What is expected of an EDITOR
1. Quality work. If you are new to editing, we have FAQs
here. We also have experienced editors who can comment on your progress (read the FAQ). Bottom line: "crappy editing will not be accepted. Crappy is defined as in - people would flame it in the forums, and experienced EHCOVE members would/will complain about it"
2. translated SFXes should be edited in unless they require substantial redrawing, about which we can negotiate. We distinguish the following type of SFXes edit:
Best: Full Replacement. Examples:
this page,
this entire gallery2nd best: Nearby + similar formatting
this pageWorst sfx: simple notes outside the panels. Examples:
this pageNo sfx included. Go figure.
What we expect is "2nd best". Many organizers, myself included, are happy to negotiate a higher bounty if you can offer the "best" level of editing (ditto for decensoring).
3. Please make an EHCOVE style credit page, which should the translator name (unless they requested here to be anonymous), yourself as an editor (if you want), ditto for a proofeader and sponsor/organizer nickname (it's also nice to list those of others who contributed to this bounty significantly) as the sponsor(s). The page should also include the name of our site (E-hentai) as the host. Link to the Cove forums is good too, as is a funny cartoon (because I like them). Finally, it's good practice to add a sentence about "This work is intended to be distributed free" or such. Slap a CC logo if you are a free culture fan, that's cool.
Since I get often asked for examples of what EHCOVE style credit pages are, here are some credit pages I liked a lot:
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4. How to start a project:
* PM the organizer to make sure it's still open
* accept the bounty and tell me you did so; I will then reserve the bounty in the system for you
* post in the relevant forum thread (linked from the bounty) that you have done so (if there's a forum for it; not all organizers have them but I for one do)
Once you've done so, the bounty will be reserved for you, however, if the editing is not completed within 2 weeks, it will be considered stalled/dropped and other editors will be allowed to work on it. That's the rough schedule, life happens, some projects are more difficult, we can negotiate. Just please PM me or the organizer if you will need more time.
It is good to double check if the link in the bounty is to the highest quality scan available, rarely but it happens we (I) post a link to inferior scan, or sometimes, a newer, better scan is posted after the bounty is, and I don't see it and therefore won't update the bounty. When downloading the files, make sure to chose the highest quality download, check description - rarely, very high quality scans are too big for the forums (10mb+ per single file), and super high res files are in the torrent only.
You are expected to join our discord channel [
discord.gg]
https://discord.gg/dASRTgw where you can ask for feedback and generally interact with me and other members and friends of EHCOVE in a much faster way than PMs/forums.
5. When you are done:
* post the download link in the forum (unless the organizer wants to handle it differently; I for one want you do post in the same thread you accepted the bounty in so we can discuss quality if needed - most of the times this means
this thread or
this). Download link should be for a site that is relatively user friendly, as in - no registeration, free, no viruses. Suggested choices commonly used by editors here: mega, mediafire (make sure to zip the file), dropbox, google drive. I don't need the psd files, jpg/png are enough for me. You do not have to password protect it unless you are concerned about privacy (govt/companies spying on your file locker), nobody will steal it from us to ninja post it. If you want to share the zip file with others (through your blog or such), please wait until the gallery is posed in the the e-h system, and when you share it, link ours as well.
* interact with proofreaders/TLs/organizer until we are all happy with the final project
* keep the psd/etc. files for few weeks in case we get some post-posting extra fixes reported
6. You claim your bounty when the gallery is posted in the galleries.
I (or whoever is the primary EHCOVE sponsor/bounty poster) would like to upload the gallery to e-h system themselves; we are not expecting much profit, but as a fellow bounty poster said it, it's all about prestige. What one pays out with the bounty is usually worth more then the gallery will make in the year.
Q: The translator didn't translate a bubble/SFX/something. What should I do?
A: Post in the project thread, PM the translator and the organizer. Wait for the text to come, then finish the project (unless the organizer tells you it wasn't required).
Q: Is decensoring required?
A: No, but it's super cool. Probably worth negotiating an extra bounty (hint!)
Q: How should I handle transparent bubbles?
A: In the same way as SFX/decensoring. Try your best but don't slave away hours on a minor bubble nobody will notice.
Q: I think the bounty is too low. Will an organizer be offended if I tell him so?
A: Probably not. Just don't be a dick. Negotiating is fine.
Q: I don't want hath/credits. I have no use for them.
A: You can use them to bump up other bounties.
Q: I don't want to work for hath/credits. Can you offer other incentives?
A: Maybe. It depends on the organizer. I, for example, can sometimes buy galleries from English dlsite in exchange.
Q:What is the bounty procedure? When do I claim it, etc.?
A:See section 8 of the first post.
EDITOR rewards
You are included in the credits.
You get paid in hath/bounty/occasional other stuff depending on the organizer.
You have access to EHCOVE subforum and your PM box size is significantly increased.
This post has been edited by Red_Piotrus: Dec 26 2020, 15:39
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