HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
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Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by Bangheran » 05 Sep 2017, 18:01
So.. 5 September.. Where is the HOD Hq pics?
Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by charlequin » 05 Sep 2017, 21:58
Presenting... Hour of Devastation.
The full set, including the Planeswalker Deck cards, can be found in More Releases > HOU - Hour of Devastation.
Thanks to skibulk for scans and Scryfall for processing on this one.
The full set, including the Planeswalker Deck cards, can be found in More Releases > HOU - Hour of Devastation.
Thanks to skibulk for scans and Scryfall for processing on this one.
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Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by brainfuck » 06 Sep 2017, 00:27
Thanks a lot!
I have spotted a huge problem with HOU set: the contrast is dramatically lower than in a previous set. I have used ||http : // registry . gimp . org/node/23499|| to bump each card's contrast by 25 points to match the previous ones. Once you have a script in place it takes few second to fix whole set. You may compare:
Would you consider providing additional file with multiverse id mapping? Quick rationale: it forces double checking the name spelling; facilitates dealing with special characters like in splits/fuses/aftermaths; helps in case of repeated names like with basic lands. E.g. as json:
I have spotted a huge problem with HOU set: the contrast is dramatically lower than in a previous set. I have used ||http : // registry . gimp . org/node/23499|| to bump each card's contrast by 25 points to match the previous ones. Once you have a script in place it takes few second to fix whole set. You may compare:
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Would you consider providing additional file with multiverse id mapping? Quick rationale: it forces double checking the name spelling; facilitates dealing with special characters like in splits/fuses/aftermaths; helps in case of repeated names like with basic lands. E.g. as json:
- | Open
Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by charlequin » 06 Sep 2017, 03:50
Archenemy Bolas is being worked on now (all schemes and around a quarter of regular cards are done) so should be done fairly soon. Commander Anthology, like the previous two anthologies, has a lot of cards but will be on the low end of the priority list so might still take awhile.MaxMtg wrote:Any ETA for Archenemy Bolas and Commander Anthology?
There's some natural variance in this as sets are sourced from different scanners and the cards themselves are subtly different per set or per printing company. That said, this set does look like it's got a little spare space at the white end of the color curve. I'll take another look at it.brainfuck wrote:Thanks a lot!
I have spotted a huge problem with HOU set: the contrast is dramatically lower than in a previous set.
You can actually get this information directly from the Scryfall API, which is the same source I'd be using to pull it anyway. (Similarly, for this and future releases the card images are named directly from the Scryfall database, which I believe syncs the card names with Gatherer.) I could probably throw something together to pull the list of only those values but it might be easier to just set up a query yourself.Would you consider providing additional file with multiverse id mapping?
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Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by membran » 06 Sep 2017, 09:27
From what I can tell (I've looked at it on two monitors but they aren't color calibrated), your modified versions all have basically just their blacks crushed. It may look better to your eye (that's subjective), but there's detail lost in darker areas.brainfuck wrote:I have spotted a huge problem with HOU set: the contrast is dramatically lower than in a previous set. I have used ||http : // registry . gimp . org/node/23499|| to bump each card's contrast by 25 points to match the previous ones. Once you have a script in place it takes few second to fix whole set. You may compare:
Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by brainfuck » 07 Sep 2017, 01:42
Ok, I will definitely not argue about that issue. As I look at older sets, it does not bother me so much - the current HOU is much alike the older ones. And to be precise I am using anti-glare monitor. But in comparison to Amonkhet, colors seemed simply less vivid (even only by comparing black frame), so to please my aesthetics I bumped the contrast.
About Scryfall API: I will check it, but normally I have been working with raw mtgjson database. In fact first thing I do is to convert all names to multiverse id and serve them by django cache. In the end multiverse id is truly unique identifier which also works pretty well with other languages (you may check below simplegatherer with side-by-side language variants).
If you are interested you may check two simple projects I am using locally with HQ pics:
https://simplegatherer.github.io/ (works really fast, toggles criteria, supports simple queries like 'cmc < 3' or 'power = 5', and allows custom sorting by drag-and-dropping - nothing new, but very convenient)
https://magicdeck.github.io/ (displays deck based on dynamically typed text, allows to save multiple named decks)
Both projects are using current T2 sets and are supposed to be F5-reload-restart-proof thanks to the browser persistent local storage.
About Scryfall API: I will check it, but normally I have been working with raw mtgjson database. In fact first thing I do is to convert all names to multiverse id and serve them by django cache. In the end multiverse id is truly unique identifier which also works pretty well with other languages (you may check below simplegatherer with side-by-side language variants).
If you are interested you may check two simple projects I am using locally with HQ pics:
https://simplegatherer.github.io/ (works really fast, toggles criteria, supports simple queries like 'cmc < 3' or 'power = 5', and allows custom sorting by drag-and-dropping - nothing new, but very convenient)
https://magicdeck.github.io/ (displays deck based on dynamically typed text, allows to save multiple named decks)
Both projects are using current T2 sets and are supposed to be F5-reload-restart-proof thanks to the browser persistent local storage.
Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by charlequin » 07 Sep 2017, 06:22
Yeah, Amonkhet -> Hour of Devastation is a little awkward because the former was made from WotC survey images while the later was scanned; it results in our final images looking more different than they typically do between two sets of the same block. I suspect we'll be back on scans for future sets so that particular issue wouldn't arise again in that case.brainfuck wrote:Ok, I will definitely not argue about that issue. As I look at older sets, it does not bother me so much - the current HOU is much alike the older ones. And to be precise I am using anti-glare monitor. But in comparison to Amonkhet, colors seemed simply less vivid (even only by comparing black frame), so to please my aesthetics I bumped the contrast.
In that case I'm not quite sure what you're looking to accomplish. All the card image names for upcoming releases will be set directly from Scryfall's database, and they store the Multiverse ID -- so you could use the output of their API to compare the file names directly with the Multiverse IDs, or to generate the list you described.About Scryfall API: I will check it, but normally I have been working with raw mtgjson database. In fact first thing I do is to convert all names to multiverse id and serve them by django cache. In the end multiverse id is truly unique identifier which also works pretty well with other languages (you may check below simplegatherer with side-by-side language variants).
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Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by charlequin » 08 Sep 2017, 05:49
For another rapid-fire release, here's Archenemy: Nicol Bolas, including 106 reprinted cards and 20 all-new Schemes.
This release can be found in the More Releases folder under "E01 - Archenemy Nicol Bolas." Thanks to Teppic for scans and Scryfall for processing on this set.
This release can be found in the More Releases folder under "E01 - Archenemy Nicol Bolas." Thanks to Teppic for scans and Scryfall for processing on this set.
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Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by csuhta » 08 Sep 2017, 06:03
Hi everyone: this is a quick write-up on the September 5th timing for Hour of Devastation and what Scryfall has been up to recently.
There are essentially two phases for releasing a set on CCGHQ:
For Hour of Devastation the other company provided scanning help, and the Scryfall team provided processing effort, but we were still bound by the early delivery agreement.
Going forward, the Scryfall team is providing all of the support for both phases of this process, and we've been building additional automation tools that will help speed up delivery. We will deliver high res card images to CCGHQ (and via Scryfall's API) as soon as we can, without any delay inserted.
It does cost us a moderate amount of money to deliver each set of scans. We often need to make orders of singles to help someone complete their scan collection and/or buy a copy of each preconstructed product. We also tip the people doing the processing work.
If you'd like to help us cover the costs of scanning, processing, and hosting export tools, here are a few things you can do:
— Corey Csuhta, from the Scryfall team
There are essentially two phases for releasing a set on CCGHQ:
- Scanning: Someone must physically acquire all of the cards in a set, put them on a good scanner bed, and scan them into 3x3 sheets.
- Processing: Someone else will mask the individual cards out of the scan sheets into distinct card files
For Hour of Devastation the other company provided scanning help, and the Scryfall team provided processing effort, but we were still bound by the early delivery agreement.
Going forward, the Scryfall team is providing all of the support for both phases of this process, and we've been building additional automation tools that will help speed up delivery. We will deliver high res card images to CCGHQ (and via Scryfall's API) as soon as we can, without any delay inserted.
It does cost us a moderate amount of money to deliver each set of scans. We often need to make orders of singles to help someone complete their scan collection and/or buy a copy of each preconstructed product. We also tip the people doing the processing work.
If you'd like to help us cover the costs of scanning, processing, and hosting export tools, here are a few things you can do:
- If you buy singles, buy them via the affiliate/store links on our card pages (ex. https://scryfall.com/card/mm3/229#stores)
- You can tip us on PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/scryfall
- You can tip us on Square Cash (US & Canada only): https://cash.me/$scryfall
— Corey Csuhta, from the Scryfall team
Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by brainfuck » 13 Sep 2017, 01:44
Thanks for E01 - Archenemy Nicol Bolas!
I have noticed two minor problems: 'forest2.full.jpg' and 'sword of the animist.full.jpg' both saved with lower case. Not a big deal, but requires additional action while processing it automatically.
I have noticed two minor problems: 'forest2.full.jpg' and 'sword of the animist.full.jpg' both saved with lower case. Not a big deal, but requires additional action while processing it automatically.
Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by brainfuck » 13 Sep 2017, 22:59
I have just tried to write a script that:
1. detects and scatters segments of given image
for each segment:
2. transforms it to fit a perpendicular rectangle,
3. crops an output with predefined offsets,
4. (optionally) checks the card number (read with tesseract ocr) against local mtgjson file and retrieves the name.
For perfect samples script works quite well - I hope regular scan of sheet 3x3 will be quite close to it. Here you can check the result:
Input:
Output:
Feel free to use/modify it.
BTW. can anyone grant me the rights to post images, or at least fix my post?
[UPDATE]: ok, I can do it now. thanks!
1. detects and scatters segments of given image
for each segment:
2. transforms it to fit a perpendicular rectangle,
3. crops an output with predefined offsets,
4. (optionally) checks the card number (read with tesseract ocr) against local mtgjson file and retrieves the name.
For perfect samples script works quite well - I hope regular scan of sheet 3x3 will be quite close to it. Here you can check the result:
Input:
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Output:
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Feel free to use/modify it.
BTW. can anyone grant me the rights to post images, or at least fix my post?
[UPDATE]: ok, I can do it now. thanks!
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Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by charlequin » 14 Sep 2017, 17:58
This is potentially very interesting. Could you start a new thread to discuss it?
Also, I've found CV2 a little challenging to get built properly. What distro/version were you running this on?
Also, I've found CV2 a little challenging to get built properly. What distro/version were you running this on?
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Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by brainfuck » 15 Sep 2017, 12:25
I am working on Ubuntu and python3.6, but the solution should be platform agnostic. I truly recommend to not use windows 
, but if it is quicker to you, try to get the python3.6 installer, and ensure you have a pip and virtualenv installed. If you are not familiar with virtualenv, check docs: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/userguide/.
Then you can work with batch scripts:
Here I do not know how OCR would work on windows, but the script should simply suppress that step. Also you may consider using a virtual machine, e.g. virtualbox. Whole setup on current hardware with SSD should take few minutes.
PM me if you need a quick direct support.
, but if it is quicker to you, try to get the python3.6 installer, and ensure you have a pip and virtualenv installed. If you are not familiar with virtualenv, check docs: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/userguide/.Then you can work with batch scripts:
- env.bat | Open
- demo.bat | Open
Here I do not know how OCR would work on windows, but the script should simply suppress that step. Also you may consider using a virtual machine, e.g. virtualbox. Whole setup on current hardware with SSD should take few minutes.
PM me if you need a quick direct support.
Re: HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013
by charlequin » 26 Sep 2017, 01:14
Weird one today: the Hachette UK Magic Encyclopedia deck, a 60-card Rats deck that was distributed in parts alongside a magazine. It was intended to be the English-language equivalent of the Salvat decks from other languages, but was discontinued after just one deck.
Full images in More Releases > HUK - Hachette UK.
Full images in More Releases > HUK - Hachette UK.
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