User talk:Supermariofan67

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Signature
You can only have up to two static images on your signature. -- 12:00, 16 February 2017 (EST)
 * Ok. I fixed it. -- 12:03, 16 February 2017 (EST)

Wii U Uploads
Very good uploads. I don't think most people know that trick that you can play a Wii U game live, use the built-in web browser, and navigate to a website that has an upload dialog UI (MarioWiki in this case going to Special:Upload) to upload a screenshot 1280x720 in resolution. I have all sorts of tricks in a WIP guide all about uploading high quality images. -- 17:35, 21 February 2017 (EST)
 * Thanks! I'm not sure how other people get such bad images. This is the only way I know to do it. -- 17:38, 21 February 2017 (EST)
 * Many people take a lazier way of doing things, such as Google Image Search or YouTube snapshots. They had the power all along to upload high quality screenshots and never realized it. There is also the factor of not understanding how an image format works and what format is best for what situation. Recently, it became policy not to convert between formats. Don't confuse this with replacing because it is not against policy redoing a picture, which requires more effort than just converting an image to a different format. I replace images frequently. Here's my uploads, the delete log, and stuff to delete. From my experiences, just for screenshots and sprites, PNG for everything except for Wii U screenshots and Miiverse uploads because those cases are JPEG. -- 17:51, 21 February 2017 (EST)

Optimizing PNGs
If you are concerned about the color changes, likely the PNG contained metadata, which web browsers ignore, how to color correct the base image. An optimizer applies the changes permanently, as described in a FAQ here. -- 15:14, 27 February 2017 (EST)
 * That's what I thought. I just got concerned that a few of them were very different. 15:25, 27 February 2017 (EST)

Saving JPEGs
What are you using to save JPEGs? Microsoft Paint? If you are, use FastStone Image Viewer and set the JPEG settings to 100%. It won't completely make the images lossless, but lossy encoding will be minimal. -- 23:36, 9 March 2017 (EST)
 * I crop images in MacOS's built-in Preview app, which might have the same effect that Paint does. I could try Gimp. I think it has the ability to set quality when saving.-- 23:55, 9 March 2017 (EST)