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Conspiracy hasn't even been completely scanned yet. Commander 2013 has been processed, but smaller sized images not yet made. Journey into Nyx, and Born of the Gods only need color correction and proper sizing. I'm super busy with work, and I just can't squeeze these in. Threre's a thread, Photoshoppers Needed, calling for assistance with the work done here. If somebody becomes available, these sets could be wrapped up. By the way, Decked Studios has cropped and dusted all the cards from these sets (90% of the work).

Our regular scanners here, Teppic, Woogerboy21, and Tenminutegod have elected to get scanner profiling targets to simplify color correction in the future, so this task can become easier and quicker, but we're not there yet.

Can't find the thread "Photoshoppers Needed", I would be glad to help for a release of thoses sets if I can !

Kendrix wrote:Can't find the thread "Photoshoppers Needed", I would be glad to help for a release of thoses sets if I can !

I dont see it either... Maybe it is that "photoshop tutorial" one?

Oh yah, I renamed it a while back. Show us what you've got and upload some samples, per the instructions in that thread.

Ooph... Trying to overtake everything I missed for the last half of year or so Below is the list of things that I miss in XLHQ (including all obscure stuff, but without promos and oversized cards). They are either don't exist or not released yet or I just overlooked them. I would really appreciate if you review it and fill the gaps where possible Hopefully that will be helpful for somebody else too.


Missing:

Challenge Deck: Defeat a God (15 cards + back)
Conspiracy (210 cards + 9 tokens)
Duel Decks: Speed vs Cunning (81 cards + 1 token)
From The Vault: Annihilation (15 cards)
Magic 2015 (284 cards + 14 tokens)
Summer Magic Edition (306 cards)
Tenth Edition Alternate Text Foil Cards (125 cards)
Unhinged Alternate Foil Cards (26 cards)

Pro Tour Collector's Set
World Championship Decks 1997-2004

Alternate Fourth Edition back
Collectors' Edition back
International Collectors' Edition back
Limited Edition Alpha back

Born of the Gods Support Cards
Conspiracy Support Cards
Innistrad Support Cards (2 cards: Wolf Judge back 1, Wolf Judge back 2)
Introductory Two-Player Set Support Cards (4 cards: Kazz's Deck List Card Variant 1, Kazz's Deck Title Card Variant 1, Zakk's Deck List Card Variant 1, Zakk's Deck Title Card Variant 1)
Journey Into Nyx Support Cards
Magic 2015 Support Cards


Only in HQ:

Anthologies (85 cards)
Arabian Nights (14 cards: Army of Allah 2, Bird Maiden 2, Erg Raiders 2, Fishliver Oil 2, Giant Tortoise 2, Hasran Ogress 2, Moorish Cavalry 2, Nafs Asp 2, Oubliette 2, Piety 2, Rukh Egg 2, Stone-Throwing Devils 2, War Elephant 2, Wyluli Wolf 2)
Battle Royale (136 cards)
Beatdown (90 cards)
Born of the Gods (11 tokens)
Challenge Deck: Battle the Horde (15 cards + back)
Challenge Deck: Face the Hydra (15 cards + back)
Coldsnap Theme Decks (62 cards)
Collectors' Edition (302 cards)
Commander (2013 Edition) (356 cards)
Commander's Arsenal (18 cards)
Deckmasters: Garfield vs. Finkel (58 cards)
Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters (81 cards + 2 tokens) - was released in XLHQ, but the cards were blurry. HQ cards are fine.
Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth (1 card: Koth of the Hammer)
Duels of the Planeswalkers Decks (113 cards)
From the Vault: Twenty (20 cards)
Magic 2014 (249 cards + 13 tokens) - was released in XLHQ, but the cards were blurry. HQ cards are fine.
Multiverse Gift Box (10 cards)
Planechase (2012 Edition) (156 cards)
Planeshift (3 cards: Ertai, the Corrupted 2, Skyship Weatherlight 2, Tahngarth, Talruum Hero 2)
Theros (11 tokens)

the rest of support cards (only Magic 2014 was released in XLHQ)
usual card back


Inacceptable scan quality:

From the Vault: Legends (15 cards).


P.S. Edited to keep the post up to date.

Huh? The "Battle the Horde" deck was released in HQ? When? Where? I don't think I've seen it...

DMNBT wrote:Huh? The "Battle the Horde" deck was released in HQ? When? Where? I don't think I've seen it...

It's included in the latest torrent for Magic Album here: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1806 .

For XLHQ white bordered cards, the convention is to use black corners, right? I haven't gone through them, but at least for 8th edition white corners were used.

Anyone have the Challenge a God challenge deck scans?

yup, black. I tried a different color, but it's not ok.

kudit wrote:Anyone have the Challenge a God challenge deck scans?

I've scanned and uploaded the challenge decks. I don't believe they've been processed yet.

Huggybaby, what software are you using to zip up the archives for the torrent?

I know we're pretty traditional around here, but I want to make a suggestion.

For the torrent, I find the whole "tiny" / "full" / "crop" / "xlhq" / "xrop" / "4khq" naming scheme to be a little clunky. I realize that fulls and crops were born out of tradition, and that there's value in using different file extensions so that the images can co-exist in the same folder. But from a new user standpoint, these labels aren't intuitive. At a glance, they don't tell you the two variables across the images: 1) resolution and 2) is the image a full card or just artwork. I think as a file extension they're fine. But for folder organization, I'd like to see something more straight forward. Here's a potential folder and name structure:

/Expansion Sets/Theros/THS-EN Crops 100DPI.zip

I think that spelling out the set name is useful for the same reason: it's more intuitive to people who don't know the set code. Then by using the Set Code and Language code from M15 cards, multi-lingual support is possible. The number in the file name is the resolution of the images. The zip file name formula would be:

SetCode-LangCode + (Cards, Tokens, Fronts, Backs, Variants, Crops) + (100, 200, 300, 600)DPI

"Variants" would contain Avatars, Planes, Schemes, and Conspiracies. Maybe another term should be used, I don't know: supplement, complement, extension, others, misc, "Command Zone".

I know it's a LOT of work to manage a torrent. So if this isn't feasible, that's fine. I would however like to use this pattern for sets that are processed and released by Decked Studios.

I have the directory setup to get pics folder, but nothing shows up. Only when I change "xlhq" to "full" do the pictures show up in mws. How do I change all xlhq to full or is there an option under preferences to see xlhq? I have changed all the preferences under image view and I am stuck.

EDIT: Looked at the torrent again and see there is a folder with fulls. Whew! What is XLHQ for anyway?

Sorry guys, I just didn't understand. Will be the torrent updated soon? I didn't found M15 and Promo cards in this torrent.
Sorry for the newbie question, thanks.

Teppic wrote:

kudit wrote:Anyone have the Challenge a God challenge deck scans?

I've scanned and uploaded the challenge decks. I don't believe they've been processed yet.

Actually, if it's about Defeat a God and Battle the Horde, I did them. They just haven't been released I think.