/-------------------------------------------------------------------\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----- -----| ------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------| /| | | | | | | \| | | | |------ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \-------------------------------------------------------------------/ | The Scenes Cover Rules 2004 | | Retail & Customs Releases | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | These are the 2004 rules set by members of the covers scene on | | June 15th 2004. Members from the largest groups atteneded a | | meeting in order to determine the standards for cover scanning / | | custom cover creation. We would like to thank everyone involved | | in the TSCR meeting for your input and views, We would also like | | to wish you all a good year! | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | **RETAIL SCAN RULES** | | | | **IMAGE RULES** | | Images must be a minimum of 300 DPI, scaling down is allowed but | | to a maximum of 50%. In order for the scalling to be acceptable | | the image must stay in its original ratio. The amount of scalling | | is left up to the scanners discression. CROPPING IN ORDER TO GET | | RID OF ANGLES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. There is no file size limit. | | All scans must be cleared in a editing package to clear dust etc. | | The file type of .tif, .png or .jpeg must be used. No | | compression is allowed on the .tif or .png files. No Watermarks | | are allowed to be placed on the image by the group. If cat no's | | are removed clone brush must be used and not blocks. If a covers | | has rounded edges clone brush must be used to fill them out. | | | | **PACKING & DIRECTORY NAMING** | | Directory's must be labelled clearly weather the package contains | | all contents of the original DVD package (Front/Inlay/DVD) or | | only the front cover. e.g: | | | | For Complete Package: This.Is.A.Movie.Retail.Covers-Group | | | | The NFO must state what is in the package. E.g Front/Inlay/DVD. | | You must always state the word "Covers" in the directory name so | | that they are not confused with movie rips. If Dir Name is wrong | | then a dir fix must be issued. | | | | The files must be rared in either 3mb, 5mb, or 10 mb Volumes | | and the recovery record should also be selected. | | All releases must have a .sfv file and a .nfo stating any notes | | essential to the release. RARS may not have compression. | | | | *3mb = 3,000,000bytes 5mb = 5,000,000bytes 15mb | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | **CUSTOM ART RULES** | | | | **IMAGE RULES** | | Must be the size of a normal dvd case (Scalling not allowed). | | High quality pictures must be used to eradicate lack of quality, | | this means small pictures blow up to the level of distortion is | | not allowed. No Custom art must be released if it has already | | been published on a covers website: e.g CDCOVERS.CC or DVDCOVERART| | any releases breaking these rules will be nuked as stolen. | | | | Files must be in .tif, .png or .jpeg format only. No compression | | is allowed at all. Watermarks are not acceptable. | | | | **PACKING & DIRECTORY NAMING** | | Directory's must be labelled clearly that the release is a CUSTOM | | release. This is so they do not get confused with Retail scans. | | Different versions must be named with .V* to differentiate | | between different versions. For Example: | | | | For A First Release: This.Is.A.Movie.CUSTOM.Covers-GROUP | | | | or | | | | For A Second Release: This.Is.A.Movie.V2.CUSTOM.Covers-GROUP | | | | You must always state the word "Covers" in the directory name so | | that they are not confused with movie rips. Year is not nescessary| | | | The files must be rared in either 3mb, 5mb or 10mb volumes. | | All releases must have a .sfv file and a .nfo stating any notes | | essential to the release. RARS may not have compression. | | *3mb = 3,000,000bytes 5mb = 5,000,000bytes 15mb | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | **PROPERING A RELEASE** | | A proper is only valid if the original release is lacking in | | quality, a proper due to bad dirname or no nfo is not a valid | | reason. A group may proper if the file type is not the correct | | type as specified earlier in these rules. A custom release may | | not be propered but a new Version may be brought out. | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | **FINAL NOTES** | | | | These rules were put in place to avoid bad releases being put in | | to the scene, therefore any release not following these rules | | will be nuked. | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | THANK YOU FOR READING AND HAPPY | | SCANNING! | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | The TSCR Consists Of Members From: | | | | EMU - SaNdS - iNDiAN - GCaRDiNaL | | | | And Was also Signed By: | | | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | TSCR 2004: The Scenes Cover Rules | \-------------------------------------------------------------------/