Editing Guidelines (section)

== Editing ==

[[File:Redrawn_sfx.jpeg|thumb|200px|Fully replaced SFX]] [[File:Subtitled_SFX.png|thumb|200px|Subtitled SFX]]

If you're inexperienced or need tips, check out [[Editing Tutorial]] and Rikai's editing tips: http://scanlationnn.tumblr.com/. You can also ask for guidance in the thread you're working on, or go to the [https://discord.gg/dynastyscans Dynasty Scans Discord’s] #scanlation channel to consult other editors. You maybe find the [https://yuri-project.net/tools/ scanlation tools] site helpful. Keep in mind:

* Use a program that has a layers feature such as Photoshop, always save and keep *.PSD files until a project is archived.
* Vertical resolution is to be reduced to 2000px unless Raws are smaller, never enlarge an image.
* Cleanliness: pages are rotated to be straight, clean edges, dust-free, black areas are leveled to black, white areas to white, avoid over-leveling. Programs like waifu2x can be used to remove JPEG artifacts.
* Use different fonts for dialogue, thoughts and narration. An example combination is Wild Words for dialogue, bold-italic Wild Words for yelling, augie for handwritten text, Chinacat for narration, Zud Juice for thoughts. But you can be creative as well.

* SFX: either replace the SFX entirely, or arrange the translated SFX next to the original Japanese ones (font close to the original Japanese font). See the images to the right.

* Save monochrome pages (black/white, or blue/white, or red/white, etc.) as PNG-8. In Photoshop, this is File → Save for Web → choose "PNG-8", "Adaptive", "Diffusion", type in 32 for "Colors", "Dithers" 100%.

* Make a credits page. Include the name of the manga and artist, everyone who was involved in the scanlation process, and a link to <code>yuri-project.net</code>. Note that if the Raws came from the general internet (unknown source), there's no need to mention the Raws source.

Post the edited pages after you're done, in some way that others can download. And:
* Always include the credits page, even if it's only for QC.
* Always add "in QC" to the folder name.