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 == Introduction ==
-We try to have screenshots on our website for all games that we support. The purpose of this page is to describe how new screenshots are to be made to ensure uniform overall quality.
+We try to have screenshots on our website for all games that we support. The purpose of this page is to describe how new screenshots are to be made to ensure uniform overall quality. In particular, what scaler you should use, how files should be named etc.
-For each game, we would like to have a small (say, between 2 and 5) number of screenshots which give users a good idea of what the game looks like to play. If the game is available in different languages or versions, it would also be nice to have a screenshot or two showing the differences of those versions.
+For each game, our goal is to have a small number of screenshots (no more than 5) which give users a good idea of what the game looks like to play. If the game is available in different languages or versions (e.g. EGA and VGA), our goal is to have no more than 2 additional screenshots per version showing the differences of those versions.
-Take a look at our existing [https://scummvm.org/screenshots/lec/monkey/ screenshots of The Secret of Monkey Island] as an example.
+Take a look at our existing [https://www.scummvm.org/screenshots/lucasarts/mi/ screenshots of The Secret of Monkey Island] as an example.
+== Screenshot criteria ==
+=== Games ===
+Screenshots should only be added for:
+* Commercial games
+* Fan games notable enough to have a Wikipedia article (e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Quest:_Vohaul_Strikes_Back ''Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back''])
+We unfortunately cannot accept screenshots for other types of games.
+=== Content ===
+Screenshots should not show game spoilers, such as surprise plot details or puzzle solutions. A good guideline is: if it appears in a game demo or would appear in a hypothetical "movie trailer" of the game, it's fine.
+Nudity, gore, or other potentially objectionable content are not permitted in screenshots. We want the website to be appropriate for all ages.
 == List of screenshots we need ==
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 <!--'''All screenshots to date have been contributed. Thanks all'''-->
 <!-- We have all screenshots. But if you still have some suggestions feel free to contact sev. -->
-* [[Blade Runner]]
+* [[Ms. Astro Chicken|Ms. Astro Chicken: Flight of the Pullet]] (*)
-* [[Myst]]
+* [[AGS/Games | AGS Games]] ''(only supported games)''
-* <strike>Myst Masterpiece Edition</strike>
+* [[Blue's Birthday Adventure]]
-* [[The Neverhood]]
+* [[Blue's Reading Time Activities]]
-* [[Voyeur]]
+* [[Blue's Treasure Hunt]]
-* [[Wintermute/Games | Wintermute Games]]
+* [[Director/Games | Director Games]] ''(only supported games)''
+* [[Crazy Nick's Software Picks: King Graham's Board Game Challenge]] (*)
-== List of Screenshots that need to be replaced ==
+* [[Crazy Nick's Software Picks: Leisure Suit Larry's Casino]] (*)
+* [[Crazy Nick's Software Picks: Parlor Games with Laura Bow]] (*)
-{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2" style="margin-left:5em; background:#FF9999; width:80%"
+* [[Crazy Nick's Software Picks: Robin Hood's Game of Skill and Chance]] (*)
-|- align="center"
+* [[Crazy Nick's Software Picks: Roger Wilco's Spaced Out Game Pack]] (*)
-| '''Help us replace old screenshots'''
+* [[Fun Seeker's Guide to Eastern Madera County]] (*)
-|- style="margin-left:1em; background:#ffffff;"
+* [[Hades Challenge]]
-|- style="background:#ffffff"
+<!-- * [[Wintermute/Games | Wintermute Games]] -->
-|At the time most of our screenshots were taken, browsers could not properly scale pixel art, so small screenshots ended up looking distorted. Nowadays all modern browsers can scale images with a 1:1 pixel ratio, which means all our old screenshots with a hq2x scaler look distorted and don't represent the original art.
-We're looking for re-submissions of all screenshots with a filter applied. If you own a game and want to take new screenshots, please submit non-scaled and aspect ratio corrected images.
-|}
-* All games with a filter applied
+(*) these games are not on the website compatibility list
 == List of game category icons we need ==
-* Playtoons series
+Check the [https://www.scummvm.org/screenshots website] for missing category icons
 == How to make screenshots ==
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 * ScummVM settings
 ** Pick an interesting scene to take the screenshot of.
-** 320x200 games should be run without a scaler with '''aspect correction''' (Ctrl+Alt+a) mode on. I.e. it should be 640x480 image.
+** 320x200 games should be run with '''HQ2x''' (Ctrl+Alt+3) mode and with '''aspect correction''' (Ctrl+Alt+a) mode on. I.e. it should be a 640x480 image.
 ** 640x480 games should be run without a scaler.
-** On platforms which use the SDL backend (Win32 and *nix included) Alt+S creates a screenshot file called scummvmXXXXX.bmp inside the current directory.
+** On platforms which use the SDL backend (Win32 and *nix included) Alt+S creates a screenshot file called scummvmXXXXX.png inside the screenshot directory. The default location for screenshots depends on the OS. See the [https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/configuration_file.html#screenshotpath documentation portal] for details.
+** '''Make sure your screenshot is at least 640x480 and was made with HQ2x scaler (if originally 320x200).''' Otherwise it won't be accepted.
 ** If the game runs at a different resolution (such as 512x384, or 800x600), use the normal mode (no scaling) and make sure your screenshot is at the original resolution.
 * Screenshot file details.
 ** Screenshots should not contain any window decorations.
 ** The only supported file format is PNG with maximum compression.
-** Preferably run [http://optipng.sourceforge.net/ OptiPNG] and [http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/comp-readme.html advpng] after that. Use default parameters for OptiPNG and -4 parameter for advpng for best results. If you don't, we'll have to do it later.
+** Preferably run [http://optipng.sourceforge.net/ OptiPNG] and [https://www.advancemame.it/comp-readme.html advpng] after that. Use default parameters for OptiPNG and -4 parameter for advpng for best results. If you don't, we'll have to do it later.
-* File name is gametarget[-platform][-lang]-X-full.png where:
+** File name is gametarget[_platform][_lang]_V_X_full.png where:
 *** ''gametarget'' is the game target name, see our compatibility page for the full list
 *** ''platform'' is an optional parameter for cases when you submit non-PC game version screenshots
 *** ''lang'' is an optional parameter when screenshot for non-English version
+*** ''V'' is the variant number for the game.
 *** ''X'' is a sequental number.
 ** Create a .txt file containing the file names followed by full game name and optionally provide the platform name and language in parenthesis. For example "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Amiga German)"
 *** There is no need to provide titles for every file if they're all the same. Use your discretion.
+* Thumbnail file details.
+** Currently, thumbnails that correspond to the PNG screenshots have to be created manually.
+** This is done using [https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php ImageMagick's ''convert'' command line tool].
+** There should be a mkthumb.sh script available in the scummvm-web repository, which includes the required ''convert'' command call and which you could run as:<br /><code>./mkthumb.sh gametarget[_platform][_lang]_V_X</code>
+** The above command assumes there is a screenshot file (PNG) named ''gametarget[_platform][_lang]_V_X_full.png'' in the same folder. See above for valid values for each part of the name.
+** Alternatively, and assuming you have the ImageMagick package installed (tested with ImageMagick 7.0.9-17) you could directly run the command:<br /><code>convert gametarget[_platform][_lang]_V_X_full.png -interlace line -quality 66 -thumbnail 256 gametarget[_platform][_lang]_V_X.jpg</code>
 == How to make game icon ==
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 == How to submit screenshots ==
-* If you have write access to our web source [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm-web.git repository], you can commit it directly to [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm-web/tree/master/data/screenshots the relevant directory].
+* If you have write access to our web source [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm-web repository], you can commit it directly to [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm-web/tree/master/public_html/data/screenshots the relevant directory].
 * Alternatively, you can submit it via our [https://bugs.scummvm.org/ bug tracker].
 ** There is a restriction on 250kb per file. There are 2 options you can do: