Card Images

The Card Information view can show scanned images from a collection or custom created artwork for any Magic the Gathering card. To specify the directory where these card images are located use the Card image directory edit box and the Browse... button.

Wizard's Familiar searches for card images by looking under the directory specified in the Card image directory edit box. The first image file (with an extension found in the Image file extension list) will be used. The file name search rules are as follows:

  1. in a directory named by the edition in the form "<card image dir>/<edition name>/<card name> (e.g. "<card image dir>/Seventh Edition/Howl from Beyond.png", "<card image dir>/Seventh_Edition/Howl_from_Beyond.png")

  2. in the top level directory (e.g. "<card image dir>/Howl from Beyond.png" or "<card image dir>/Howl_from_Beyond.png")

Image files types are searched for in the order listed in the Image file extension list list. Any card or edition names can use spaces or under scores ('_') in their names (but do not use combinations in one name e.g. "Howl from_Beyond" would not be found).

Without values in the Art offset and Art dimension edit boxes the full card image is shown in the Card Information view.

Scanned image of Howl from Beyond in a Card Information view

To display only the art portion use the Art offset and Art dimension edit boxes. Enter the x and y coordinates for the top left corner of the card art (relative to the top left corner of the image). Enter the width and height of the card art on the card. Now the Card Information view will show only a portion of the full scanned image.

Cropped image of Howl from Beyon in a Card Information view

Different versions of a card's art can be selected using the choose edition drop down (Choose edition menu button - located next to the rarity symbol and edition abbreviation under the card art). For example while viewing information about the card Island select the Tempest edition version from the drop down and the Card Information view will look like (assuming there is a scanned images of all the Tempest islands):

First Tempest Island version

Some cards have additional versions of their card art. If this is the case, select the choose art drop down button (Choose art menu button - located next to the artist's name at the bottom of the Card Information view). Selecting a different artist will show the new art work for the card.

Second Tempest Island version

The following describes the components of the Card Images page:

Component Description
Card image directory The location where scanned card images are located. The Card Information view shows the scanned images found in this directory based on a file name generated from the card name, edition and version as described above.
New Add a new image file extension to the lookup list of Image file extensions.
Remove Remove the selected image file extension from the lookup list of images.
Move Up Move the selected image file extension up in the lookup order of the Image file extensions list.
Move Down Move the selected image file extension down in the lookup order of the Image file extensions list.
Art offset The x and y coordinates in the scanned images where the actual card art is located. The Card Information view only shows the portion of the image starting at this location.
Art dimension The width and height of the actual card art in the scanned images. The Card Information view only shows the portion of the image specified by the width and height.
Mana Symbols Directory The location where the custom mana symbol images are located.
Edition Symbols Directory The location where the custom edition symbol images are located.

Here is what the Colour and Font preference page looks like:

Screen shot of the Card Images preference page

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