tag guidelines (Version 17)
General Tagging Guidelines
- gifs should have an artist and show name tagged.
- Names should be in western order. [First-name Last-name] - use Google or ANN if you are not sure.
- place 'art:' infront of an artist's name to convert it to a yellow artist tag.
- eg: art:yutaka_nakamura
- place 'copy:' infront of a show name to convert it to a purple copyright tag.
- eg: copy:macross_plus
- Tags can't have spaces, use underscores '_' instead.
- Use artist_unknown & source_unknown if you are not sure.
- The site supports apng as well so tag gifs/apngs as animated.
- Try an identify at least one major element of the animation in the gif and tag accordingly, some examples are: effects, mecha, background_animation and so forth.
- Specify the episode number or movie name in the source text box.
- If it was uploaded online, on a blog or on twitter, use the link as the source instead.
- Still images and illustrations are welcome. Just tag them accordingly.
- When making gifs, try not to
- Use Youtube or other low quality footage
- Footage with subtitles
- Use the wrong aspect ratios, keep it as 4:3, 16:9 or whatever the original was.**
Commonly Used Tags
Artist
- Use the western naming order:
Copyright
- Use whatever name is in common use.
General
- General tags cover elements that describe the contents of a gif or picture.
- animated - Use this on all gifs uploaded. The site supports apng as well so tag those too.
- illustration - A still drawing done by an animator.
- web - Used to denote animation (or drawing) that was uploaded online, on an animator's blog, twitter, website or other online resource.
- western - Since this website is mainly for Japanese animation, use this for animation not drawn in Japan, of either American or European origin.
- fighting - Hand to hand or other forms of combat.
- dancing -
- running -
- sports -
- henshin - Scenes showing transformation sequences, often stock footage.
-
creatures - Tag for any kind of creature, some specified below.
- animals - Any real animal.
- fictional_creatures - Demons, monsters, aliens, yokai etc...
- clothes - Any any use of good cloth or fabric animation.
- effects - This tag encompasses all the different forms of effect animation. Here are the specific tags in use:
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cgi
- 3d background - Animation that employs a moving 3d background.
- background animation - When a gif has an animated background.
- walk cycle
- smears
- screencap
- impact frames
- flipbook
- genga
- presumed - Use when you are not sure who the artist or animator is, but know with reasonable accuracy that it might be by particular animator. Also use if the Sakuga@wiki uses (憶測) or (推測), which mean guess/speculation.
Terminology
This section is for terms and phrases that are commonly used by (Japanese) sakuga fans to describe certain types of cuts or elements of a cut. Most of them are translated terms from Japanese.Updated by Kraker2k over 10 years ago