keep filesize down a bit). After that, I download the screens to my PC, name and optionally edit them, and upload them here. The tricky part is capturing the right frame, as you can't just spam the home button and pausing the game would result in a screenshot of the pause menu. Vandar Vegawan (talk) 05:56, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Vandar, since you are technically skilled, can you save the file to your PC, then export as a .png (e.g. using The GNU Image Manipulation Program; GIMP), then upload to tinypng.com to compress the file as small as possible? Then compare that to your jpg file sizes. We want to try and minimize the amount of disk space and bandwidth used so that we can handle more data and more traffic as the site scales. Thank you! --Notmyhandle (talk • contribs) 17:40, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Using that website dropped the image for world 3-1 star 1 from 360KB to 219KB (~40% smaller), but had some discoloration on Peach's face. Saving the original image as .jpg with 80% quality in gimp results in a filesize of 70KB (~80% smaller) with less quality loss. I'll be using the latter method for future uploads (for 3d games, png is better for limited palettes). Thanks! --Vandar Vegawan (talk) 22:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Agreed, anything above 640x480 (or from the PS2 generation and beyond) should ideally be uploaded as JPGs, but given the time consuming process you were following, I didn't want to ask you to throw in an extra step. If you're comfortable doing it, great. If not, I'd rather have good quality images with large file sizes than no images at all. Procyon 01:06, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Sidebars and spacing

If you want to use sidebars, use them to outline optional objectives or hidden things - like green stars. Also, use {{-}} to add a spacer at the end of a section or where you need to line up the text. This will eliminate sidebars from floating over lines and images. --Notmyhandle (talk • contribs) 17:12, 7 April 2015 (UTC)