Promo and Box Set Cards

[charlequin]

Today I've uploaded the full contents of the Ugin's Fate promo set -- 26 alternate art cards in all:



In addition, I've got three more promos from FRF and DTK:



As always, everything is available in the More Releases link in the sig.

[charlequin]

June's FNM Promo, Frost Walker:

[derivator]

Hi,

I've noticed a lot of pictures are uploaded with full borders. Any tip on how to cut them off, so they have the same aspect as the others? I've tried to do it manually, but it doesn't look the same.

Thanks for all your work by the way.

[charlequin]

Hi,

I've noticed a lot of pictures are uploaded with full borders. Any tip on how to cut them off, so they have the same aspect as the others? I've tried to do it manually, but it doesn't look the same.

Thanks for all your work by the way.

What DPI are you looking at? For what are basically legacy reasons, the 200 DPI scans are released with a solid reduced border, while the 300 DPI images are given a more accurate full, cornered border.

If you want to take a CCGHQ 300 DPI image (with the full border) and convert it to a 200 DPI image (with the smaller border) then crop the image to 686x976, then resize it to 460x660, then finally expand the borders to 480x680.

[derivator]

Hi,

I've noticed a lot of pictures are uploaded with full borders. Any tip on how to cut them off, so they have the same aspect as the others? I've tried to do it manually, but it doesn't look the same.

Thanks for all your work by the way.

What DPI are you looking at? For what are basically legacy reasons, the 200 DPI scans are released with a solid reduced border, while the 300 DPI images are given a more accurate full, cornered border.

If you want to take a CCGHQ 300 DPI image (with the full border) and convert it to a 200 DPI image (with the smaller border) then crop the image to 686x976, then resize it to 460x660, then finally expand the borders to 480x680.

Thanks a lot.

[charlequin]

Back with a few Judge Promos:



Crops/300 DPIs in the Other Releases folder. Thanks to kudit for scans!

[charlequin]

The July FNM promo, Path to Exile:



As well as the Magic Origins Clash Pack:



Full sets of crops and 200 and 300DPI fulls in the More Releases folder.

[ohforf]

Hi,
I'm looking for these oversized cards with the full rounded border:

1. Oversized Magic Player Rewards: The original post is here, but link is dead
2. Oversized Commander Launch Party Rewards:
   
   • Edric, Spymaster of Trest
     
   • Basandra, Battle Seraph
     
   • Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
     
   • Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
     
   • Nin, the Pain Artist
     
   More info
3. Oversized Commander 2014

I did find 1) and 2) in torrent form, but with square borders. I couldn't find any scans of 3).


Thanks!

[MTGCardslist]

See PM

[charlequin]

Three new promos.

First, two Origins Game Day promos, scanned by kudit:



Secondly, Happy Holidays promo Mishra's Toy Workshop, scanned by Teppic:



300 DPI and crops found at More Releases.

[charlequin]

More promos. Origins Game Day:



FNM:



And Judge Gifts:



Thanks to Teppic for the scans!

[Teppic]

Thanks charlequin.

I've updated the Missing Promos list with BFZ promos.

[charlequin]

BFZ Intro Pack Cards:



Scans by Teppic. 300 DPIs and crops in the More Releases folder.

[charlequin]

Relic Seeker and Ultimate Price scanned by tenminutegod, Shard Phoenix scanned by Teppic. Other sizes in More Releases.

[charlequin]

Since Wurm has just released a new, up-to-date torrent of all main and supplemental sets in XLHQ, I figure it's time to start thinking about how to distribute our list of promos as well. I'm collecting or reprocessing our backlist of promos in XLHQ format, so we'll have a good base to work from for distributing high-quality images of promos. However, the approach that works for a main-set torrent doesn't work quite as well here -- these sets update regularly in dribs and drabs, and many of the individual categories need to be organized a bit more than just chucking them all in a directory to be usefully tracked. Also, I think software that uses scans is much less consistent with promos than with official, three-letter-coded sets so there isn't an obvious standard to stick to.

Right now the local copy I have is divided by category of promo, and then for long-running categories with many cards, by year. So, for example:

Code: Select all

Promos
 |--- DCI Legend
 |   |--- Counterspell.xlhq.jpg
 |   \--- Incinerate.xlhq.jpg
 |
 \--- Friday Night Magic
     \--- 2000
         |--- Giant Growth.xlhq.jpg
         \--- Llanowar Elves.xlhq.jpg

... (etc. etc.)

This approach also sorts cards by series rather than by associated set, which I think makes the most sense given that many promos aren't associated with a set.

So: any suggestions for how we might best want to organize and categorize these cards?