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Screenshot Quality Guideline: Size

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Possible Assessments

Approvable	TS4	TS3	TS2	Title	Description
				Too small	The required pictures are too small to see your creation clearly.
				Big enough	The required pictures are big enough that the quality of your creation can be seen.

General Guidelines

Images should be as big as possible, and the MTS file size limits should give you lots of room for large pics. At the very least, images need to be big enough for moderators to be able to see your creation clearly. For this reason, we strongly recommend trying to get all required pictures to at least 800x600px. After all, the bigger, the better so everyone can see the awesome thing(s) you're sharing! Pictures which are much smaller than this will likely be too small for the details of your creation to be seen well. However, this is not a hard rule, and we may accept smaller pictures if the uploaded content is still clearly visible.

The maximum size for images is 2592px wide and 1944px tall, so feel free to make your images nice and big! :)

Image types and sizes

Extension	Maximum Size	Maximum Dimensions
gif	250.00 kb	800x600 pixels
jpeg/jpg	1.53 MB	2592x1944 pixels
png	4.77 MB	2592x1944 pixels

Don't worry about making a mistake with images that are too large. The upload wizard won't let it happen and will warn you with a message about what is wrong so you can fix it. If you're having troubles uploading images, or you're receiving the warnings regarding size, take a look at the tutorial section for tips and tricks!

What if I want to upload thumbnails?

If you're thinking of sharing thumbnails that are, say, around 200x200, that's fine, too. In fact, we think it's great to do so! It not only shows a certain amount of effort, but also enthusiasm for sharing your download to the community. However, do keep in mind that the required images should be larger than this. ;)

What if I want to collage pictures together?

This is allowed. However, the individual pictures within the collage must still be big enough to so that we can clearly see your creation. At least 600x600 px per individual picture of the collage is strongly recommended (meaning, a collage of 4 images would have to be at least 1200x1200 px, for example). A collage with an overall size of 800x600 px would generally not be acceptable, as the individual pictures will be too small.

What are the required images?

If you're not sure what the required pictures are for the category to which you're uploading, you can always take a quick look at this page: Rubric index

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Examples

Correct - Big is good!

Why is this correct?

It's clear and a big image :) This way we can easily see the CC that is being shared without having to squint our eyes!

Incorrect - Too small!

Why is this incorrect?

Although this would be fine as a thumbnail, it is a tad small for a required image. This way, it's much harder to see the details it might have and maybe even to figure out what it really is supposed to represent. So the bigger, the better! :)

Tutorials - General (All games)

Maybe you've got this image, you're happy how it turned out and the fact it's a good and big image! But the site isn't accepting it for some reason. What should you do next? We staff on MTS made a list of tips and tricks on what to do to not ruin that amazing image or having to compress it and making it all ugly!

I am getting the: File Too Large. Limit for this filetype is 1.53 MB. Your file is 2.06 MB. Error

This is a common issue for most. Though, there are a few ways to bypass it! Phew!

First, we would recommend changing your PNG to a JPG/JPEG as this does make it much lower in size already.
If that doesn't help, believe it or not, MS Paint is your hero! All you need to do is Open the document, and just save. Nothing else. MS Paint seems to compress images in such a way GIMP or Photoshop seems to fail at.
If that didn't help, we would recommend you taking a look at your image size. If it's 2592x 1944, then you might want to consider to reducing it a tiny bit, to say, 2492x 1869. If that doesn't work, taking another 100 off till you eventually get it might help. Make sure to keep the aspect ratio the same or your images will start to look squished and/or stretched! :)

I am getting the "File Too Large. Limits are 2592 x 1944. Your file is 3000 x 1875" Error

This one speaks for itself. In this case, we would recommend you make sure that it is at least at 2592 or a little lower if needed. Though there is no need, of course, to go all the way down to 800 x 600px :)

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